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Agency Report Heirs Holdings, an African investment company, has launched a new subsidiary, Heirs Technologies Ltd, with an ambition to empower Africa’s digital transformation. Heirs Holding said this in a statement made available on Monday in Lagos. Mr Tony Elumelu, Founder and Group Chairman, Heirs Holdings, said that the introduction of Heirs Technologies marked a significant milestone in the company’s journey towards accelerating progress for future generations across Africa. “Technology has the power to catalyse development, and we are committed to harnessing this potential to unlock new innovations that will improve lives and transform our continent,” he said.…
By Femi Alabi Help finally arrived for three persons who were trapped in the rubble of the collapsed five-storey building at Basden Street, Fegge in the commercial city of Onitsha in Anambra State, as they have been rescued. Contrary to the assumption that many were feared dead and so many people were trapped in the rubble, the Executive Secretary of the Anambra State Emergency Management Agency, Mr. Paul Odenigbo, said that there was no casualty and that three persons were trapped but had been rescued. When asked what caused the collapse, Odenigbo said, “That is what they are still…
Agency Report An Akure Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, sentenced two farmers, Hassan Augustine, 55, and Felix Balogun, 47, to two weeks community service for unlawful possession of camouflage uniforms of the Nigerian army The Magistrate, Mrs O. W Dosumu, ordered that the community service would be served within the new court complex, Oke Eda, Akure, between 8:00a.m. and 1:00p.m. everyday within the period. She held that the farmers were convicted following their guilty plea and the prosecution proving its case beyond reasonable doubt against the two farmers. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Adeboye Adesegun, had informed the court that the…
By Halimah Olamide A 45-year-old alleged fake doctor, Adegoke Olaoluwa, has been ordered remanded in prison custody by an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The court remanded him for allegedly causing the death of his patient. The Magistrate, Mrs A.T. Oyediji, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he be remanded in Agodi correctional facility in Ibadan, pending legal advice from the Office of Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). Olaoluwa, of Idi-Aro area of Ibadan, is facing a count charge of murder. Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Insp Opeyemi Olagunju, told the court that the defendant…
By Halimah Olamide Academic activities in the nation’s universities are to grind to a halt as the Senior Staff Union of Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) on Monday vowed to embark on a nationwide strike. According to the SSANU president, Mohammed Ibrahim, who read the communiqué of the meeting to journalists in Abuja on Monday, the decision to embark on the warning strike was taken as a last resort since several protest letters and other communications with the Federal Government did not result in the payment of the withheld salaries. The statement added: “If nothing…
By Yetunde Yekini-Oropo Amidst complaints of abandonment of victims of the January 9 bomb explosion in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, the government on Monday said it has been spending huge resources to sustain those who suffered in one way or another. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said the allegation of abandonment was false. Oyelade reacted in a statement he issued on Monday in Ibadan. The commissioner said the state government had been spending between N15 million and N20 million weekly on accommodating and feeding the victims since Jan. 16 when the explosion occurred. Describing…
Agency Report An Ikeja High Court has adjourned until April 15 to hear applications of counsel involved in the case of a businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto, accused of N4.8 billion fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that when the case was called on Monday, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Dr Babajide Martins, announced his appearance on behalf of the Lagos State Attorney-General. Justice Oyindamola Ogala adjourned the case until April 15 to enable her go through the case file of various applications submitted by all parties to understand the case. Ogala also ordered that parties should…
By Halimah Olamide The Osun government on Monday named the Director of Finance, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory (NUPRC), Prince Ademola Makinde, as the new Owa of Igbajo. Igbajo is in Boluwaduro Local Government Area of the state. The announcement was made via a statement by Mr. Kolapo Alimi, the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, on Monday in Osogbo. Alimi said that Makinde’s the nomination as forwarded by the Boluwaduro Local government was approved in line with due process, chieftaincy law and tradition. He said the kingmakers had earlier approved Makinde in line with chieftaincy laws and tradition. According…
By Femi Alabi The Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir-Yusuf has called on President Bola Tinubu to open land borders to enhance food security in the country. He stated this during a courtsey visit by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, on Monday in Kano. Kabir-Yusuf, who lamented the harsh economic condition being experienced by Nigerians, said that reopening of the borders would check inflation and cut prices of food items. “We wish to appreciate the president’s intervention in the ongoing national food initiative. “He considers Kano as the host for the initiative ahead of its planned…
By Femi Alabi Barely five days after the councillor representing the ward of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Achor Nna resigned his position to support Governor Siminalayi Fubara, another group of Wike’s supporters have collapsed their structure for the Rivers governor. The latest to join Fubara’s camp is a group of 12 men who were Local Government Coordinators of Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI). The political pressure group was instrumental in the massive grassroots mobilization for the FCT minister while contesting the governorship elections in Rivers State since 2015. The coordinators represent Ogu/Bolo, Port Harcourt City, Opobo/Nkoro,…