archiveFebruary 17, 2021

Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde on Wednesday announced that she has `trademarked’ her first name, Omotola. She disclosed this on her Instagram handle @realomosexy: “OMOTOLA-Trademarked. When a name, mostly a business name is trademarked, it means it has been registered under patent laws, which in Nigeria is done by the Corporate...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has risen to defend its newly appointed head, Abdulrasheed Bawa, refuting the media reports that he has a record of corruption. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwajaren said Bawa was never arrested or detained for allegedly selling assets. A report had claimed that Bawa was...

  A Federal High Court (FHC) in Lagos on Tuesday declined to vacate an interim order through which the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) seized properties belonging to businessman Jimoh Ibrahim for an alleged N69.4 billion debt. Ibrahim, NICON Investment Limited and Global Fleet Oil and Gas Limited, had...

A Nigerian, Obinwanne Okeke also known as Invictus Obi, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for his involvement in a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that caused approximately $11 million in known losses to his victims. “Through subterfuge and impersonation, Obinwanne Okeke engaged in a multi-year global business email and...

The United Nations has allocated $15 million (N5.8 billion) to fight the fresh Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr Mark Lowcock, who announced this on Tuesday, said it was an initial rapid allocation from the organisation’s Central Emergency Response...

 A hat-trick from Kylian Mbappe helped Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) hammer FC Barcelona 4-1 at the Camp Nou on Tuesday in the 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League. Liverpool, just like PSG, are also on course for the quarter-finals of the competition, after having won 2-0 away to RB Leipzig. The elite tournament resumed...

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,368 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 148,296. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections registered today...

A counsel to Mr. Ibrahim Magu, former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tosin Ojaomo, has lamented that justice has not been served on Magu’s case. Ojaomo stated this during an interview on a live television programme monitored on Tuesday. The Ayo Salami-led presidential panel was...

Scores of students at Government Science College (GSC) Kagara, in Niger State, have been abducted by bandits. The armed men stormed the school in military uniform Tuesday night. PRNigeria reports that GSC has close to 1,000 students. The attackers overpowered the security guard on duty, before whisking away a number...