Johan Rupert, a South African luxury goods tycoon, has become Africa’s richest man, overtaking Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group.Rupert, 74, controls the world’s largest luxury watchmaker, Cie Financière Richemont, through a family trust, with the Bellevue-based company owning renowned brands like Jaeger-LeCoultre and Cartier.According to the latest
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The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, on Wednesday, that a group of Polish students and a lecturer detained in Nigeria have been released.The University of Warsaw students were arrested earlier this month in Kano after being accused of raising Russian flags during anti-government protests.The protests, which began on August
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that the final deadline for all Nigerians to link their Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) to their National Identity Numbers (NINs) is September 14, 2024.This is even as it announced significant progress in the Federal Government’s 2020 policy to link all Subscriber Identification Modules
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Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday, honoured police invitation over alleged criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime.Ajaero was led to the Force Headquarters by his lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) and others, including Maxwell Opara and Deji Adeyanju.This is coming 11 days
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Afam Osigwe, has been sworn in as the 32nd President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).Osigwe will serve alongside other newly sworn-in national officers for the next two years, succeeding the immediate past president, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN.Making his inaugural speech in Lagos on Thursday,
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by Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaIn recent times, Dr. Mrs. Victoria I. Okoronkwo, the Pioneer President and Life Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN), has faced a barrage of allegations, ranging from the mismanagement of funds to nepotism. These allegations have been propagated by individuals and groups
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has announced the party’s plan to introduce an electronic registration system for its members to accurately determine their number and quality.Ganduje, a former Governor of Kano State, made this disclosure on Thursday during a meeting with members of the
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The Federal Government through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has issued a one-month ultimatum to traders and market stakeholders to slash prices of goods and services nationwide.Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Tunji Bello, made the announcement at a stakeholders’ engagement in Abuja, warning that enforcement actions
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President Bola Tinubu is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Beijing by the first week of September, Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said on Tuesday.Although no date has been fixed for President Tinubu’s departure for Beijing, a Forum on China-Africa
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The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Monday affirmed the nomination of Asue Ighodalo as the lawful candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.A three-member panel of the appellate court affirmed Ighodalo’s nomination after dismissing the appeal filed by a governorship
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