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Nestle Nigeria Plc on Thursday notified the shareholders, investing public and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) of the appointment of Mrs Juliet Ehimuan as an Independent Non-Executive Director. The company, in a notice to the NSE by its Company Secretary/ Legal Adviser, Bode Ayeku, said the appointment was effective Feb. 24. The notice said Ehimuan, the current Country Manager for Google in Nigeria, had about 25 years professional work experience. It stated that Ehimuan started her career in 1995 and had worked for several companies in Nigeria and abroad. “She started a firm called Strategic Insight Consulting Limited and later…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases outside China has outpaced those inside the country for the first time. The WHO Director-General of the world body, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on the agency’s twitter handle @WHO that China reported 78,190 cases, including 2,718 deaths as at Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. According to him, only 10 new cases outside of Hubei province are reported. “Outside China, there are now 2,700 cases in 37 countries and 44 deaths. The number of new cases reported outside China on Tuesday exceeded the number of cases in China for…
Google Nigeria, in partnership with digital payments company, Flutterwave, will commence a series of business clinics aimed at helping 5,000 merchants across Nigeria acquire the skills and tools needed. Tolulope Akinyele, Google Partners Lead, West Africa, made this known in Lagos on Thursday. The skills and tools needed would leverage the Web for growth of the training tagged ‘Digital Business Compass’. The first clinic session would commence from March 3 to March 5 in Lagos. Akinyele said that the training would focus on equipping businesses with the tools, technologies, and insights needed for them to grow in the digital age.…
Justice Yetunde Adesanya of an Ikeja High Court on Thursday struck out a suit filed by former Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, seeking to stop his probe by the state Assembly over purchase of 820 buses for Bus Reform Project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adesanya ruled that the ad-hoc committee set up to investigate Ambode was a fact-finding committee. According to the judge, an investigation is not an indictment. “The claimant (Ambode) has not been indicted. An invitation by an agency of government cannot in any way cause a breach of the threat of the fundamental…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it is deploying 1,500 officers and men for the forthcoming Local Government Elections in Enugu State. The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) had fixed Feb. 29 for elections into the 17 chairmanship and 260 councillorship positions in the state. The Public Relations Officer of NSCDC, Enugu State Command, CSP Danny Iwuchukwu, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Enugu deployment comprised uniformed and plain-cloth personnel. “We are leaving no stone unturned in ensuring a hitch-free and peaceful elections come Feb. 29. We have started deploying our well-briefed personnel…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Olayiwola Adeyemi lll says no amount of spiritual incantation or use of concoctions can curb cancer. Adeyemi said this in his palace when Mrs Betty Akeredolu, Wife of Ondo State Governor, led members of the Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN) on a courtesy visit. The visit was to thank him for the enormous support given to the BRECAN members in Oyo state during the 2020 World Cancer Day celebration. “No amount of spiritual incantation, concoctions or climbing of Prayer Mountains that can curb it except periodical medical check-ups and self-examination which will go a…
Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, the Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has warned newly admitted students to desist from social vices and acts capable of truncating their programme in the institution. Ogunbodeded gave the charge at the orientation exercise of the new intakes for the 2019/2020 academic session, on Wednesday in Ile-Ife. He said that the institution has zero tolerance for cultism, examination malpractices, disregard for authorities, vices and immoral acts, among others. Ogunbodede added that the university held learning and culture in high esteem, and implored them to imbibe the same, as they pursue their goals on the campus toward…
Enugu residents have engaged in panic purchase of food items ahead of Saturday’s local government elections in the state. A Correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored markets in Enugu metropolis on Thursday reports that the rush was noticed mainly in the major markets. At the Ogbete Main Market, people were mostly rushing for perishable food items such as tomatoes, dry fish, ice fish, and vegetable among others. The rush was also taking place at the Artisan and Aria markets all within the Enugu metropolis. Security personnel, Mrs Ifeoma Okpoko told NAN that she was shopping against Saturday…
A large number of Muslims in Kaduna on Thursday joined Christians at the home of a cleric, Pastor Yohanna Buru, to break the fast on the first day of the Lenten season, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Pastor Buru is the General Overseer of Christ Evangelical Intercessory and Life Intervention Ministry Sabon-Tasha, Kaduna. Addressing the gathering, Malam Rilwanu Abdullahi, National Chairman of Beyond the Border of Disability in Nigeria, said their presence was to promote unity and mutual coexistence among all Nigerians. ”The aim of joining our Christian counterparts to break their fast is in a bid to…
An environmentalist, Mr Emmanuel Emechete says conscious efforts must be made in tackling the effects of climate change, which he attributed to the current heatwave in the country. Emechete, a climate change enthusiast made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. The expert said the abnormalities being witnessed in the weather conditions were largely due to changes in climatic conditions around the world. ”The heatwave we are currently experiencing in the country is nothing other than climate change effects. ”It is obvious that this is not how things used to be,…