archiveMay 20, 2024

   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, May 20, 2024, presented the first prosecution witness, PW1, Chibueze Chukwuma, a staff of Access Bank Plc, in the trial of Emmanuel Jayeoba and his son, Adewale Jayeoba, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi,...

   The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has restrained all commercial banks, from releasing, further releasing or dealing in any manner whatsoever with any and all monies or whatsoever assets due to Capital Trust Investments & Asset Management Limited and its alter Ego, Seyi Oke, from any account whatsoever...

    The organised labour has agreed to attend the ”negotiation” meeting of the Tripartite Committee on the Minimum Wage, slated for Tuesday. Mr Etim Okon, the Vice President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), gave the confirmation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday...

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on President Bola Tinubu to look into the yearnings of the union to reposition the nation’s tertiary institutions. The union decried the neglects of its demands by the past administrations, saying the lingering crises that led to series of...

    The Federal Government has said only students in federal tertiary institutions in Nigeria will have access to the student loan in its opening phase. Managing Director of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, disclosed this while speaking ahead of the portal’s formal launch for applications on Friday, in...

    The flight crew was unfamiliar with the approved company procedures and manuals, said the UK’s aviation body. The United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority has filed a report to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority against Air Peace, informing it about the airline’s violation of some of its aviation safety...

President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the passing of President Ebrahim Raisi; Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials in a helicopter crash. President Raisi; his foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials, died in a...

Governor Ademola Adeleke has expressed appreciation to Osun people for their resolute support of his administration in its quest to deliver on his five point agenda on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Addressing a technical meeting of his Policy Coordination Unit on Saturday, the Governor reviewed the implementation...

Nigeria's Folashade Adekeye has emerged as the Chairperson, Forum of the Directors of Oil & Gas Training & Vocational Education Institutes of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO). Adekeye, who is the Director, NNPC Academy, took over from the former chairperson, Mr. Abdelkader Guenone, the Managing Director of the Algerian...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA and the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC have called for stronger collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  regarding  intelligence sharing and tackling economic sabotage including vandalization of electricity infrastructures in Enugu State. This was the tone of discussion recently...