archiveOctober 21, 2024

  The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has broken its silence on the arrest of convicted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky. Admitting that Bobrisky was arrested on Monday at the Seme Border while trying to flee the country, Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), DCI Kenneth Udo said the cross-dresser was a...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described former Head of State Yakubu Gowon as a celebrated leader and likened him to the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Obasanjo, speaking at the African Biblical Leadership Initiative (ABLI), conference in Abuja on Monday, extolled Gowon’s exceptional leadership, noting that few leaders receive...

    The Lagos State government is set to commence trial into the death of the superstar rapper and songwriter, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as MohBad, one year after. The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro (SAN), disclosed this on Monday, at a press briefing ahead of...

  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has fixed October 24 to conduct an investigative public hearing to address the incessant grid collapses. It would be recalled that the grid had collapsed on Monday last week and power was only restored on Tuesday. The collapse on Saturday is the second...

  As part of its ongoing commitment to continually empower the Nigerian media and enable it play the critical watchdog role in the society, Polaris Bank is organizing an open workshop for all classes of Journalist across the media spectrum as one of its critical CSR intervention meant to positively...

Former Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, SAN is set to unveil a new book titled “The Nigerian Law of Electronic Transactions” on June 11 in Lagos. In a statement by Adeniji Kazeem & Co. on Friday, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister...

  Mr. Akinjide Orimolade, Managing Director/CEO, Stanbic IBTC Insurance Limited is the Keynote Speaker for the Business Journal Annual Lecture 2024 coming up on Thursday, November 26, 2024 at the Event Centre, Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) Building, 2-4, Customs Street, Marina, Lagos. The theme of the Lecture is: Repositioning the...

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, October 18, 2024, re-arraigned one Ifeanyi Bosah-Reginald, a businessman, on an amended two-count charge bordering on alleged tampering with forfeited property before Justice R. A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Bosah-Reginald...

  to establish airstrips for security surveillance Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has inaugurated 480 Amotekun Forest Rangers, promising that his government will continue to give priority attention to the security of residents of the state. He explained that plans are underway to establish airstrips in Igbeti and Otu towns...

The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, October 21, 2024 re-arraigned the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed alongside his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu on a 14-count amended charge bordering on alleged stealing and mismanagement of public funds to the tune...