Lafarge Africa Plc. a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions has announced its recent award on Corporate Governance by the prestigious Institute of Directors (IoD) Nigeria. The award, which reinforces the importance of best practice amongst corporate entities quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange Group, was presented to the company at the 2021 IoD Nigeria Annual Dinner…
With the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the end of the current term, one name keeps rising to the top of the list of potential replacements: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson, whom President Joe Biden nominated to replace Merrick Garland on the high-profile D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals when he picked Garland…
As the coronavirus pandemic upends a third consecutive school year, Adam Solovoy, of Chicago, said learning loss due to the pandemic is something he has witnessed firsthand in his two daughters, ages 10 and 9. “When they do take the standardized testing that they take every year, their scores were, in certain areas, behind where…
violence has broke out at the accreditation venue of the ongoing Peoples Democratic Party Ekiti State governorship primary as supporters of some major contenders attacked each other.SaharaReporters gathered that the violence followed a protest by some party chieftains claiming the delegates’ list for the primary had been doctoredMeanwhile, one of the leading aspirants Biodun Olujimi,…
The Oyo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Violation of Rights of Citizens and Unlawful Killings on Wednesday submitted its report to the state governor, Seyi Makinde.Makinde had on November 10, 2020 inaugurated the 11-member committee led by Justice Bolajoko Adeniji (retd).In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Makinde commended the panel and promised…
Embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James popularly known as Baba Ijesha, will on February 17 open his defence on allegations of defiling a minor.The date was fixed on Wednesday by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Sexual Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, following the submission by the defendant’s counsel, Dotun Ajulo, who asked the court to…
he Nigerian Army on Wednesday morning intercepted some armed members of the Oyo State Park Management System otherwise known as National Union Workers (NURTW) at Ita Awure/Efon Junction, Osun State. SaharaReporters learnt that they were arrested at about 3am.The armed thugs were reportedly heading for Ekiti, to disrupt the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Primaries, slated…
BBC wa n ke si awọn akọroyin kaakiri ilẹ Afrika lati forukọ silẹ fun ami ẹyẹ naa, pẹlu erongba lati ṣawari awọn akọroyin to dantọ nilẹ Afrika. Ẹnikẹni to ba gba ami ẹyẹ naa yoo lo oṣu mẹta ni olu ileeṣẹ iroyin BBC to wa niluu London, nibi ti yoo ti kọ si nipa iṣẹ…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passing of former Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG), Princess Adenrele Adeniran-Ogunsanya. Adeniran-Ogunsanya, the daughter of prominent Ikorodu born politician and associate of the late Nnamdi Azikiwe, Prince Adeniran Ogunsanya, died after a brief illness on Tuesday at 74. She was the Secretary to the…
