A serving Deputy Director of the Federal Character Commission, FCC, Alh. Ahmad Balarabe has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by the State High Court 3 sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State for defrauding unsuspecting job seekers of N7million. Balarabe had earlier been dragged before Hon. Justice Bello Shinkafi, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other…
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the 2020 Finance Bill. The decision was taken at a meeting of the council presided over by the President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, briefed State House correspondents of the meeting’s outcome. She said the 2020 Finance Bill was meant to…
Two final year students of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area, died in a ghastly motor accident on their graduation day. The students have been identified as Annabel Ogaga Akpofure and Oke Melissa. Annabel was the Departmental President of Accountancy while Melissa was of the department of Mass Communication, both HND final…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one David Joshua Okon, an SS2 student of West Itam Secondary School, Uyo, for allegedly killing an SS3 student, Solomon Bassey, in a cult clash between the two classes. Disclosing this to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Odiko MacDon, said the Commissioner of Police,…
Twitter said Tuesday it was rolling out tweets which disappear after 24 hours, joining rival social platforms in offering ephemeral messages. The new “fleets” which had been tested in several countries in recent months are “for sharing momentary thoughts” and aim to bring in users who want to avoid having their comments become permanent fixtures,…
For the third consecutive year, the pan-African and fully integrated Conglomerate, Dangote Group, has again emerged as the Most Valuable Brand in Nigeria for the year 2020, the outcome of the 2020 edition of the Annual Brand Evaluation, “TOP 50 BRANDS NIGERIA” has revealed. Though, still themed Top 50 Brand, however, 60 brands were evaluated…
Gunmen have reportedly abducted 12 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) who were on their way from Borno state to Zamfara state. Kano-based lawyer, Bulama Bukarti, who shared the story on his Twitter, stated that it was reported on BBC Hausa. The police officers were said to be on their way to Zamfara to conduct a special operation…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the recent increase in fuel price to N168 across the country. The PPMC a subsidiary of the NNPC, had increased the ex-depot price of petrol from N147.67 per litre to N155.17. Following the announcement, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria said the implication was that the…
A teacher Mrs Ndubisi Obiechina who told the Lagos state judicial panel of enquiry on Restitution for Victims of Special Anti- Roberry Square, SARS Related Abuses and Matters that she lost two pregnancy, today to the panel that popular billionaire kidnapper Chukuwudmeme Onwamadike known as Evans, his her brother. She said that she never knew…
A Magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos State, has granted bail to the embattled #EndSARS protester, Peter Eronmosele Adene, in the sum of N1 million. The court granted the bail on Tuesday, November 17 after it rejected a request by the police for an order to detain him for another 30 days, to enable them to conclude investigations…