Finally, Buhari Assents Amended Companies And Allied Matters Bill

President Muhammadu Buhari on  Friday signed the Companies and Allied Matters Bill, 2020 recently passed by the National Assembly. The new Bill replaces the extant Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990, introducing after 30 years, several corporate legal innovations geared toward enhancing the ease of doing business in the country. Such innovations include: Filing fee…

Police Arrest Village Head, Balale In Ogun State For Sexual Abuse

A village head, Rasheed Sholabi, the Baale of Oose Agbedu Ajibawo in Owode-Yewa area of Ogun State have been arrested for having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 15yr old biological daughter. Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command apprehended the culprits on Thursday. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said…

LASG Says JSS 3 Student To Resume Classes on Monday

Junior Secondary School 3 students to resume classes on Monday 10th August, 2020, Lagos State Government has said.  This is to allow the students who are registered for the National Examination Council Basic Education Certificate Examination to prepare for their examination. According to a statement by the Hon. Commissioner for Education Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, she said, “JSS 3 students…

President Buhari Welcomes Ize-Iyamu, APC Members In Aso Rock

President Buhari on Friday received the Edo APC Gubernatorial Candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja alongside other party members. Ize-Iyamu was accompanied by Caretaker Committee Chairman All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Chairman Campaign Council in State House. The APC Governorship candidate will contend with the incumbent Governor of Edo…

Wolves Reach First European QF In Nearly 50 Years

Wolves battled into the quarter-finals of the Europa League on Thursday while Sevilla, Bayer Leverkusen and Basel enjoyed far more comfortable victories in the matches that brought the Europa League round of 16 to a belated close. Raul Jimenez scored the only goal from the penalty spot in the ninth minute and Wolves survived a…

Akpabio Lists Ibori, Orji Kalu, Uduaghan, As Beneficiaries Of NDDC Contracts

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has linked former Governors of Delta State, James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan to the contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). He also mentioned Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the former Governor of Abia State. Others on the list released by Akpabio and forward to the Speaker…