The Appeal Court in Abuja has discharged Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Kanu is being prosecuted by Nigeria’s Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Abuja for 15 count charges bordering, including treasonable felony and terrorism, offences he allegedly committed in the course of his separatist campaigns. A three-man…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has partnered with Junior Achievement Nigeria to implement the 22nd National Company of the Year (NCOY) competition which will be held on Thursday, 13th October 2022. The annual flagship event which was last held physically in 2019 will bring together 12 winning student companies from the Regional Company of the…
Africa’s Global Bank, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has again rewarded its loyal customers in the just concluded UBA Bumper draws, doling out millions in cash prizes. The virtual draw was witnessed by relevant regulators including representatives of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC). 20 lucky bumper…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced Nollywood filmmaker and producer, Olajide Kareem, aka Seun Egbegbe, to seven years imprisonment ‘with hard labour’ for fraud. The court, however, set Mr. Kareem free because he had exceeded the imprisonment time in detention. Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo sentenced Kareem on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, after convicting…
The Federal Government yesterday arraigned a Lagos State Monarch, The Onikosi of Ikosi, Oba Alami Oloyede Onikosi and three others before the Federal High Court, Abuja Division on charges bordering on forgery and falsification of a Supreme Court judgment as well as perjury. The others charged alongside the Lagos Monarch are Muyideen Fabunmi, Alademehim Samuel…
The Lagos State Taskforce has arrested a five-man land grabbing syndicate who operate at the Command Secondary School, Ipaja axis, Ikola Junction, for trying to forcefully take possession of land spanning 12 hectres belonging to Lagos State Ministry of Housing. Speaking on the arrest, the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye disclosed that the…
. …we ‘ll sign documents tomorrow -Prof. Osodeke …says struggle was to make Universities stronger By Levinus Nwabughiogu Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila last night said that in a matter of days the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will call off the 7-month-old strike that had kept the citadel of learning…
Travellers on a Lagos-bound train were stranded on Monday after the locomotive developed a fault in the middle of a forest. A Twitter user, Yinka Seth @inkaseth, who tweeted the incident, claimed that some steel parts of the rail tracks were removed by some hoodlums. The tweet read, “My first tweet went out about 8:12am. It is now 8:31am…
*Oil bunkers angry; send threat messages to Tompolo, Tantita operatives * TSSL seizes suspected bunkering vessel in Delta *How Tantita, security operatives discovered breaches on pipelines – Tompolo By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South and Akpokona Omafuaire, OPOROZA EX-MILITANT leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and security officials have uncovered 42 more tapping points by crude…
The Nigerian-Canadian Association of Calgary (NCAC) has conferred its Distinguished Citizen Award on the Chairman and Founder of NOVA Merchant Bank, Mr. Phillips Oduoza, in recognition of his sterling contributions to the development of the financial services sector in Nigeria and beyond. The association also honoured Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of World…
