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Staff members of Oando Plc have been forced to stay away from work as policemen stormed the head office of the company on Monday morning. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Sunday night that it had set up an interim management team to oversee the affairs of Oando following …

Banking sector’s non-performing loans stood at N1.676tn as of the end of March 2019, latest statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics revealed. The gross loans recorded in the banking sector stood at N15.480tn, while the loans after specific provisions stood at N13.739tn in the period under review. The ratio …

Comrade (Otunba) Salimon Akanni Oladiti, the national chairman of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG, is a study in the unbelievable becoming a reality. Excerpts from Sunday Tribune. How challenging was the beginning? My childhood was very tough. It was hell. There are things one remembers about the past. …

Amid the perpetual clamour by the global human rights organisation, against the efforts of the Nigerian military in combating insurgency and the accusations that the Armed Forces are doing little or nothing to protect the rights of citizens, a Nigerian Army lawyer, Major Ajibade Azeez Atobatele, of the Directorate of …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday departed the royal terminal of King AbdulAziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for Abuja, after attending the 14th summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Makkah. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft conveying the president and members of …

Reprieve will soon come the way of residents and  motorists plying the Lagos Badagry- expressway as Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured that work will commence this month at the Maza Maza, Iba junction up to Okokomaiko end of the road. Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance yesterday during a …

The United States State Department says you will now have to submit your social media usernames when applying for a visa into the North American country. According to BBC, the new regulations also require that people also submit five years’ worth of email addresses and phone numbers. This is part of …

A new form of drug drastically improves survival rates of young women with the most common form of breast cancer, researchers said on Saturday, citing the results of an international clinical trial. The findings, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, showed that …

Italian-American media magnate Rocco Commisso is reported to be in talks to purchase Serie A outfit Fiorentina after the go-ahead was given on Saturday to sell the club. “During today’s meeting of the Board of Directors, the Della Valle family announced the existence of negotiations, currently underway, to sell the …

Ex-Arsenal and Real Madrid star Jose Antonio Reyes has been killed in a traffic accident, his former club Sevilla FC tweeted on Saturday. “Our beloved squad member Jose Antonio Reyes died in a traffic accident,” the club said. Reyes made a name for himself playing for Sevilla, where he began his career …