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BY ABU-SATAR HAMED ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), the strategic investment arm of the Government of Ethiopia, and Dangote Group have announced the signing of a comprehensive shareholders’ agreement to develop, construct, and operate a world-class urea fertilizer production complex in Gode, Ethiopia. Under the partnership structure, …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED LAGOS, NIGERIA – Ambassador Cornel Udofia, founder of the Center for Media Connect (CMC) and newly elected Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter, has commended AIG Margaret Ochalla for her prompt attention to urgent and sundry issues affecting her Command …

IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA – The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, has enjoined Mogajis (family heads) and Baales in Ibadanland to be security conscious at all times and report anything that can cause security breaches to law enforcement agents without delay. The Olubadan-designate gave these admonitions when Mogajis and Baales …

LAGOS, NIGERIA – Kenechukwu Oluwafemi Morayo Uba of Caleb International College, Lagos, has emerged student with the highest mark in English Language across the world in the 2024 International General Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations (IGCSE) conducted by Cambridge International Examination Council. The prestigious British Council Recognition and Outstanding Cambridge …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED OBAJANA, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA – As part of its commitment to achieving zero tolerance for road accidents, Dangote Cement Plc has commenced the installation of surveillance cameras on all its Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) trucks. In a related move, the Dangote Articulated Trucks Drivers Training School (DATDTS), …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED  IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA – The Oyo State House of Assembly has formally acknowledged a letter from Governor Seyi Makinde, notifying lawmakers of his intention to proceed on a one-month leave beginning Thursday, August 29, 2025, and ending Monday, September 29, 2025. The letter, read during the …

IPERU-REMO, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has tasked the Awujale Chiefs in Council to ensure a level playing ground in the process of appointing a new Awujale of Ijebuland. The stool of the Awujale became vacant when Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona joined his ancestors on …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED ILARO-YEWA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA -No fewer than 1,500 Dangote Cement truck drivers have undergone intensive screening to determine their mental, psychological, and physical fitness for safe driving. Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement Plc, Arvind Pathak, disclosed this to journalists shortly after his presentation at the 2025 …

LAGOS, NIGERIA – There’s a moment we all wait for. The shift from almost to finally, from planning to doing, from dreaming to living – that moment when it’s your turn. At Oxygen X Finance Company, that moment has a name: You Are Next. In a country where access to …

Opinion: BY ABU-SATAR HAMED One cannot help but ask: Is there truly no constitutional provision, executive directive, or legal mechanism that empowers the Presidency – or any federal oversight body for that matter – to demand accountability from state governors regarding how they spend their monthly federal allocations and internally …