The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday February 25, 2014 arraigned one Pastor David Ayoade before Justice H.A.Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt on an 8-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence. The accused allegedly obtained the sum of N5, 200, 00.00 (Five Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira) at different times from one Mrs. ... Read More »
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 25, 2014 arraigned one Kanu Jacob Okoro before Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Owerri, Imo State on a 5-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence. Okoro, a staff of First Bank Nigeria Plc is alleged to have fraudulently collected the sum of N2.1 million from ... Read More »
According to Pmnews A yet to be identified man on Monday successfully traded a 15-year old boy, Seun Aderinwale, for two bags of rice valued at N20,000 at Igando in Alimosho area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria. According to eyewitness account, the man, whose address is unknown, went to 4, Ifesowapo Street, Igando, on Monday morning to buy two bags ... Read More »
Foremost African banking group; Guaranty Trust Bank plc has began preparations and announced the theme for the Bank’s 2014 Autism Awareness program. The initiative themed “On the road to future inclusion” will take place from March 22nd to April 2nd, 2014. This will be the 4th edition of the programme which the Bank introduced ... Read More »
The Nigeria Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah was ordered this morning to provide special security for all schools and health institutions in the Boko Haram affected areas of the North East. The order was passed down to the army chief at a budget hearing this morning by the Committee . The Committee chaired by Senator George Thompson ... Read More »
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday granted bail to two MTN employees, Victor Akintunde and Gani Mustapha, charged with stealing N1.3 billion belonging to the firm’s cooperative society. Akintunde (41) and Mustapha (46) are former President and Secretary of the MTN Employees Multi-purpose Cooperative Society (MEMCOS) respectively. They were charged to court alongside a property developer, Mutairu ... Read More »
Suspected cult members have attacked and killed a 23-year-old man, Segun Olukoga, a DSTV engineer in the Mushin area of Lagos. Olukoga, who was the only son of his parents, was planning to celebrate his 24th birthday on March 15. It was learnt that the victim was trailed by the gang members to Amu Street around 11am on Thursday. He ... Read More »
An Indian Neurosurgeon, Dr. Raju Bhuvaneswara Basina, has been arrested by officials of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria for operating without a practice licence. The 53 years old Doctor was arrested by the Police from Apo Resettlement Division on Monday in Abuja at Asokoro District Hospital in the Federal Capital Territory, following a fresh round of onslaught by ... Read More »
A Nigerian businessman has been jailed for 12 years after he was found guilty of stabbing his wife as she slept in their home. Oluwabusayo Abegunde, 38, (pictured above) stabbed his wife repeatedly with a kitchen knife after he went through her phone and discovered she was seeing someone else. Esther Abegunde, 33, told her husband of ten years that ... Read More »
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with immense sadness and anguish, news of the callous and senseless murder by terrorists of scores of students at a college in Yobe State in the early hours of today. On behalf of himself and the Federal Government, President Jonathan extends heartfelt condolences to the parents and relatives of the murdered students. The President ... Read More »
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