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Heirs Holdings Oil Company Names Igiehon Pioneer CEO
•Appoints Udoma, Dua, Musa, Lawson, Nwanze to board Peter Uzoho Heirs Holdings Oil & Gas (HHOG), Africa’s integrated energy company, has announced the appointment of its management board, with Mr.
BREAKING: Kidnappers Release Kaduna Forestry College Students after 56 Days
Reports suggest that about 27 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna State, have been released. A source who confirmed the development to ARISE
Roma Appoint Mourinho Manager for Next Season
Jose Mourinho has been appointed Roma head coach on a three-year deal set to begin at the start of next season. Mourinho was sacked by Tottenham in April after just
Military, Police Ring Abuja to Forestall Boko Haram Attack
•Deploy more personnel as army chief vows to wipe out terror group •Security beefed up at N’Assembly Deji Elumoye and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power, is
Bauchi Gov: NNPC Zero Remittance to FAAC, Recipe for Crisis
Obinna Chima, Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos, Chuks Okocha and James Emejo in Abuja Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, yesterday warned that Nigeria will be in chaos and financial hardship
First Bank: CBN Reinstates Adeduntan, Sacks Otudeko, Bank’s Boards
•Don’t panic, Emefiele tells depositors, shareholders •Moves to recapitalise bank Obinna Chima in Lagos and James Emejo in Abuja In one fell swoop yesterday, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Jonathan Pushes for LG Reform, Autonomy
Onungwe Obe in Yenagoa Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the reform and autonomy of local government areas, as they would only be able to generate revenues if independent.
Presidency Rebukes Ortom for Attacks on Buhari over Benue Killings
Deji Elumoye in Abuja The presidency yesterday chastised Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, for casting aspersion on his person over the recent killings, including that of internally displaced persons
Nigeria: CBN Reinstates First Bank MD
The Central Bank of Nigeria has reinstated Sola Adeduntan as MD/CEO of First Bank Nigeria. The CBN also sacked all directors and named new board members for both FBN and
Nigeria: Rivers Governor Wike Imposes Curfew, Fears Attack on Niger Delta State
The Rivers State Government in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria has imposed a curfew on the 23 Local Government Areas of the State with effect from Thursday over possibilities of deadly
