archiveAugust 2022

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a comprehensive, total and indefinite strike, citing the alleged failure of the Federal Government to frontally address its demands. The leadership of the union noted that the indefinite strike took effect from 12.01am on Monday. ASUU took the decision at the...

The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, August 29, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of two internet fraudsters : Adikpo Diamond Aondover and Mathew Itodo Onyilo, before Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. They were  jailed...

The Federal High Court in Lagos has stopped President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from revoking the licenses of 53 broadcast stations in the country, and shutting down the stations for allegedly failing to renew their licenses. Justice Akintayo Aluko on Monday, granted an order of interim...

Justice  Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja,  Lagos State,  has convicted and sentenced a legal practitioner,  Taiwo Oreagba to two years imprisonment for obtaining the sum of N4,000, 000( Four Million Naira) from a client to secure the release of a suspect from the custody of...

The leadership of Rite Foods Limited in the manufacturing of snacks has been reaffirmed, as the company emerges the winner of ECOWAS Sausage Roll Snack Manufacturing Company of the Year. The Rite Foods sausage brands which comprise the Bigi Beef Sausage Rolls, Rite Spicy Beef Rolls and Rite Sausage Rolls...

Ecobank Nigeria has unveiled a special scheme on Back2School loans and remittances for all its customers. Head, Consumer Banking, Ecobank Nigeria, Mrs. Korede Demola-Adeniyi said the loan offerings have been developed based on the bank’s understanding of the importance of education and to further support customers with the financial freedom...

*Harvard Business School students to VP: We want to hear from you   *International community needs to appreciate Nigeria's size to understand us better - VP In a situation where societal or governmental institutions are not strong enough to compel individual behaviour in a way that advances the common good,...

  The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has commenced investigation into a payroll fraud allegedly committed by Bashir Ahmad, the new Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communication. Ahmad, a former Personal Assistant on New Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, allegedly committed the fraud through the Federal Government’s payroll....

…says opposition party now a sinking boat A sociopolitical group based in Oyo State, the Oyo Kajola Group (OKG), has lauded the followers of Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN who, according to the lawyer, have joined the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oke Ogun and Oyo zones of the state,...

The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr Lamido Yuguda, has stated that the Commission will continuously collaborate and engage relevant agencies to eliminate completely all Ponzi schemes operations in the nation’s capital market. Yuguda who spoke in Abuja over the weekend said the SEC has been...