Category: InCaseYouMissedIt
Jimi Lawal, El Rufai’s aide charged to court for corruption, money laundering
Jimi Lawal, a former aide to ex-governor of Kaduna state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has been charged to court for corruption and money laundering.
The [...]
Adewunmi Onanuga, Deputy Chief Whip, House of Representative dies at 59
The Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Honourable Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga is dead.
Details regarding how she died remains sketchy. [...]
FG drags SEPLAT Energy, CEO Roger Brown, 11 others to court for tax evasion amounting to $37.5m
Almost a year after the Federal Government filed criminal charges against Seplat Energy PLC; the company’s CEO, Roger Brown; the Board Chairman, Basil [...]
Dan Etete who was once convicted and pardoned by the French government clocks 80
Senator Dan Etete aka Chief Dauzia Loya Etete, politician, technocrat, statesman and a former Minister of Petroleum Resources recently clocked 80.
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N50bn not enough for my ministry – Defence minister, Bello Matawalle laments, requests additional 50 for an additional 50 APCs to combat banditry
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has described the allocation to the ministry as inadequate, stating that his ministry is expected [...]
Battle between Femi Otedola, Nduka Obaigbena heightens as Nigerian Navy detains crude oil cargo owned by GHL
The legal battle between Femi Otedola’s FirstBank and Nduka Obaigbena’s General Hydrocarbons Limited has intensified. In the latest developmen [...]
How FirstBank’s recklessness almost killed 93 souls on General Hydrocarbon’s rig – Nduka Obaigbena
General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL), the company at the centre of a legal tussle with FirstBank of Nigeria Limited over an alleged $225 milli [...]
National Bureau of Statistics to include prostitution, other illegal activities in GDP calculation
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, have said that illegal and hidden activities like prostitution and drugs peddling will now be included in the [...]
UBA, First Bank, others fined N150m each by CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has sanctioned nine Deposit Money Banks with fines totalling N1.35 billion for failing to ensure cash availability vi [...]
Oyo stampede: Court grants Naomi Silekunola, Oriyomi Hamzat, one other N10m bail each
Naomi Silekunola, the ex-wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; Oriyomi Hamzat, the owner of Oyo State-based broadcasting station, Agid [...]