archiveJuly 2020

Justice F. N. Azinge of the Delta State High Court sitting in Otor-Udu has convicted and sentenced the duo of Pastor Glory Okeoghene Aberefa and Reverend Vincent Okpogo to 16 and 10 years imprisonment respectively. The convicts, alongside their company, Mustard Seed Micro Investment Limited, were prosecuted by the Benin...

Justice I.B. Gafai of the Federal High Court, Awka, Anambra State has convicted and sentenced former managing director of Achina Microfinance Bank, Aguata, Mr. Jonathan Nnamdi Udemadu to 11 months imprisonment for multiple fraud. The convict was prosecuted by the Enugu Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...

Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court on Friday, July 24, 2020, sentenced an ex-banker, Shehu Mohammed Aliyu to three years imprisonment for fraud. The convict, a former staff of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) was prosecuted by the Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...

Pan-African financial services group United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced the appointments of Rokia Hacko, Chioma Mang, Chinedu Obeta, Bode Aregbesola, Kingsley Ulinfun and Usman Isiaka as chief executive officers of six of its 20 subsidiaries across Africa, subject to regulatory approvals. According to a ststement from the...

Oyo State Government has announced tax relief packages for private and corporate businesses operating in the state. The state Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akinola Ojo, announced the incentives when addressing newsmen in Ibadan on Monday. Ojo said that the tax relief was meant to implement Tax Compliance Relief Programme for...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it is working on a stamp duty palliative package for tenants in view of the current economic realities occasioned by COVID-19. Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, Director, Communications and Liaison Department of the service made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Ahmad...

Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has announced a cut on the state’s 2020 budget of N242.19 billion by 24.3 per cent, saying he will soon forward it to the state assembly for approval. Diri made the announcement in Yenagoa during the State COVID-19 Responsive Citizenship Participatory Meeting, aimed at reviewing...

• WASCE begins August 17 The Federal Government has announced the reopening of secondary schools for the examination classes across the country from August 4, 2020. Mr Ben Goong, Director, Press and Public Relation, Federal Ministry of Education, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja...

The Kebbi Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, on Monday commended the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye-Ogunwusi, for donating two motorised modular fumigator to the state in support the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Bagudu, who was represented by his Deputy, Alhaji Sama’ila Yombe, made the commendation while receiving the motorised modular...

A Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Monday upheld the 60-year sentence for Adegboyega Adenekan, a former Supervisor of the Chrisland School convicted of defiling a two-year and 11-month old pupil of the school. Delivering judgment in the appeal, the three-member panel led by Justice Mohammad Garba unanimously affirmed...