N4.7bn Fraud: Ladoja Used Part to Wade Off Impeachment Against Him – Witness
A prosecution witness, Adewale Atanda, in the ongoing trial of former Oyo State Governor, Rasheed Ladoja, told a Federal High Court in Lagos, Friday, how…
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Monthly: March 2017
NNPC Warns Of Adulterated Petroleum Products In Circulation
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has warned Nigerians to be on the lookout for adulterated petroleum products circulating in the country. The NNPC in…
Transparency: Edo Govt to Adopt Automated Governance Through Technology
Determined to promote transparency in governance and cut waste, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State said his administration was ready to adopt automated system of…
Fire Guts Account Section of Ebonyi Govt. House
Inferno, on Friday morning, gutted the accounts section of the Ebonyi Government House. It was learnt it took the combined efforts of workers and the…
CBN Raises FOREX Supply To BDCs…Offers $100m For Forwards
In line with its pledge to sustain liquidity in the foreign exchange market, the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN) will from Monday, April 3, 2017…
Court Grants Abba Moro Leave to Travel Abroad for Medical Attention
Former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who is facing trial relating to the 2014 Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment tragedy was, Friday, granted leave to travel…
Investors Flock To Nigeria Eurobonds, Won’t Touch The Naira
Nigeria’s oversubscribed Eurobond on Wednesday showed that investors will flock to the country’s dollar assets. But when it comes to naira ones, they’re staying well…
Three Sentenced To Death For Attempted Murder Of UNILORIN Professor
Three suspects have been sentenced to death by a High Court in Ilorin, for robbery and attempted murder of a professor with the University of…
23 Nigerians Deported From UK
No fewer than 23 Nigerians were reportedly deported in the early hours of Friday by the government of the United Kingdom for committing immigration-related offences…
Zone 5 AIG Doles Out Paltry N3.2m to 12 Fallen Colleagues
Families of 12 of police operatives in Zone 5 who lost their lives in active service have received monetary compensation totaling N3.2mq. The Assistant Inspector-General…
Immunisation: Edo to Set Up Dedicated Phone Lines
Determined to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Edo state, Governor Godwin Obaseki has revealed plans to set up dedicated telephone lines across the state…
Buhari Hasn’t Cancelled Trip to UK for Follow Ups – Presidential Aide
President Muhammadu Buhari has not cancelled a planned medical visit to the United Kingdom. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,…
House of Reps Member Remanded in Prison Over Certificates Forgery
A Federal High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has ordered the reman of Nse Ekpenyong, member representing Oron Federal Constituency, at the House of…
For Impregnating Daughter, Man to Spend 9 Years in Prison
For committing incest, a 56-year-old man was Thursday sentenced to nine years imprisonment. The man, whose name was not made available, was accused of impregnating…
Witchcraft: Bird Transforms Into Woman In Port Harcourt
There was pandemonium in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, following the transformation of a big bird into a woman. The incident happened at 8:00a.m at the…
Emir Of Kano, Sanusi Comments On Nigeria’s Recession, Way Out
The Emir of Kano and also the Former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, spoke extensively on the nation’s economic recession while delivering a paper titled,…
EFCC Arrest 5 Yahoo Yahoo Boys In Lautech
The Ibadan Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday, 20th March, 2017 took over five suspected internet fraudsters otherwise known as…
Ambode Inherited N418.2 Bn Debt From Fashola – Tinubu
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has confessed that he was worried when Akinwunmi Ambode became Governor of Lagos…
DSS Arrests, Detains Capital Oil Boss, Ifeanyi Ubah
There are reports that operatives of the Deportment of State Services (DSS) have arrested and detained Ifeanyi Uba, the owner of Capital Oil. It was…
Dasukigate: Dokpesi Received N2.1 billion From ONSA – Bank Officer
A prosecution witness, Zainab Kokobili, on Wednesday told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that Raymond Dokpesi, received N2.1 billion from the Office of the National…
Ex-SSS Official Who ‘Stole’ N310 million Allegedly Belonging To Saraki Arrested By Police
The police have arrested Abdulrasheed Maigari a 35-year-old man who was former operative of the State Security Service (SSS) who was dismissed from the service…
ASI At Nigeria Stock Exchange Down 0.55%, As FCMB, Unilever, Oando Shed Weight
The Nigerian equities market further declined on Wednesday with the All Share Index (ASI) dropping 0.55 percent to close at 25,267.68 points. The day’s performance…
