Beyond the Headlines
An Ado Ekiti High on Thursday sentenced one Kayode Seun, 28, (aka DJ Glory) to life imprisonment for kidnapping. In his judgement, Justice Abiodun Adesodun said, the accused was found guilty as charged and was convicted accordingly. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. According to the charge sheet, the offence was committed on or about […]
Lending by banks to consumers fell cumulatively by 11 percent or N100 billion to N1.4 trillion over two months – July and August 2020 – driven by pressure to curtail rising bad loans. Bankers said the development was prompted by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as rise in bad loans in the […]
The Nigerian Army has softened its stand on the invitation of the Lagos State Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of #EndSARS peaceful protesters by soldiers on October 20 at the Lekki tollgate. The Army had earlier stated that it would not appear before the panel as they believed that it was not the […]
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, said on Thursday that the Army is tackling security challenges in 33 states. Ndume spoke in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, during a visit to Governor Atiku Bagudu on the sideline of the committee’s oversight function to the state. “The Army has some programmes we […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities’ Cooperative Society, Alhaji Iliasu Abdulrauf, for alleged N1, 126,156,000 fraud. Abdulrauf was arraigned before Justice S.C Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, Abuja, on a six-count charge of breach of trust. Count […]
An Imo State High Court (ISHC), has moved to commit certain police officers and a woman to prison for disobeying court order concerning the former Governor of Imo State, Mr. Ikedi Ohakim. Justice V.I. Onyeka of the ISHC 13 on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, issued a Show Cause Notice of Committal to Prison to DCP. […]
A lawyer, Isaac Ogbah, has raised concern regarding the safety of lives of those using Air-peace P47121 In a statement made available to TheNigeriaLawyer (TNL), Ogbah said he boarded the flight from Abuja to Lagos without his luggage. It took agitations from the passengers for the officials of the Air-peace P47121 to explain that the […]
The Federal Government on Thursday signed a share sale and purchase agreement with Transcorp Power Consortium in relation to Afam Power Plc and Afam III Fast Power Ltd. The agreement , which is expected to lead to the addition of 966MW to the national grid , was signed at the Presidential Villa, Abuja . The […]
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it was willing to resume oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin . The exercise was suspended by the government in July 2017 after suspected members of Boko Haram attacked a team of geological engineers from the University of Maiduguri who were engaged by Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation to […]
The Federal Executive Council has given approval for the collection of $104. 2m and $20m loans from two international financial institutions for the development of water projects in Nigeria . According to the Federal Ministry of Water Resources , the loans would come from the African Development Bank and the African Growing Together Fund. Spokesperson […]
