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Prominent Akwa Ibom son, Mr Paul Usoro has been appointed as the new Chairman of Access Bank Plc. Prior to his appointment in Ma, 2023, Mr. Usoro had been a Non-Executive Director of the bank since January 2014. An indigene of Ukana, Essien Udim Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Usoro is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the founder and Senior Partner of the Law firm of Paul Usoro & Co. He has over 30 years of law practice experience and is acknowledged as a highly experienced litigator…

Tina Turner, the music superstar whose career spanned five decades, has died at 83 years old, her spokesperson, Bernard Doherty, confirmed this to journalists Wednesday afternoon.  Known for hits like “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” Turner won 12 Grammy Awards over her storied career. “Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock’n Roll’ has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland,” said Doherty in a news release. “With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model.” He said Turner will be honored at a…

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles  booked a place in round 16 of the U-20 World Cup tournament after beating their opponents Italian Azzurri 2-0 at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas on Wednesday evening. Salim Fago Lawal’s opener  came in the 61 minutes of the explosive encounter while Jude Sunday fired his salvo into the goal mouth of Italian Azzuri  at the 95 minutes during extra time in the Group D matchday two clash. Fago had largely been ineffective in the 53 minutes he was on the pitch for the Flying Eagles against the Dominican Republic on Sunday night.  Also read:  U-20 W/Cup: Flying…

The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has kicked against comments made by an Arise TV female anchor, Ayo Mairo-Ese on Emdee Tiamiyu’s interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC. The NICOM boss expressed dismay over the disposition of the TV’s broadcasters and presenters over Tiamiyu’s comment, which is believed to have corroborated the ban of Nigerian students from bringing their dependants to the United Kingdom. Mairo-Ese had tackled President Muhammad Buhari on a Arise TV Morning show, for telling the UK government that Nigerian youths are lazy and criminally minded while Dabiri also called the youths drug…

A Nigerian is among US President Joe Biden’s delegation sent to attend the inauguration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, May 29. She is Honourable Enoh T. Ebong, appointed by Biden on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 as Director, United States Trade and Development Agency. A lawyer, she grew up partly in Lagos before she migrated to the state. An indigene of Ukpom Abak in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom State, Enoh is the second daughter of Ime James Ebong, a retired Permanent Secretary in the Nigerian Ministry of Economic Development and Reconstruction. He was instrumental to the design and creation of…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has revoked the operating licences of 132 microfinance banks, four primary mortgage banks, and three finance companies in the country. The revocation exercise was stated in the official gazette of the Federal Government published on the website of the CBN on Tuesday. The licences of the financial institutions, according to the gazette, were revoked because they ceased to carry on in Nigeria, the type of business for which their licences were issued for a continuous period of six months. Also read: CBN Shuts Sapphire, Akcofed, Gufax In Akwa Ibom, 39 Nigerian Microfinance Banks They were also alleged…

The decade-old 2nd Niger Bridge, linking Asaba, Delta State with Onitsha in Anambra State and other South-East States was, Tuesday, inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari. The 1.6 km bridge is named after the outgoing Nigerian leader, President Buhari and its colourful inauguration took place at Àsaba, Delta State capital. Buhari, who inaugurated the bridge via Zoom described it as one of the critical infrastructures delivered by his administration to fight poverty, promote economic growth and ensure progress for the people. Also read:  FG completes Second Niger Bridge awaiting inauguration- Minister He noted that the bridge and other projects being commissioned…

The Supreme Court has fixed May 26, 2023 to deliver judgement in a suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), respectively. In the suit filed on July 28, 2022, the PDP claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate was in breach of the provisions of sections 29(1), 33, 35, and 84(1)(2) of the Electoral Act 2022. The party argued that Shettima’s nomination to contest the position of Vice-President and Borno Central Senatorial District seat at the same time contravened the law. Also read: 2023: Bola…

Emmanuel Osodeke, a Professor of Soil Science, has been re-elected for another three years as the National President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).  In 2020, Osodeke who succeeded Biodun Ogunyemi, also a professor, will run the union’s affairs of the union of lecturers of Nigeria’s universities until 2026. Other members of Mr Osodeke-led National Executive Council (NEC) have also been re-elected for a new tenure of office, exception one officer was dropped. The union’s Welfare Secretary, Stella-Maris Okey, was not reelected, but was replaced by Aisha Bawa of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Mr Osodeke said the “union would soon…

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said Monday that the first refined petroleum products from the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery would hit the market before the end of July this year. Mr Dangote stated this while delivering his speech during the official inauguration of the refinery by President Muhammadu Buhari. Dangote said the commissioning ceremony was “just the beginning of a great journey, a milestone in a new and exciting trajectory for the downstream sector of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Also read:  As President Buhari Inaugurates Dangote Refinery, Nigerians react “It is our firm commitment that…