Tag: Isa Funtua
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Nigerian billionaires at war as Isa Funtua drags T.Y Danjuma to court (See reason)
Nigerian billionaire Abubakar Isa Funtua has initiated a lawsuit against General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Rtd), his company LH Telecommunication Limited, and several other parties over the control of Emerging Markets Telecommunications Limited, which operates under the 9mobile brand.
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Isa Funtua loses bid to stop EFCC’s probe of alleged economic crimes
A Federal High Court in Abuja and presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite has thrown out a suit seeking to compel the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, AGF, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from
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Onyibe releases book On Isa Funtua and the Jostle for Nigeria’s Presidency, 2023
A couple of months after the charismatic political activist , construction entrepreneur and media investor, mallam Isma’ila lsa Funtua passed away on July 2020, Magnus onyibe has released a book titled “Ismaila Isa Funtua. A Bridge Builder. Chronicles of a Political Activist, And The Jostle For The Presidency Of Nigeria In 2023” Although , the…
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Isa Funtua: Trust Betrayed, By Abdu Rafiu
By Abdu Rafiu The sudden departure of Ismaila Isa Funtua from earthly life came as a shock. Yes, hardly does death give anyone notice that it would soon come calling or it is already by the door seeking entry. Many who have had a protracted illness and over whom families and relations have given up…
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Good night my dear Isa Funtua, By Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida
It has taken me two days of shock to be able to muscle the strength to write this tribute and condolence to the family of my departed brother, friend, associate and confidant, Ismaila Isa Funtua. I am still left in awe to come to terms with the shocking news, but like every mortal, we must…
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Isa Funtua built most iconic buildings in Abuja during my tenure as president – Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday described the late Mallam Isa Funtua as a patriotic and law abiding Nigerian whose contribution to the stability and development of the country cannot be overemphasized. The former Nigerian leader also described Funtua as a rare quality during his tenure as the President of Nigeria in 1999-2007. Obasanjo…
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NCC boss, Danbatta commiserates with family of late Funtua
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has commiserated with the family of late Alhaji Smaila Isa Funtua, publisher, industrialist and founder of Bulet International Nigeria Limited, who passed on at 78 in Abuja on Monday, July 20, 2020. Danbatta, alongside some staff of the Commission paid a condolence…
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JUST IN: Buhari’s close ally, Isa Funtua is dead
Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua, founding publisher of defunct Democrat Newspaper and former President of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), is dead. He died of cardiac arrest Monday night in Abuja. TheNewsGuru.com TNG gathered that the late Funtua will be buried today in the Federal capital city according to Islamic rites. Funtua, a businessman…