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Dangote Sponsors Ogun, Enugu Trade Fairs, Hits Fairs With Pocket Friendly Products LAGOS – As part of efforts to rev up commerce, industry and economic activities in Nigeria, Dangote Industries Limited is sponsoring the ongoing international trade fairs in Abeokuta and Enugu, the capitals of Ogun and Enugu States, respectively. …

ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has approved the appointment of eight new Permanent Secretaries and a new Accountant General for the State. A statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin said “the new appointees will fill the existing vacancies among the rank of Permanent Secretaries …

LISA KINGDOM – Governments at all levels have been charged to engage traditional institutions in its security architecture aimed at solving the problem of insecurity in the country.         Olu of Lisa Kingdom, Oba Najeemdeen Odugbemi gave the charge last weekend in his palace at Lisa town in …

LAGOS – Chief Adebola Dosunmu, the Akinsiku of Lagos (Olori Eyo), who is the custodian of Lagos most popular cultural festival, the Adamu Orisa, popularly known as Eyo marked  his 50th birthday on Monday, March 21, 2022.  The real estate mogul and socialite said he is grateful to God for all …

LAGOS – Did you miss FirstBank’s recent webinar on 8 March 2022, to commemorate the 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD) – themed Breaking the Bias – and are yet to recover from the grumble of missing the event, following the experiences and excitement shared by participants? Letting the cat out …

ABEOKUTA – Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered immediate investigation into the collapse of a building under construction at Iperu in Ikenne Local Government Area of the state.  The one-storey building along Ogere Road in Iperu collapsed and killed two people on Thursday while undergoing an illegal construction by …

LAGOS – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, commissioned the new 3 million Metric Tonnes capacity per annum state-of-the-art Dangote Fertiliser Urea Plant, with an emphatic assurance that the project would give a huge fillip to Nigeria’s agricultural sector, which revitalisation has been a focal point of his …

ABUJA – Apparently to stop the trend of defecting from one party to the other after winning an election, Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Monday, March 21, 2022, sacked from office some members of the Federal House of Representatives and the Cross River …

Opinion: BY ANIEKAN EZEKIEL Have you seen the videos on this link: https://www.firstbanknigeria.com/home/impact/crs-week/? Piece of advice: Please hold your handkerchief or make sure there is a good supply of tissue paper while you view. The initiative that inspired the efforts and results seen in the videos is not a strange one, …

ILARO-YEWA – A call has gone to Muslim faithful to always include the western education into the education of their children. The former Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Alhaja Salmot Badru stated this on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at the turbaning ceremony of the new chiefs of Ilaro Central Mosque, …