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Foreign solicitors wade in as HealthPlus board insists Bukky George’s sack valid
The board of HealthPlus says its decision to terminate Bukky George’s (pictured) appointment as chief executive officer (CEO) and appoint Chidi Okoro as its chief transformation officer (CTO) is in compliance with the law. In a statement on Saturday, the management had said Okoro’s appointment as new CTO was part of a hijack scheme being perpetrated by Alta Semper Capital (ASC), a foreign private equity firm. Read more
New PIB amends royalties by oil firms as Sylva clarifies position on scrapping of NNPC
The long-awaited new Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which was just submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly, has taken steps to amend changes to deep water royalties made last year. This is as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has clarified that the new PIB seeks to commercialize the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) rather than scrap it. Read more
Software bug brings down Microsoft Teams, Azure
Microsoft recently disclosed that it was investigating an outage that brought down its cloud-based office services, including the meetings software, Teams, worldwide. Microsoft reported challenges with authentication for its cloud services at around 9.25 pm UTC, meaning people were having issues logging into the online services; Teams, Outlook, and Office. The outage had affected services globally. Read more
Senator Elisha Abbo ordered to pay N50 million to assault victim
A High Court in Abuja has ordered Senator Elisha Abbo to pay the sum of N50 million in a civil suit between Ms. Warmate v. Senator Elisha Abbo, for an assault on Ms. Warmate in a sex shop last year. This was confirmed on social media by the legal team that filed the suit against the senator. The judgment was handed by Justice Bature on Monday. Read more
President Buhari to scrap NNPC, PPPRA as he submits new PIB to National Assembly
President Muhammadu Buhari has proposed the scrapping of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) in the new long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill 2020 which has just been transmitted to the National Assembly. Read more
Arik, workers’ negotiation breaks down
The negotiation between workers of Arik and the management has slowly nosedived into a deadlock, The PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered that none of the conditions which caused the staff to embark on a strike action on September 14th, 2020 had been met. Read more
Shareholders approve PZ’s sale of land to WAMCO
Shareholders of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc have unanimously approved the resolutions authorizing their directors to, on behalf of the company, execute the sale and transfer of a portion of land situated within its Ikorodu Industrial Estate where NUTRICIMA factory conducts its business operations to FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc. Read more
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Willow Smith Reacts to Jada Pinkett Smith and August Alsina's "Entanglement" Revelation
Willow Smith is "proud" of mom Jada Pinkett Smith for being "vulnerable" and open about her self-described "entanglement" with rapper August Alsina. On the Monday episode of Red Table Talk, the "Whip My Hair" singer applauded her mom, as well as dad Will Smith, for tackling the issue in a public forum. Read more
Singer John Legend's wife Chrissy Teigen hospitalised after suffering bleeding during pregnancy
American singer, John Legend's wife, Chrissy Teigen has been hospitalised after suffering bleeding during pregnancy. The model and mother of two made this known via her Instagram stories on Monday, September 27, 2020, where she revealed what really happened. Read more
Sienna Miller Reveals Chadwick Boseman Gave a Portion of His 21 Bridges Salary to Her
Chadwick Boseman's legacy lives on. In the latest issue of Empire, British-American actress Sienna Miller shared her most impactful moment with the Black Panther star. Sienna co-starred alongside Chadwick in the 2019 film 21 Bridges. Read more
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We so often doubt ourselves. We listen more to what others think or say than to ourselves, yet there's this aching in the back of our minds, a knowing and an inclination toward the right choice. Often, we must make a wrong decision to realise that listening to our own intuition would have led us to better things - Rebecca Perkins.
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