EFCC Arrests Fake ADB Director Over $92,000 Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested a man who posed as a Director of African Development Bank (ADB) based in Cote D’ Ívoire, to defraud…
Jonathan Vows To Retain Location of Petroleum Training Institute
The Federal Government attaches the highest possible value to the contributions of the Urhobo to national development and would therefore do all within its powers to address issues that are…
Christian Group Wants FG to Investigate Forced Islamic Child Marriages
An ecumenical group, the Northern Christian Youth Solidarity and Emancipation Movement for Justice and Self-Determination on Monday implored the Federal Government to investigate allegations of girls being forced into early…
Rivers: A president’s Achilles’ heels
It is no longer in doubt that the lingering political impasse in Rivers State has grown into a monster that may consume the weak democracy Nigerians are struggling to nurse…
N1.5b Tax Dispute: FIRS, 44 Insurance Firms to Settle Out of Court
Forty-four companies including NICON Insurance Company Plc, owned by controversial businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim have agreed to an out-of-court settlement with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) over the dispute concerning…
FG’s N3bn Rips Entertainment Industry Apart
Nigerians may soon witness chaos in Nollywood and other groups comprising the country’s entertainment industry if nothing is urgently done to stop the internal wrangling in the film industry over…
UBA Positions Card Products for Summer Travellers
United Bank for Africa(UBA) Plc is making summer travel as hassle-free as possible for its Customers with its rich bouquet of Card products by ensuring that Customers who go on…
Dangote Sugar restructures; appoints new GMD for consolidation
The Board of Directors of Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) has announced the appointment of Graham Clark as Group Managing Director Graham Clark has served most recently as the Managing Director…
Sylva to Dickson: Resign Now
Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva has criticised the administration of current governor, Seriake Dickson for his string of “failures” that ordinarily should warrant his resignation. In a statement…
My Vote for Underage Marriage a Mistake – Ondo Senator
One of the lawmakers who voted to support a subsection of the Constitution that technically deems a female of any age an adult once she’s married, Senator Ako Akinyelure (representing…