The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday re- arraigned a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation , Babachir Lawal , and six others , for the alleged fraudulent N 544m grass cutting contract . The defendants , again on Monday , pleaded not guilty when the amended 10 counts of fraud were […]
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Monday that Tigray region’ s dissident leaders had fled west of the regional capital after weeks of fighting but said federal forces were monitoring them closely. Abiy, winner of last year ’ s Nobel Peace Prize , this month ordered military operations against leaders of Tigray’ s ruling party, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has re-arraigned Kayode Odukoya, CEO of First Nation Airways Limited, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos over allegations of forged memorandum of loss of Lagos State certificate of occupancy and N1.7 billion fraud. Odukoya was docked along his companies, First Nation Airways Limited and Bellview Airlines Limited, […]
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has said that the slogan “Ileri Oluwa”, which has become the mantra of his administration, was given to him by God. Speaking yesterday (Sunday ) at the thanksgiving service held in commemoration of the second anniversary of his administration held at The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Osun Province […]
DESIGNED to fundamentally address the challenge of power supply in the country, the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration from this week is starting a Solar Home Systems, under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), where with only about N4,000 monthly over a three-year period, 25 million Nigerians not served by the national grid will own solar panels outright […]
Residents of Zabarmari, where Boko Haram slaughtered no fewer than 43 rice farmers, informed the military ahead of the weekend attack. But the military failed to heed the warning and protect the people. A survivor named Abubakar Salihu, told Daily Trust, that the villagers foresaw danger after they arrested one of the Boko Haram terrorists […]
Iran buried its slain nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in a cemetery in northern Tehran on Monday, amid vows to retaliate his killing. Fakhrizadeh, long suspected by Western and Israeli government of masterminding a secret nuclear weapons program, was ambushed on a highway near Tehran on Friday and gunned down in his car. Iran’s clerical and […]
Sixty-six Nigerians are spending various terms in prisons in Bangladsh for fraud and other crimes, a report by the country’s top newspaper, Dhaka Tribune said. The Nigerians make up majority of the 86 Africans jailed across the country. The other 20 prisoners are from Cameroon, Tanzania, Ghana, Algeria, Mali and Kenya. There are 2927 people […]
Italy’s competition authority said Monday it had fined Apple 10 million euros ($12 million) for misleading claims about the water-resistant properties of various iPhone models. It said the US tech giant “did not make it clear that this feature exists under certain specific conditions”, notably in laboratory tests with static and pure water, “and not […]
A Federal Government delegation led by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State by mid-day on Monday on a condolence visit over the killing of farmers at the weekend by terrorists. Members of the delegation include the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari; Ministers of Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello; […]
