archiveSeptember 2022

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced 66, internet fraudsters to various jail terms, ranging from two weeks, four months, and six months of community service to ten months imprisonment.   The convicts were prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial...

Police authorities in Bayelsa State on Monday paraded suspected kidnap kingpin John ‘Lion’ and three other members of his syndicate.   The suspects were paraded by the Bayelsa State Police Command at the Police Officers Mess in Yenagoa.   They were alleged to have masterminded most kidnap activities in Bayelsa...

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has said the State Security Network, also known as Amotekun Corps, must be permitted to bear the best equipment and weaponry available to combat marauders perpetrating crimes against humanity. Akeredolu emphasized that the country, which is threatened by blatant conflict between entrepreneurs and daring...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has made it clear that its members across the country will not call off the seven-month old strike. ASUU stressed that the directive by the Federal Government to the Vice-Chancellors to reopen universities is meaningless to the union. The President of the Union,...

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) says its option of a consensus presidential candidate is still open and it will announce its preferred man for Aso Rock’s top job for the forthcoming February presidential election after a rigorous but productive interrogation exercise. The Forum also said its preferred presidential candidate from...

  Blackout is being experienced in some parts of the country as the national grid has collapsed again, making this the seventh time in 2022.   Announcing the development on Monday, the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, in a statement via its verified Twitter handle, said, “This is to inform you...

Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Monday, restated support for the presidential ambition of Labour Party’s Peter Obi, saying it won’t compromise its cherished principles of justice, equity and inclusiveness. Afenifere’s leader, Ayo Adebanjo, stated this at a press conference held at the Wheatbaker Hotel in the Ikoyi area of...

A sub-Sahara regional shipping line, Sealink floated by a consortium, would commence operations before the end of this year or in the first quarter of 2023, Mr Tayo Omioji, Head, Strategy and Communication, Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), has disclosed.   He made this revelation at the just concluded Finance Correspondents...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has shifted the inauguration of its 422- member Presidential Campaign Council, earlier scheduled for Monday, September 26, to Wednesday, September 28. Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday night in Abuja. “The APC Presidential...

  Heritage Bank Plc has affirmed that adequate agricultural financing is critical in defining Nigeria’s trade competitiveness, which guarantees sustainable agricultural systems, generates foreign exchange – a critical aspect that equips the financial sector to respond to changing market requirements and address critical sector needs for global competitiveness. The Executive...