A 35-year-old businessman, Ahile Solomon, yesterday, dragged his girlfriend, Ada Joseph, to a Mararaba Upper Area Court for alleged theft.

NNEWI—THE eighty-three years old Founder of New Covenant Christian Fellowship, NCCF, Nnobi, Anambra State, Apostle Chukwusom Okoli, has thrown a challenge to witches, wizards, occults and spiritualists all over the world for a spiritual contest.

History was made yesterday as Star Lager Beer announced an unprecedented partnership with not one but five of the biggest European football clubs – Arsenal, Juventus, Real Madrid, PSG and Manchester City, having a combined history in football of 544 years.

Abuja—The Federal Executive Council, FEC yesterday, approved external three-year rolling borrowing plan. According to Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, the borrowing plan, which will be transmitted to the National Assembly for its approval, will be concessional loans with interest rates at 1.25 percent, with four to seven year moratorium, 20 years to pay.

Senior lawyers yesterday expressed divergent views over last week’s calls by president of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, be stripped of prosecutorial powers.

Aero Contractors Airlines yesterday suspended flight operations with effect from today and placed members of staff on indefinite leave of absence.

ABUJA—THE Federal Government has concluded plans to replicate and expand the Rural Finance Institution Building Programme, RUFIN, in the 36 states of the federation, following the success recorded in the pilot scheme in 12 states in the last six years.

lagos—Six suspects arrested in connection with the armed robbery attack on the Vanguard newspaper’s publisher, Mr. Sam Amuka, three months ago, were yesterday arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja, which remanded them in prison custody.

lagos—Gani Fawehinmi Memorial Organisation, GAFAMORG, has restated the need for Federal Government to immortalize the late human rights’ defender and legal icon, Chief Gani Fawehinmi for his immense contributions to the struggle for democratic rights, anti-corruption crusade, and other vices in Nigeria.

Africa’s best table tennis player at Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Aruna Quadri will lead his compatriots – Segun Toriola, Edem Offiong and Olufunke Oshonaike for an improved rating when the September ITTF ranking is released this weekend.

POPULAR Nigerian fashion designer, Clement Mudiaga Enajemo, fondly called Mudi Africa has donated industrial machines to tailors in Warri and Ughelli in Delta State, saying they were part of his contribution in celebrating Delta State at 25.

By Dapo Akinrefon FORMER governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has called on the governorship aspirants contesting in Saturday’s primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State to close ranks and work towards a common goal of defeating the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement, Tinubu said those participating in Saturday’s […]

Stakeholders and financial experts in the country, yesterday, advocated the inclusion of informal sector and the diversification of the economy among others to boost Nigeria’s declining Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP.

A Jos High Court yesterday ruled that the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) be suspended indefinitely until the League Management Committee (LMC) fully complies with an earlier order of the Court reinstating Giwa FC back to the league

ASABA—FORMER Assistant Registrar of Delta State University, Awai campus, Mr. Michael Ovrawah, has described his sack over allegation of sexual harassment as unjust.