A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, has sentenced and convicted an undergraduate of the University of Calabar, Peter Againpriye, to three years imprisonment for internet fraud. This followed his arraignment by the Port Harcourt Zonal…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) have urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to remove the foreign exchange restrictions for importing 43 products in their list. This was revealed at the chamber’s quarterly State of the Economy…
Six men, on Tuesday, appeared before a Lagos Magistrates’ Court sitting in Tinubu, over an alleged threat to life. The men are Sunday Olabayo, Lawal Adefemi, Gbenga Demurin, Idowu Mujaheed, Samsudeen Oluwo and Dare Majekodunmi. The defendants are facing a…
A dog in the Umuogodo community, Igbo Etche in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State yesterday killed a boy of three-year-old. According to a veterinary doctor, Desmond Ezekiel, who takes care of the dogs, the three-year-old was attacked…
A 54-year-old man has been arrested by the Cross Rivers State Police Command for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death in Calabar South Local Government Area. The command’s spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the arrest in Calabar on Wednesday and…
Mentally challenged, Manford Masuayiki (not real name) 25, is a brilliant medical undergraduate and from a wealthy home. However, Masuayiki has been out of school for three consecutive years and currently squatting under a make-shift structure in one of the…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said that the hike in the price of products due to abrupt removal of subsidy was threatening the survival of their businesses. Chairman of IPMAN Enugu Depot Community, Mr Chinedu Anyaso said…
The House of Representatives is set to commence investigations into non-remittance of revenues to the federation account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. This followed the adoption of a motion, ‘Need to investigate the non–remittance of due taxes by…
Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has called for more robust collaboration between it and its agencies to enhance growth in the mining and steel sector. The ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Mary Ogbe, made the call when she visited…
The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has urged the Federal Government to focus more on effective and sustainable palliatives for Nigerians to ease their hardship. The Chairman of MOMAN, Mr Olumide Adeosun gave the advice during a workshop training…
