Ekiti indigenes back EFCC to prosecute Fayose
Tens of thousands of Ekiti indigenes on Monday in a protest backed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to prosecute Gov. Ayodele Fayose.
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Skye Bank announces change in board, management
Skye Bank has announced the voluntary resignation of the former Chairman, Dr. Tunde Ayeni, and other Non - Executive Directors of the bank, and...
Fani-kayode, ex-finance minister granted N250m bail each
Justice Sule Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday granted bail to a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode and three others charged...
Why US don’t buy oil from Nigeria – Ambassador
Outgoing Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, has explained reasons the US stopped buying crude oil from Nigeria.
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UBA security officer returns $10,000 he found on the floor
A security officer at United Bank for Africa, UBA, Mohammed Ibrahim Ogbanago, wowed the bank after he returned $10,000 (over N3.5m) he found outside...
Edo civil society DG’s residence owes N183,000 in electricity bill
Over N183,000 has been said to be the electricity bill owed by occupants of Director General, Edo State Civil Society, Omobude Agho's residence in...
Soldier attached to presidential villa detained over suspected Boko Haram links
A military police body guard attached to the Presidential Villa and suspected to have links with terror group Boko Haram has been arrested.
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Why Nigeria has high child, women death rates – Japan ambassador
Japan Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Sadanobu Kusaoke, has blamed the high rate in child and maternal deaths in Nigeria on inadequate medical equipment.
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Appeal Court President asked to resign over controversial role in alleged murder
Foremost civil rights organisation in the country, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has called for immediate resignation of the President of the Court...
Alleged N5.5bn loan: Appeal Court strikes out Ecobank’s pending appeals
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Tuesday struck out the three pending appeals filed by Ecobank against the ruling of a Federal High...
Yoruba militia draw battle line with Ijaw counterparts
The battle line seems drawn while an end to the lingering bloodletting by ethnic militias remains elusive, as the Yoruba groups are now poised...
Electricity tariff: NERC’s effort to stop judgement suffers setback
Attempt by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to stop delivering of judgement in a suit filed by a rights activist, Toluwani Yemi Adebiyi,...
N119.8m fraud: EFCC arraigns two capital market operators
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned two capital market operators, Nneka Okechukwu and Nkeiru Okoro, before a Lagos High Court over...
Illicit drug: Court adjourns trial of two Diamond Bank Managers till July 8
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, adjourned further trial in a criminal charge filed against two managers of Diamond Bank Plc, and...
Alleged N5.5bn debt: Court strikes out Ecobank’s application to wind-up Honeywell
Justice Jude Kanyioh Dagat of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday, struck out an application by Ecobank Nigeria Plc seeking to...
Nigerian accountant jailed in UK for stealing £4.1m
A Nigerian, Sam Kayode has been jailed for nine years in UK after he was found guilty of stealing £4.1million of taxpayers’ money –...
Fresh graduate on leadership training programme in US dies
A fresh graduate from University of Ilorin, John Paul Usman, has died in the US where he was a participant at the ongoing United...
Inmate ‘converts’ to Islam to escape from Kuje Prison
Two inmates, Maxwell Ajukwu and Solomon Amodu, who are facing trial for alleged murder escaped from Kuje Prison, by 'converting' to Islam and 'became'...
NUC shut down illegal university weeks to graduation ceremony
The Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC) on Thursday shut down an illegal university, World Mission University (West Africa) at Abraka in Delta State.
A team made...
Lekan Shonde killed wife with Punches, says prosecutor
Late Ronke Shonde was killed by her husband, Lekan Shonde, with punches to the head.
The allegation was contained in the document on which the...
