By Monsuru Olowoopejo An Ikeja magistrate’s Court, weekend, sentenced a 37-year-old man, Ibrahim Abu, to six months imprisonment for touching the breast of a 17-year-old girl (names withheld) without her consent. Abu, who lives at 6, Mosque Close, Isheri-Olofin, Lagos […]
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will soon commence the prosecution of the 43,000 persons so far discovered as ghost workers on the payroll of the Federal Government. Also, the Federal Government said it has saved the country about N4.5billion […]
An Emirates flight EK 262 from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Dubai, United Arab Emirates has made an emergency landing in Lagos on Saturday due to the deteriorating health condition of a suspected cocaine trafficker. Screening by anti-narcotic officials found four […]
The US Consul General to Nigeria, John Bray made this promise when he visited the Traditional Ruler of Seimbiri Kingdom in Delta State, Charles Ayemi-Botu in Warri. Mr Bray was at the palace to seek solutions to the recent bombings […]
By SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN CITY-THE Edo state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih Tuesday spent a second night at the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over the N700million presidential funds that came […]
The United States secret service has shot an armed man outside the White House, according to officials. Police told ABC News that a man brandished a weapon at a security checkpoint near the building and was shot in the stomach. […]
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja: The National Industrial Court, Abuja on Tuesday stopped the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), from proceeding on nationwide strike as from Wednesday. Ruling in a suit brought by the Federal Government of Nigeria and […]
The Federal Government and France have signed a 14 billion naira loan agreement for capacity-building and upgrade of power training facility in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by Mr Olivier Delefosse, Country Director, French Development […]
An Oredo Magistrate court has jailed a 61-year-old estate agent, Dennis Ogbeide, for defrauding one Lawani Kayode of N6, 188,000.The convict was said to have obtained the money under the pretense of executing a project through a body known as […]
Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday declared that Lagos has officially joined the league of oil producing states in Nigeria, following the discovery of crude oil by Tunde Folawiyo Petroleum Company Limited in Badagry, Lagos.Ambode made the revelation when the […]