The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC will today, June 20, 2016, arraign Jide Omokore and Andrew Yakubu, a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petropeum Corporation, NNPC, before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja on four counts of Money Laundering.

The All Progressive Congress, (APC), has asked Nigerians to rate the government of President Muhammad Buhari one year after.

Nigeria’s online venue booking platform, VenueHero.co has been appointed the official partner of this year’s Event Safety Summit scheduled to hold on July 5th and 6th at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in Lagos. VenueHero.co provides simple venue booking solution online for the general public, event planners and venue owners. It is a web-based application for venue discovery, bookings and reservations.

MOST people would not dispute a high mark for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a public speaker. Or the quality of his interventions on national issues, like his speech at the public presentation of We are all Biafrans, a book by the Nigerian journalist and activist Chido Onumah, held at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, on May 31, 2016.

A call has gone to the Federal government to invest recovered looted funds in the development of low-cost housing and mortgage financing to facilitate the reduction of housing deficit in Nigeria. Director-General, Institute of Mortgage Brokers and Lenders (IMBL), Elisha Jasper, made the call in a congratulatory message to the President Muhammadu Buhari on his one year in office.

‎TRADITIONALISTS across the country weekend converged on Akure, the Ondo state capital for the burial of the President of the Reformed Ogboni Fraternity (ROF) in Nigeria, Chief Araba Ajemoju.

Lagos State Government has vowed to sanction any water service provider and borehole drillers, yet to regularise its documents with its agency.

Troops of 114 Task Force Battalion of 28 Task Force Brigade in conjunction with members of vigilante group in an effort to keep the road open and secure, Sunday, carried out a clearance operation along Bitta-Damboa axis, leaving four terrorists dead with scores escaped with gunshot wounds

THE Senate has taken a swipe at the executive arm of the government over the alleged manner MTN’s N1.04 trillion fine was reduced to N330 billion.

Deeper Life Bible Church on Sunday said it would host a one – day‎ interdenominational crusade to pray for the progress of the country.

THE Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday urged all security agencies, Interpol, the Presidency and United Nations to dispassionately monitor activities of Governor Rauf Aregbesola which the party alleged can cause religious crisis in the country.

Shareholders of Chemical and Allied Paints, CAP Plc, have approved the payment of N840 million dividends, which translates to 120 kobo dividend per share for the financial year ended December 31, 2015. This along with the 115 kobo interim dividend paid on December 15, 2015, brought the total dividend for 2015 financial year to N1.65 billion.

North Korea warned Monday that it would not even consider the release of two jailed Americans if former detainee Kenneth Bae keeps “jabbering” about his imprisonment.

THE Theatre Commander, ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ in the north east, Major General Lucky Irabor, yesterday, blasted the House Committee on Defence over the motion raised on the floor of the House of Representatives, seeking the reopening of Madagali – Gwoza road closed for the past three years due to Boko Haram attacks.

The bullish trend in the stock market continued last week with the market capitalisation of all listed equities, which represent investors’ wealth, jumping to N10 trillion marks as euphoria over the announcement of flexible foreign exchange policy.