N8bn CBN fraud: EFCC opposes bail for accused
AS the trial of some bankers, including the staff of Central Bank of Nigeria and some commercial banks over alleged fraud amounting to N8 billion continues, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has urged the Federal High Court in Ibadan to reject their bail applications, noting that the accused persons might jump bail due to the weighty allegations against them.
Gay marriage: Bishop Ekwe urges Nigerians to pray for President Buhari
The Bishop of Niger West Diocese, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev, Johnson Ekwe, has called on Nigerians to support and pray for the newly elected political leaders in the country, especially, President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice Prof Yemi Osinbajo, if they want them to fulfil in all their election promises.
Baptism of rain for Ambode: As flood cripples Lagos again
Lagos the acclaimed ‘Centre of Excellence’, was yesterday crippled by flood resulting from a heavy downpour which began in the early hours of Tuesday and lasted till mid-evening. The heavy flooding which was prevalent in virtually all parts of Lagos, exposed the lack of drainage channels and the dilapidated state of roads in the metropolis.
G7 Summit: Leaders fail to make tangible commitment on health
The high expectations of Public health advocates in African countries and other low and middle-income countries were dashed yesterday as the G7 failed to make tangible commitment on financial assistance towards improvement of their health systems. On the 2nd day of the G7 Summit which held in Schloss Elmau, Germany, the Group of Seven had discussed on the health agenda – Ebola, Antimicrobial resistance, and Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs, without coming up with new and sustainable sources of funding urgently needed in these areas.
Another pipeline explosion rocks Lagos community
Barely two years after scores of people were consumed by a conflagration from a pipeline explosion, tragedy was averted Monday night at Ijedodo in the Ojo area of Lagos, when another pipeline explosion rocked the area. Eyewitness accounts said no casualty was recorded in the explosion which occurred at a creek in the neighbourhood. VM leant that the incident which occurred around 11pm, escalated because emergency operators could not access the area due to its swampy nature.
Confusion as robbers storm Ikorodu jetty, kill one
Tears laced with curses flowed freely as sympathizers thronged the Bayeku/Oke-Ira Jetty in Ikorodu, an outskirt of Lagos. The tears were precipitated by the gruesome killing of a commercial boat operator in the area. The victim who was simply identified as “Oyibo or Yellow” was shot at close range by persons suspected to be armed robbers who had robbed a bank and were escaping with their loot through the waterways.
