A retired civil servant, Mr Olutayo Farakin, on Tuesday, told a Federal High Court that he trusted Bishop Jonah Katung and invested N1.25 million into the defunct Fadama multi-purpose cooperative society. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Katung,…
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has said that the Nigerian Army will leverage Information Communication Technology (ICT) in degrading enemies’ propaganda and radicalisation. Attahiru stated this on Tuesday at the start of a week-long workshop on “Office…
Justice Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court in Enugu on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of one million naira and two sureties to one Hillary Obetta charged with four million naira fraud. Oghoghorie, however, ordered that Obetta should…
Mr Ohore Ogaga, the husband of a woman allegedly detained by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel, seeking financial compensation of N500 million. The NHRC independent panel is investigating alleged Human…
The call for the full embrace of agriculture has been one of the reoccurring subjects in recent times. The resonance of the call has most recently increased, particularly in the face of deepening economic recession which has left the socio-economic…
By Kayode Tokede Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)returned to the negative territory on Tuesday with the market indicators dropping by N40.47billion, amid profit taking in Stanbic IBTC and Nigerian Breweries. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N21.224…
By Kayode Tokede The Board of Directors of AXA Mansard Insurance Plc, a major insurance firm, has approved an accelerated exercise of the company’s Options Scheme that was granted to eligible staff along with the accrued bonus in 2015 and…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said inflation rose to 16.47 per cent (year-on-year) in January, and that the increase was 0.71 per cent higher than 15.75 per cent recorded in December 2020. It said this in the “Consumer Price…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami on Tuesday officially flagged off the National Adopted Village for Smart Agriculture (NAVSA) Programme, the North East edition which is holding in Gombe, Gombe State; building on the fact that…
After an exhaustive two hours of court ruling, a Federal High Court Lagos Division has finally declined to vacate an interim order through which the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) seized the properties of barrister and businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim…
