N3.4b theft at NIMASA: EFCC leads more evidence in Akpobolokemi’s trial
Akpobolokemi: An EFCC witness, Mr Kanu Idagu, on Monday told a Federal High Court in Lagos how some committees were set up at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as conduit pipes to steal money running into billions of Naira.
Ambode approves N380m for bursary, scholarship
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the payment of bursary and local scholarship to Lagos State indigenes in tertiary institutions across the country.
Two men docked for raping 19-year-old
Two men who allegedly had unlawful sexual intercourse with a 19-year-old girl were on Monday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court.
Alleged N40bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Nyako, Son, Others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday, re-arraigned former governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako, rtd, and his son, Senator Abdulaziz, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged N40billion fraud.
@StanbicIBTC’s #BLS2016 to Discuss the Future & Relevance of Agriculture in the Nigerian Economy
Can Nigeria move to export-oriented agricultural production? Are there opportunities in agriculture? How can Agripreneurs move their business forward? These are just some of the questions that will be discussed by the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh; Jason Drew, a farmer and eco-entrepreneur and Kola Masha, Managing Director, Doreo Partners, at the 2016 […]
Diabetes: PepsiCo to cut sugar in drinks
PepsiCo Inc will announce today that by 2025 at least two thirds of its drinks will have 100 calories or fewer from added sugar per 12 oz serving, up from about 40 percent now.
83 Chibok girls to be freed soon
A faction of Boko Haram which last week freed 21 of more than 219 Chibok girls kidnapped in April 2014 is willing to negotiate the release of 83 more of the girls, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman said.
Trump cries he’s been rigged out
It’s an accusation common in Third World countries. But Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has borrowed it to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the U.S. election, saying on Twitter on Sunday that he believed the results were being “rigged” at many polling places.
I slept with 6 other ladies, says man accused of infecting girlfriend with HIV
James Turner, the 67-year-old Irish national based in Nigeria, has said he slept with no fewer than six other ladies. Turner is the man accused by his 31-year-old Nigerian girlfriend of deliberately infecting her with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV.
China launches longest manned space mission
China launched its longest manned space mission on Monday, sending two astronauts into orbit to spend a month aboard an space laboratory.
Mr. President, don’t sell our future
WHEN the highly revered business tycoon, Aliko Dangote, suggested the sale of certain national assets as a precursor to economic resurgence, one had hoped that he was a lone wolf propagating a personal idea. Amazingly, nevertheless unsurprising, this proposal for the sale of national assets, particularly the government’s majority shares in NLNG, has received endorsements from the Senate president,
