The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano. Obiano, who stepped down as governor today having completed the maximum two terms of eight years, which the Constitution allows for governors, was picked up at about 8.30 pm...
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A medical doctor, Mistura Shogunle, on Wednesday narrated before an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how a 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in her neighbourhood. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Shogunle testified at the trial of a 20-year-old fashion designer, Rasheed...
The Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine, Azuh Arinze, will be 50 on Thursday, March 24, 2022 – and to commemorate it, he will be unveiling two new books, A TASTE OF SUCCESS and CONVERSATIONS WITH SHOWBIZ STARS, on that day. The memorable and milestone event is slated for the...
The N15 billion NNPC Tax Credit funding is speeding up construction works on the Badagry expressway project, Director of Federal Highways in South West, Mr Adedamola Kuti, has said. Kuti said this during inspection of the section three of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway project which spans from Agbara to Seme...
The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of a former Director of Bank PHB (now Keystone), Funmi Adenmosun at the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) in Ikoyi, following his inability to perfect his bail conditions. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on January 21...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The management of Air Peace has debunked reports that the airline disrespected the Emir of Kano as well as the people of the state. The Chief Operating Officer, Air Peace Ltd, Mrs Toyin Olajide, explained in a statement that the incident which led to...
Two persons have been confirmed dead, while two others were rescued from a three-storey building that collapsed in Yaba area of Lagos. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, Southwest, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Farinloye said...
The Joint National Assembly Committee on Aviation have expressed concerned over incessant flight delays and cancellations experienced by passengers in the country’s aviation industry. The Senate and House Committee Chairmen on Aviation, Smart Adeyemi and Nnolim Nnaji, made this known in a joint briefing during an oversight visit to...
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says normalcy will be restored to petrol stations in Abuja and other areas in about three days following the resumption of loading in Lagos depots. Mr Farouk Ahmed, Chief Executive, NMDPRA, made this known when he visited some petroleum products...
The Lagos Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has again warned of an impending strike should government fails to meet its demands. Coordinator of the zone, Dr Adelaja Odukoya, gave the warning at a news conference on Tuesday at the University of Lagos, after a congress...
Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) on Tuesday said insurers had paid over N11billion as claims for losses suffered during the 2020 #Endsars protest. Mr Ganiyu Musa, Chairman, NIA, disclosed this at a news briefing in Lagos . “As at January, insurers have paid over N11 billion as claims that arose...
An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday remanded a pastor with the Royal World Embassy Church, Rufus Olatunji, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old member. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs F.M. Kayode, who did not take Olatunji’s plea, ordered that Olatunji he should be remand at Ikoyi Correctional...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it would introduce self-registration outlets in Abuja and Lagos for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) examinations. Head of Media and Information of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace has announced its readiness to resume direct scheduled flights to Dubai, United Arab Emirates on March 1. The airline’s spokesperson, Mr Stanley Olisa, whi disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos, said the airline was also set...
A third prosecution witness, Doctor Aghogho Owhojedo, the Oromoni’s family doctor, has testified at the coroner’s inquest investigating the controversial death of the Dowen College Student. The doctor, who treated the late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr from Nov 26th when he arrived in Warri till Nov 30th, 2021 when he...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ondo/Ekiti Area command, on Saturday, said that it supervised the exportation of 3,991 containers of cocoa beans in 2021. The Area Controller, Comptroller Uche Ngozi, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Lagos. According to her,...
The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday, said its men intercepted a bus conveying religious books which contained cocaine weighing 11.913 kilogrammes with a street value of N3.9billion. In a statement by the spokesman of the command, Hussain Abdullahi, a copy of which was...
It was a night of creative fun, music and dance from friends and well-wishers of multi-talented Nigerian hit record producer, Yung Willis as he celebrated his birthday by hosting an exclusive birthday hangout that had celebrities and other notable industry figures in attendance. Renowned for his signature tagline, ‘Willis...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 167 victims of human trafficking and forced labour stranded in Libya have been repatriated by the Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The Charge d’ Affairs of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, Mr. Kabiru Musa, disclosed...
The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Rear Adm. Bashir Mohammed, on Tuesday, said that 81 smugglers of contrabands and seven stowaways had been arrested in the last four months. Rear Adm. Mohammed, represented by NNS BEECROFT’s Base Operations Officer, Lt.-Cdr. Adetayo Adesokan, stated this at a news conference,...