archiveMay 20, 2021

  Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, of the Federal High Court, on Thursday in Abuja, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to pay N1 million to Mr Babajide Adelekan, for violation of his right. Adelekan, who was arrested when he visited his bank in 2018, to find out why his...

  A gas explosion at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library has led to the death of a technician and the serious injury of another. Confirming the incident in a statement issued on Thursday in Abeokuta, Mr Vitalis Ortese, the Managing Director, OOPL Ventures, said that the explosion occurred at the...

  President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, returned to Abuja from Paris, France, where he attended African Finance Summit.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft, conveying the president and some of his aides, landed at the Presidential Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 3.52...

  The new mock examination notification slips for candidates who indicated interest to sit for optional mock examinations are ready for printing, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said. This was contained in a statement by the spokesman of the board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin. According to the statement,...

Men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun 1 Area Command, have seized an articulated vehicle loaded with 600 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice and belonging to Dangote Cement Company. The NCS personnel also arrested three persons, including the truck driver, as they were conveying the consignment to the eastern...

 A Seoul family court on Thursday sided with the ex-husband of Gerhard Schroeder’s South Korean wife and ordered the former German chancellor to partially compensate the man for destroying his marriage.The man, whose identity was withheld, filed a lawsuit in 2018 seeking 100 million won (81,708 dollars) in compensation, claiming...

The Sultan of Sokoto and co-Chair of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, says the country will not go to war again despite agitations for disintegration from different quarters. The Sultan, who spoke at the Second Quarterly Meeting of NIREC in Abuja, on Wednesday, said he would...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Brazil have resolved to strengthen collaboration in tacking issues related to fraud, cybercrime and a number of transnational organized crimes affecting the economies of Brazil and Nigeria. This indication emerged on Wednesday May 19, 2021 when the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa paid...

  VP receives The Gambian President’s Special Envoy We thank Nigeria for all the support – President Barrow’s Envoy   Nigeria will continue to support the aspirations and activities of the government and people of The Gambia especially in ways that promote African brotherhood, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,...