Year: 2021
Human Trafficking: Bawa advocates strengthening of enforcement activities
The Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, advocated strengthening of investigation…
[ICYMI] Buhari establishes Private Equity Fund
President Muhammadu Buhari has on Tuesday, established a private equity fund to alleviate Nigerians from poverty.
Ayo Animashaun discusses 27-year career, 2015 Headies, others
Ayo Animashaun, entertainment entrepreneur and Television executive, discusses the struggles and battles he has faced in becoming the number one…
Why I’m building ‘entertainment village’ in Abuja – D’banj
Popular Nigerian artiste, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly called D'banj, has revealed that he is currently building “an entertainment village” in…
Pantami commends Jumia on 9th anniversary
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has reiterated the enormous impact of e-commerce on…
EFCC arraigns Kyari for N99.7m fraud in Maiduguri
The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, June 21, 2021, arraigned one Alhaji…
Fake ponzi scheme operator jailed 7 years in Port Harcourt
Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a fake…
Senate receives Buhari’s request for N895.84bn supplementary budget
The Senate on Tuesday received a supplementary appropriation bill from President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the sum of N895.842,465,917 billion…
N.5m fraud: Ex-banker Hannatu Nuhu bags 1 year imprisonment
The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction and sentence to one-year…
EFCC to partner Lottery Trust Fund in fighting fraud
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Tuesday, reiterated the Commission’s resolve to…
Wicked policeman Ndlovu stabs wife 10 times till she dies
A police constable, Bright Ndlovu has allegedly stabbed his estranged wife, Muchaneta Siziba 10 times until she died for refusing…
Uzodinma to Imo people: Know your neighbours
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has charged residents, particularly traditional rulers and landlords, to know their neighbours.
NLC gives El-Rufai another strike notice
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will begin Round 2 of its suspended industrial action against Governor Nasir El-Rufai…
Dimbo Atiya: Celebrating Northern Culture in a Contemporary Way
Dimbo Atiya, a Jos-based content producer, is one of the remarkable storytellers celebrating northern culture in a contemporary way on…
Betsy Obaseki leads prayer for Nigeria security
Wife of Edo State Governor, Mrs Betsy Obaseki, on Sunday led women in prayer sessions, where they prayed for the…
Baba Ijesha: Special Offences Court to handle trial from Thursday
Agency Reports Popular Yoruba actor, Baba Ijesha will now be arraigned on Thursday before a Special Offences Court sitting in…
Sanwo-Olu unveils seven new boats, Cowry card for water transportation
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday unveiled seven additional new boats built by local boat builders to enhance the…
INEC unveils online voters’ registration portal
The Independent National Commission (INEC) has unveiled an online portal for voters registration ahead of the June 28th resumption of…
COVID-19: Almost 4,000 fully vaccinated people in the US test positive
New data from the State Department of Public Health said no fewer than 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts, US,…
15 pupils of Niger school escape from sleeping abductors
Fifteen pupils of Salihu Tanko school in Tegina, Niger state, abducted on 30 May have escaped from their abductors as…
Ogun Assembly passes Judiciary Funds Management bill
The Ogun House of Assembly has passed the State Judiciary Funds Management bill, 2021, with three other bills scaling the…
Ibom Icon Hotel launches maiden edition of Icon Management Training Program
ICON Hotels and Resorts Nigeria, a subsidiary of ICON Hotel Group Africa, has commenced an intensive one-year human capital development…
Agency Banking used to drive entrepreneurship, wealth creation – Ecobank
Ecobank Nigeria said its vision to use agency banking scheme to drive entrepreneurship, provide employment opportunities and supporting Micro, Small…
Twitter ban: 177 Nigerians floor Buhari in ECOWAS court
Nigerians scored a major victory against the Buhari government on Tuesday over the suspension of Twitter and the threat to…
Breaking: ECOWAS Court restrains Buhari from prosecuting Nigerians using Twitter
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja in a landmark ruling on Tuesday restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari…
Buhari promises citizen-led policing system
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged "a citizens-led policing system” to the nation, declaring that his administration has demonstrated firm commitment…
2 dead in petrol tanker fire on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Two persons died in Tuesday’s tanker explosion at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Federal Road Safety Corps said.
JUST IN: Farouk Lawan sentenced to 7 years imprisonment over $500,000 bribe
A former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan was on Tuesday sentenced to seven years imprisonment over $500,000 bribe from…
Interswitch sensitizes Nigerians on effective, efficient ways of paying tax
In fulfillment of its commitment to delivering seamless payment solutions, Interswitch Group has reaffirmed its preexisting partnership with the Federal…
Chase Bank wrongly credits broke Florida woman with $1billion
An American woman, Julia Yonkowski, who thought she had just $20 in her account, was left stunned after she checked…