Tuns Farms: Court of Appeal strikes out Skye Bank’s case
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has struck out the motion of stay of execution applied by Skye Bank Plc on the judgement in favour of Tuns Farms Limited. The court said it took the position on the grounds that it lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the matter given that the bank had already filed an appeal challenging its ruling on the original case at the Supreme Court.
Court reserves judgment in trial of ex-NIMASA boss
A FEDERAL High Court, Lagos, yesterday, reserved its judgment in the trial of Raymond Omatseye, a former Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA.
Kaduna pupils desert schools after eating free meals
Kaduna State Government, yesterday, expressed concern over the desertion of schools by primary school pupils after taking the free meal offered them. The pupils have developed the habit of leaving school immediately after the free meal under the guise of going to drink water.
Protest in Ile-Ife over appointment of new Obalufe
For the second day, members of the Aga Orunto Ruling Family, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest to Ooni of Ife’s palace over the appointment of new Obalufe, Comrade Idowu Olaniyi Adediwura.
Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency must act!
The Nigerian Armed Forces have for some time been carrying out sustained military campaigns to subdue the Islamist monster called Boko Haram. This extremist terrorist organisation has visited Nigeria’s North East states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa with a savagery that defies logic and understanding.
BIAFRA: Police secretly killed 20 of our members —MASSOB
Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB and Biafra Independent Movement, BIM, yesterday accused the Anambra State police command of killing about 20 of its members secretly, challenging them to debunk the allegation.
Boy, 4, seeks N2.5m for corrective heart surgery
FOUR-YEAR-OLD Michael Owolabi’s life is hanging in the balance. Born with a congenital heart defect, he is not as physically active as children of his own age.
17,000 kidney failure cases diagnosed annually in Nigeria
ON this year’s World Kidney Day, experts have raised alarm over rising incidences of kidney disease among Nigerians, saying, “each year, 17,000 new cases of kidney failure are diagnosed with only 2,000 having access to life saving dialysis.”
Army Invasion of Ogoni: ‘How they murdered my pregnant wife’
MR. Ledee Meyakau, the husband of Mrs. Lesi, an eight month old pregnant woman killed last week during the gun-battle between the military and militants has called for justice over the killing of his wife.
Housing deficit exists among all market segments in Nigeria -Grenadines Homes boss
THE Executive Director, Grenadines Homes, a Lagos-based front line real estate development company,Mr. Adesope Adeyinka, has urged stakeholders in the nation’s real estate sector to see Nigeria’s housing need as cutting across various economic strata, adding that they should not be misguided by the belief in certain quarters that housing need is limited to the middle class.
Lekki building collapse: The tragedy could have been avoided — experts
LAGOS, which the state government considers as a work in progress mega-city, is not new to buildings collapse having recorded several tragedies in that regard in the past few years. Indeed Lagos has once again been in the news since Tuesday following the collapse of a five-storey building in the Lekki area of the state that claimed over 30 lives.
