Student falsely accused of rape cleared
A Nigerian, Sam Obeghe, an economics student at University of Salford, Greater Manchester, who was accused of rape and subjected to a court ordeal...
FG to feed 5.5m school children
The federal government has said that it will feed 5.5 million school children in its Home Grown School Feeding programmes.
"This programme will curb the...
Fuel subsidy fraud: Wagbatsoma’s application faces dismissal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, urged an Ikeja High Court of Lagos State, to quash an extraneous application brought before...
Human rights lawyer arraigned over property scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, before a Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged...
Skye Bank’s contribution to Agric hits 10 %
The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Skye Bank Plc, Mr. Timothy Oguntayo, has disclosed that the bank's agricultural portfolio had reached about 10%...
Nigerian-British born Rugby player dies
Nigerian-British born rugby player, Seb Adeniran-Olule, has died in an auto crash at the age of 20.
Seb, the England youth international played a...
El-Rufai got ultimatum to reverse anti-begging law
Concerned Citizens with Disabilities on Wednesday gave Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai seven-day ultimatum to reverse anti-begging law and hawking, or they will...
Diezani graft: Sterling Bank distance self
Sterling Bank Plc has distanced itself from the alleged graft case of ex-petroleum minister Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke following last week's raid of its head...
Buhari demands stolen assets after British PM’s comment
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked that Britain return assets held there by corrupt Nigerians, after the British prime minister, David Cameron was caught saying...
“Pastor contributed to my sister’s killing by husband”
Bolatito, elder sister of the 36-year-old lady, Ronke Shonde, allegedly killed by her husband, 57-year-old Lekan Shonde, last week in Egbeda area of Lagos,...
I got phone-call from militant – Kachikwu
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Tuesday said he once prevailed on a militant, who called him on phone and...
Erastus Akingbola asks court to unfreeze bank accounts
A former Intercontinental Bank Managing Director Mr. Erastus Akingbola has prayed a Federal High Court in Lagos, to issue an order, unfreezing his bank...
Afromedia GMD absent at trial over food poisoning
The ongoing trial of a former non-executive director of outdoor advertising firm, Afromedia, Mohammed Gobir was stalled on Tuesday due to the absence of...
Substandard tyre dealers to face life in jail
Substandard tyre dealers are set to face life in prison as the Acting Director-General of Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Paul Angya, launched a...
Kaduna Govt. threatens to stop 16,000 workers’ salaries
About 16,000 names of government employees will be struck off the payroll after they failed to show up for the bio-metric registration, Kaduna State...
Bank MDs’ investigation: CBN is involved
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said that it is involved in the ongoing investigation of some managing directors of banks over alleged...
Alleged wife killer: lover begs for forgiveness
The search for Lekan Shonde, the man who allegedly killed his wife, Ronke Shonde, at Egbeda area of Lagos State last Friday is over.
Lekan...
How Ex-Kwara Hotel boss, Gobir, defrauded Afromedia
The Group Managing Director (GMD) of Afromedia Plc, Akinlola Irewunmi Olapade on Monday gave graphic details of how the foremost outdoor advertising company was...
N1.5bn scam: Judgement on Ex-NIMASA DG Adjourned
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday has again reserved judgement till May 20 in a criminal case filed against former Director-General of...
fraud: Ex-Boat Club President’s arraignment fixed
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed July 4 for the arraignment of the executive directors of the defunct Nigeria International Bank...
