The operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspected internet fraudsters, who specialised in duping property developers.

Indigenes of Imiringi town in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have pleaded with Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, to bury a gas pipeline floating across the Kolo Creek.

Police has charged eight elderly men, who allegedly stole the documents of a landed property valued at N400 million, property of one Mr Owoseni Agbayelo, before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.

The African Institute for leadership Excellence in collaboration with Fast Track Brand communication, publishers of the African Brands Journey, supported by African Brand congress and international Brand Management (IBMA) is set to host an award ceremony.

More winners have emerged in the DiamondXtra directorate draw where 41 lucky customers were rewarded with cash prizes and a star prize of a Hyundai SUV at the season 8 grand finale draw.

Visa, has entered into partnership with Ecobank, to roll out “mVisa,” an innovative mobile payment service in 33 African markets by year-end. Mvisa enables consumers to pay for goods and services for their everyday expenses from groceries to taxi services by simply scanning a QR code on a smart phone or entering a merchant identification number into their feature phones, just as it addresses the need for a convenient, low cost acceptance payments service throughout the continent.

Standard Chartered has been named the best regional consumer digital bank for Middle East and Africa for the fifth consecutive year. The bank also won the World’s Best Consumer Digital Bank by Global Finance for the sixth consecutive year. The announcement of the win came at the Global Finance Digital Bank Conference and awards dinner which recently took place in London.

Harmony Trust and Investment Company Nigeria Limited,weekend, raised concern over John Holt Plc’s inability to pay up N60 million debt, saying it is a breach of agreement.

The problem of the influx of fake products into the country can be drastically reduced or even halted completely if all government agencies manning borders, seaports and airports strengthened their collaboration, cooperation and coordination.

The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has said that the only way that the country can survive the current recession is through private investment. The Emir of Kano who made this known at the annual Directors dinner in Lagos. While receiving an award as a Distinguished fellow of the Institute of Directors, he said: “The only way we can counter this recession is through private investment. The question is what are we doing to attract private investment.

BENIN CITY—THE protracted leadership crisis in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State was resolved weekend, as the leaders anointed the member representing the Local Government in the state House of Assembly, Mr Crosby Eribo, as the interim leader of the party.

The Senate of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta said despite the allegations levelled against the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, it has reviewed the current situation in the school and passed a vote of confidence on him.

Osun state Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said that his administration has succeeded in uplifting the standard of education in the state with over one hundred percent improvement recorded in the last six years.

Leadership is as much a question of timing as anything else. A leader must appear on the scene when people are looking for leadership as Mao Tse Tung did in 1931, as Winston Churchill did in 1940 and as Lenin did in 1917, when he comes, he must offer a simple, eloquent message, that is what Engr. Saleh did when he assumed office in 2014 he gave the message “building the institution through selfless service to our fatherland.

OBA of Benin, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Ewuare II, weekend, said the activities of herdsmen in Benin Kingdom were being investigated with the assistance of security agents, even as he announced his plans to establish farms in several communities across Benin Kingdom.