Twenty-six months after killing her husband, Maryam Sanda was sentenced to death by hanging.
The most discussed issue of the month was the decision of the Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, to sack Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and to declare Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who came a distant fourth during the governorship poll as the Governor of Imo State.
The Federal Government declared the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun launched by the six states of the South West as illegal.
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Thu Dec 24 2020
While Nigerian carriers are currently at a tipping point, the challenge of Arik Air, one of Nigeria’s major carriers, has been worsened by frequent picketing by the unions as its operations were disrupted three times between September and December, Daily Trust examines the issues of contention and efforts to address them.
Arik Air at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic implemented 80% pay cut for all members of staff of the company with effect from April while asking 90 per cent of staff to proceed on leave without pay.
But this does not go down well with the unions comprising the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the National Union of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE).
All eyes on first female MD of Fidelity Bank as Onyeali-Ikpe resumes
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By Haruna Danladi
When news filtered out that for the first time in its history, the Board of Fidelity Bank Plc, a leading tier-2 commercial bank in Nigeria had appointed a female banker as its Managing Director Designate, the financial market received the news with so much excitement.
This was premised on the unprecedented financial performance of the bank over the past six years under the outgoing Managing Director of the Bank, Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo.
With a Profit Before Tax (PBT) growth of 236 per cent from N9.06b in 2014 to N30.4b in 2019, the incoming Managing Director, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe has been part of this success story as the Executive Director supervising the Lagos and southwest Directorate since 2015 under the leadership of Nnamdi Okonkwo.
Dollar or naira option to recipients of diaspora remittances will help exchange rate ― Chike-Obi Dollar or naira option to recipients of diaspora remittances will help exchange rate ― Chike-Obi
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The Chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc and former Managing Director, Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr Mustafa Chike-Obi, has suggested that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should have given recipients of Dollar remittances the option of receiving eighter in Naira or Dollars.
This he said would have forced the banks to give out dollars at the rate that is equivalent to that of parallel make to discourage recipients from shifting demand to that segment of the market, thereby narrowing the gap between the official and unofficial rates.