archiveDecember 3, 2020

  Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has remanded one Vincent Harrison Chukwuemeka, an alleged serial Facebook hacker, in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service following his arraignment on one count charge of fraud to the tune of N407, 000 fraud....

  Justice A.M. Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N235, 451, 969.89 (Two Hundred and Thirty-five Million, Four Hundred and Fifty-one Thousand, Nine Hundred and Sixty-nine Naira, Eighty-nine Kobo) traced to the account of a convicted fraudster,...

  The Benin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of Azeez Oriire Paul ( a.k.a Quineeth Chynaberry Laty) an  internet fraudster on a one count charge bordering on intent to defraud before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Warri, Delta...

  Although Nigeria has been known globally as one of the leading producers of crude oil, the reputation of the country in the near future will be based on the imagination and creativity of Nigerians, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in a virtual message...

    The leaders of Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Wednesday, resolved the 15-year feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Aare OnaKakanfo of Yorubaland, Otunba Gani Adams. In a statement, the National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, said Obasanjo and Adams were reconciled at the Lekki residence...

 The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said that Ondo State will benefit from the 200 million dollars World Bank Livestock Productivity and Resilience Project (L- PRES). The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, made this known on Thursday in Akure, the Ondo State capital....

  Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as Bank of the Year in Nigeria in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2020. The bank has also won the Most Valuable Banking Brand in Nigeria and the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital, also by The Banker. The award,...

 The President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mrs Toki Mabogunje, has projected that the Nigerian economy would end the year in a negative growth territory within the region of minus two per cent.Mabogunje said this at the LCCI’s 132nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday in Lagos. She...

  The Nigeria Police Force has extradited the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, from Niamey, Niger Republic. The fugitive was apprehended in the Nigerian capital on Monday, by the operatives of the NPF, International Criminal Police Organisation National Central Bureau, Abuja, in collaboration with...

 Dangote Oil Refinery has been listed among top 20 influential projects by the renowned Project Management Institute (PMI) for its potential to fuel Nigeria’s economic transformation from importer to self-sustaining powerhouse in petroleum refining. A statement signed on Thursday in Lagos by Mrs Roseline Okere, Internal Communications analyst, Dangote Industries,...