Two witnesses brought before a Federal High Court in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have told the court how the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, and his company, Dextra Investments Limited, transferred the sum of $2million allegedly collected from the office of the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

Ovie Brume Foundation came into existence 12 years ago in 2003. The Foundation was set up originally as a youth centre. It is meant for after school products where children from the schools can stop by to take classes in literature, Arts, drama and dance. From 2003 to date, we have touched close to 5,000 lives and at least 60% of those touched have been responsible to the society at large.

Nigerian online television and film distribution service iROKO on Monday announced $19 million worth of new deals, including with French giant Canal+, to boost operations and take-up across Africa. The deals for content development and capital funding come just weeks after US streaming giant Netflix expanded to 190 countries, putting them in direct competition with the Lagos-based firm.

The prices of some commodities like the 100 kg and 60kg of drum specie of beans and garri on Monday recorded a slight fall at the Mile-12 Market in Lagos. This development was shown in a commodity index provided by the Novus Agro Nigeria Ltd., an agro-based company, a copy of which was received by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

The Nigeria Army has said that the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Gen. Tukur Buratai will not be distracted by “evil machinations”, which will “surely fall back” on the bearers.

A court in Bahrain on Monday added 15-year jail terms to the sentences of 57 Shiite inmates involved in a prison mutiny, a judicial source said. The inmates were convicted of rioting and mutiny following unrest last March at Jaw prison south of the capital Manama, the source said. The charges included “disobeying orders and forcing guards out of the prisoners’ buildings” and then “destroying furniture, air conditioners and security cameras”, the source said.

Boko Haram Islamists killed a civilian and torched his house during a raid on a village in the northeastern Nigerian state of Yobe, a police spokesman said on Monday. Travelling in all-terrain vans, they raided Babban Gida village around 01:00 am (GMT) Sunday and fought a gunbattle with soldiers. The insurgents stole two police vehicles but were eventually driven out, Toyin Gbadegesin, Yobe state police spokesman told AFP.

The concept of community development is designed to serve as a vessel of social integration and rapid transformation. It is a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems. It involves citizens, professionals and government to improve various aspects of communities, typically aiming at building stronger and more resilient local communities. Community wellbeing (economic, social, environmental and cultural) often evolves from this type of collective action being taken at a grassroot level.

RECENTLY, the Korean Cultural week was celebrated in Nigeria’s political capital, Abuja, with government officials, diplomats, cultural administrators and enthusiasts as well as friends of Korea in Nigeria in attendance to share their cultural values. The festival, which lasted for eight days was an all-encompassing cultural event that featured traditional Korean musical troupes; “Nanta and Yeorang,” performing both traditional and modern songs at the opening ceremony.

Former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, on Monday, lamented over the precarious state of the nation’s economy, particularly as it relates to crude oil production and sale.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has indirectly reintroduced Commission on Turnover (CoT) fee as Current Account Maintenance (CAM) Fee. Recall that the CBN in 2013 commenced phased reduction of CoT which terminated with zero CoT charge this year. But in a circular to banks last week signed by Director, Financial Policy & Regulation Department, Mr. Kevin Amugo, the CBN replaced the CoT with CAT but subject to maximum of N1 per N1000 (Mille).

The Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Anthony Car­dinal Olubunmi Okogie, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to re­tool and lead by example on all fronts or risk plunging Nigeria into a state of despondency.

VIEWERS watched with great awe, the appalling condition of the oil rich Niger Delta region, the effect of the havoc unleashed on North East by Boko Haram, and the devastating effects of erosion on the South East, all in Nigeria. It was a clear evidence of a country blindly existing on impending doom. “No Where To Run: Nigeria’s Environmental Crisis”, is the title of a documentary film which exposes humanly inflicted disasters on some areas in the country, leaving the people in perpetual fear of the unexpected.

GE has commenced production of its “most African” locomotives. Once completed, the 233 GE Evolution Series locomotives will contain 55 per cent local content, making them the “most African” locomotives of their kind. ”We are building these world-class locomotives here in South Africa because we are committed to growing the local supply chain and establishing […]

Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has said this is the time for investors to come and invest in Nigeria, saying the challenges facing the country at the moment is an ample opportunity for investors. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mrs. Uju Aisha Hassan-Baba who made the call in Abuja while receiving an Investment delegation from Chinese Africa Investment Limited in her office said, the Commission is ever ready to assist investors on the diversification policy of the Federal Government to promote the non-oil sectors of the economy.