The Supreme Court, on Friday in Abuja, dismissed a money laundering charge brought against Dele Belgore, a former governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State. The Apex court allowed the appeal against the ruling of Justice Rilwan Aikawa of Federal High Court, Lagos delivered in November 2018. Justice Aikawa Read more
By Chris Okobah In the last few weeks, a USA based former journalist with Punch Newspaper, Azuka Jebose had bombarded his Facebook page with malicious and outrageous lies against Non (Prince) Ned Nwoko, a well known international lawyer, politician and philanthropist. Azuka’s aim, according to those who are close to the billionaire politician is to Read more
A federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the immediate past Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Winifred Oyo-Ita, a NI00 million bail in the N570 million fraud suit initiated against her and eight others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They were arraigned on Monday before Federal High Read more
The chairman of the forum of governors elected on the platform of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Bagudu, and a senator representing Enugu west senatorial district, Ike Ekweremadu (PDP), are among serving political office holders named to be part of 334 prominent Nigerians who are linked to 800 properties scattered around the city Read more
Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has donated N100 million to the Emergency Relief Fund set up by the Lagos State Government for the victims of the Abule-Edo explosion. The Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu made the pledge on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, when the Management Read more
An investigation into how a former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, allegedly diverted N100 billion belonging to the state for personal use, has commenced. Odili, a governor between 1999 and 2007, was alleged to have moved about N4 billion in cash to a bank between 2004 and 2006, in favour of his Aide-De-Camp, Isaac Read more
Since the bill to stop the rituals attached to the burial rites of traditional rulers, scaled second half he reading in the Ogun State House of Assembly, few ignorant people in some quarters, have embarked on a campaign of calumny against the Bill, tagged, ‘Installation and Burial Rites Law 2020’ . These few people are Read more
When the Central Bank of Nigeria declared that Ogun State was the best in tackling youth unemployment and maintaining an edge over others in agricultural industrialization, the Governor of the apex bank made the declaration on the strength of metrics of good governance practice of the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun. The declaration by the Read more
While doctors of different countries around the world are selflessly contributing and fighting deadly coronavirus pandemic, Nigerian doctors in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Tuesday announced they were embarking on an “indefinite strike” over “financial distress”. The Abuja chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), announced their decision barely an hour after the Read more
Dele Momodu, Nigerian media mogul, on Monday, paid a courtesy visit to Sanusi Lamido Sanusi the dethroned Emir of Kano who is now based in Lagos State, South-West Nigeria. Sanusi was last week dethroned as emir of Kano and exiled by Abdullahi Ganduje led Kano State government over alleged ‘disrespect to authority’. Momodu, publisher of Read more
