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The ongoing trial of Paul Usoro (SAN) a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) continued today, December 4, 2020, with the second prosecution witness, PW2, Abdulrahman Rabo, revealing to Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how the defendant had paid the sum...

  emerges 2020 best automated loan origination and processing company Zedcrest Group has again won the Diversified Financial Services Group for the Year Award at the BusinessDay 2020 Banks & Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards held recently in Lagos. The consumer lending subsidiary of the company, Zedvance Finance Limited also...

  The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says that conversion of petrol cars to use Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) will be free for motorists in the country. Sylva made the disclosure while answering questions from newsmen at the rollout of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) in...

  The trial of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar Dikko continued on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, opposing a “no case submission,” filed by the defendant’s counsel, Dr...

  After facing criticism for the lack of diversity in his first round of hires, President-elect Joe Biden plans to announce three people of color for leading positions on his economic team. According to two people close to Biden’s presidential transition, he is expected to name Cecilia Rouse, an African...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero have gathered to celebrate Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II as he marks five years on the throne. Other monarchs present are the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and Oore...

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 adjourned further hearing of John Warimeme Abebe’s forgery trial to November 26, 2020. Abebe was arraigned on July 26, 2018 on a four-count charge of forgery, fabricating evidence, using fabricated evidence and attempt...

Justice Muhammad Tukur of State High Court, Kaduna today November 24, convicted and sentenced the duo of Maryam Muhammad Jallo and Rukaiya Muhammad Jallo to ten years imprisonment for offences that border on criminal breach of trust. The pair who are blood sisters were prosecuted on an amended one count...

 The nation’s bourse on Tuesday halted three consecutive days bearish posture with a growth of N113 billion due to interest rate retention at 11.5 per cent. Speficially, the market capitalisation rose by N113 billion to close at N17.943 trillion from N17.830 trillion achieved on Monday. Also, the All-Share Index which...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South) be remanded in Kuje correctional centre. Justice Okon Abang made the order on Monday following Ndume’s failure to produce Abdulrasheed Maina, who is standing trail before the court on money laundering charge and for whom, Ndume...