Lagos—An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, prosecution witness, Emmanuel Ugoakaeze, yesterday told a Lagos High Court sitting at Ikeja, of how a phony company, Nospecto Oil and Gas, allegedly defrauded him of N360 million by giving him a false information that his money had been invested in an industrial fuel business.

THIS certainly is not the best of time for Nigerian communities located along the borders with the Republic of Cameroun. Indeed, 13 years after the ceding of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun by the International Court of Justice, ICJ, at The Hague, Netherlands, the Cameroun authorities have been preying on these hapless Nigerian communities in their quest for territorial expansion.

AS a development professional with some international exposure, the anomic social order in Nigeria is heart-rending. The social situations in the country occasioned by endemic corruption, bad governance and lack of responsiveness to civic duties among the general population has for long reached a critical level.

NOW, the debate over the years is that because the man is different from the woman then one has to be greater/ better or of more relevance than the other. But in the real sense, different and unequal are not interchangeable concepts or words.

After securing the green light to land in Kaduna, the Egyptian national team, the Pharaohs will arrive Kaduna today in their chartered plane, direct from Cairo.

Stand-in-coach of the Super Eagles Samson Siasia has revealed that his boys will not give the Pharaohs of Egypt room to operate during the forthcoming 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier between the two teams this Friday in Kaduna.

Delta State House of Assembly, yesterday, said it had not passed the 2016 budget of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, into law.

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has assured civil servants that the government will commence the payment of salaries to workers who have completed the process of verification, through their Bank Verification Numbers, BVN, at the end of March.

The President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr. Habu Gumel has urged participants of the recently concluded Strategic Management Seminar to ensure that the experience and knowledge acquired during the two-day programme are usefully applied to the administration of their respective sports federations.

Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has assured residents of his administration’s resolve to exceed the projected 733 million gallons of water supply for residents of the state by 2020.

Mobile devices maker, LG Electronics has confirmed that the boom in smartphone technology has resulted in products that are more advanced but has also gone a long way in producing devices that are cheaper and more accessible to consumers across the globe. This is even as the capabilities and global reach of smartphones have revolutionized society, making it easier than ever to connect with people across the world.

CHIEF (Hon) Chamberlain Fidelis Abeki with the “Kulo or a.k.a” –Akpakpasemangha” was born September 15, 1939 in Gbamgbose Street present day Lagos Island LGA in Lagos State to late Pa Amabuodor Johnson Abeki of Egonifia family in Ekise No 2, Quarter Patani by late Madam Bekeyibo A. Abeki (Nee Tombiri of Osuowari Quarter) all in Patani Community in now Patani LGA of Delta state.

lagos—The Nigerian Navy , NN has reinstated its resolve to combat the myriads of criminality in the nation’s maritime domain, with an operational concept based on what it termed traditional tripod of surveillance, presence and interdiction.

lagos—Dean Emeritus, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Diocesan Bishop of Lagos, Most Revd. Dr. Adebola Ademowo has expressed worry over the dimension corruption is taking in the country which tends to threaten the authority, power of state and continued existence of the country.

lagos—Following the celebration of King’s College, Lagos, 100 years of existence, old students of the school have published a book, “Floreat Collegium 100 Years of King’s College, Lagos.’’