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Most Nigerians are excited for the few days in office of President Tinubu and how he has performed so far. However, one striking revelation is the amount of revelations of corruption in Buhari’s government despite his well pronounced anti corruption government. It is almost like all the good people who go into government end up coming out corrupt. When is Nigeria going to get it right? When are we going to get rid of corruption in government? When will the right people come into… Read the full article here
A three-man kidnapping gang invaded Saparu Village at Isale Oha in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State on Saturday, abducting a mother and her daughter. The kidnappers carried out two operations in different villages in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area, DAILY POST learnt. At Saparu, the kidnappers reportedly abducted a farmer, Ikanlu Jimoh, while he was planting tomatoes on his farm. According to a source who did not want his name in print, the assailants “covered their faces… Read the full article here
Rivers United are through to the Naija Super 8 finals after a thrilling 3-2 victory against Bendel Insurance on Sunday. Liberia forward Albert Korvah scored twice for Rivers United in the encounter, while Morice Chukwu added the third. Bendel Insurance’s goals came through Dede Emekoyi and Okon Ini-Obong. Rivers United joined Remo Stars, Lobi Stars, Yobe Desert Stars, Enyimba, and Katsina United in the Super Eight finals. They will be joined by two wildcard teams in Lagos. The… Read the full article here
The Enugu State Police Command with assistance from the State Forest Guard and Neighbourhood Watch Group on Sunday rescued four kidnapped victims in a forest at Aishi-Ette in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Sunday night, said that the victims, two males and two females, were rescued after a fierce gun battle with their abductors on Sunday. Ndukwe said that the kidnappers after… Read the full article here
The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has vowed that his administration will deal decisively with anyone who commits ‘blasphemy’ against the Islamic Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah (PBUH). The governor made the revelation in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Abubakar Bawa, while warning against any act capable of “degrading the personality of Prophet Muhammad SAW, especially in a state like Sokoto, which is predominantly a Muslim-dominated… Read the full article here
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Receive free Leadership updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Leadership news every morning. The outgoing chief of the largest US university endowment said it was beholden on ageing executives to retire in order to “move out of the way” for the next generation.Britt Harris, who will step down as chief executive of Utimco, the $68bn University of Texas and Texas A&M endowment system, at the end of this month, said: “You have to move out of the… Read the full article here
During a speech at the Salzburg Global Seminar on bank regulation and supervision, Bowman called for attention from global regulators to the current supervision of novel banking activities, in particular banking as a service and digital assets. According to Bowman, financial institutions have been left in a “supervisory void” in terms of emerging technologies.”While there have been some efforts to provide guidance, there remains substantial uncertainty about the permissibility of and… Read the full article here
Britney Spears was thrilled to lend her discography to Broadway — with one specific caveat. “It was actually Britney who approached us and said, ‘We’d like to have a show based on my music, and specifically not a bio-musical,’” producer Hunter Arnold told Variety at Once Upon a One More Time’s opening night on Thursday, June 22, referring to the 41-year-old pop star. “The original idea came from ideas brought forth by her: She loves fairy tales, princesses… Read the full article here
Gunmen operating in the Imo axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway reportedly kidnapped nine Enugu-bound passengers, killed two and robbed others of their valuables. The victims, who hail from Amangwo Olokoro in Umuahia, were said to be travelling to Enugu on Saturday for a burial when they were attacked. Narrating their ordeal to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Sunday, one of them, who identified himself simply as Francis, said their Sienna Bus was flagged down… Read the full article here
