Zainab Aliyu,with officials of the Nigerian Consulate in Jeddah, shortly after she was freed from Saudi prison Zainab’s release came after President Buhari directed the attorney general of the federation to take necessary action on her detention by Saudi Arabia. It was learnt she was falsely accused of drug peddling in Saudi Arabia and was…
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a cartel, which specialised in planting illicit drugs in travellers’ luggage. The NDLEA Chairman, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (rtd), disclosed this in a statement. The cartel was uncovered after NDLEA detectives embarked on investigation of a Nigerian lady identified as Zainab Aliyu. Zainab was accused of entering Saudi…
OPERATIVES of the Imo State Police Command have apprehended five members of a child trafficking syndicate who allegedly sold a six-hour-old baby for N850,000 shortly after he was born. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Rabiu Ladodo, who paraded the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Owerri on Saturday, described the crime as “absurd…
United Bank for Africa (UBA) has rewarded another 20 customers who emerged winners in the second quarterly draw of the UBA Wise Savers Promo with N1.5 million each, bringing the total amount won by 40 customers so far to N60 million. The electronic raffle draw which was held at UBA House on Thursday 18th of April, was…
•As govs, N-PDP camps flex muscles over Senate Presidency, Speaker •President has not endorsed any candidate—Ndume camp The unfolding intrigues and gerrymandering in the race for the Senate Presidency and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, which appear to have deepened, are already raising fears of fresh crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress…
Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has found the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, guilty of false declaration of assets. The former CJN has also been barred from holding public office for 10 years. The three-man panel led by Danladi Umar ruled on Thursday that Onnoghen breached the provision of CCT Act section…
Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its unaudited Financial Results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. The Bank recorded positive performance across all financial metrics with gross earnings for the period growing by 1.2% to ₦110.3billion from ₦109.0billion posted in March 2018. Profit before tax improved to…
Gospel music stars like Lanre Teriba (Atorise), Segun Nabi, Esther Igbekele, Segun Opontisun and others have been billed to perform at this year’s International Easter Fiesta program themed ‘Man: God’s creation for love and harmony.’ The event, organised by Trinity C&S House of Worship Worldwide Ministry (Agbo Jesu), is scheduled to hold on Thursday, 18…
……Highlights the Relevance and Urgency to Support Entrepreneurial Led Economic Growth in Africa 0At a time when Europe’s relationship with Africa is high on foreign policy and developmental agendas and with the European Union beginning to deliver on its 2017 External Investment Plan, targeted at attracting investment and job creation in Africa, the…
