archiveMarch 8, 2021

Justice I.M. Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced two false whistle blowers:  Dominic Okem and Chukwunonso Igweonu, to two months imprisonment each for conspiracy and giving misleading and false information. They were convicted on March 4, 2021 after pleading "guilty"...

Justice M. A. Odegbola of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on Monday, March 8, 2021, convicted and sentenced one Michael Tosin Lawal, an Uber driver, to three-month inprisonment. He was convicted after he pleaded guilty to an amended one-count charge bordering on obtaining money by...

  asks residents to remain calm 'Police have given assurances on thorough investigation' Governor of Oyo State, 'Seyi Makinde, has declared that his administration will do everything possible to prevent miscarriage of justice on the recent arrests of some members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and an alleged ethnic...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved two research grants worth $1.3 million to boost African women’s access to loans and micro-insurance. The grants, $1 million and $300,000, will be disbursed to two financial technology firms, Pula Advisors Kenya Limited, and M-KOPA Kenya Limited, through Africa Digital Financial Inclusion (ADFI)...

  Gov. Seyi Makinde  says his administration remains committed to the improvement of the education sector in Oyo State. Makinde said this on Monday during the presentation of exercise books to students of public secondary schools in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presentation was...

  The Nigerian equities market resumed trading for week upbeat on Monday with key indicators improving by 0.17 per cent. Consequently, the All-Share Index garnered 64.96 points or 0.17 per cent to close at 39,396.57 compared with 39,331.61 recorded on Friday. Similarly, the market capitalisation rose by N34 billion or...

Tracka, an arm of BudgIT that tracks the implementation of government projects in various communities across the country and also provides #Officeofthecitizen with the necessary tools for collaborating, tracking and giving feedback on public projects in their communities, has raised concerns over the allocation of over N59 Billion to empowerment...

  Nigerian refugees who fled to Cameroon due to Boko Haram insurgency began returning to their homeland on Monday in a voluntary repatriation process, an official said. Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Nji said this in Maroua, the chief town of Cameroon’s far north region just before take-off for...

The Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, March 8, 2021 arraigned a former minister of state for power, Muhammed Wakil, before Justice S.B.Belgore of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja on a two counts charge of corruption and abuse of office. Wakil was arraigned alongside two...

 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said that Lagos indigenes  alerted it about the alleged N127 million fraud at the Lagos State Scholarship Board.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Usman Adamu, an Investigator with the anti-graft agency, made the submission before an Ikeja Special...