The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked the reports making the rounds that about seven million Nigerians were stopped from completing their online pre-registration during the last nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
INEC, while describing the reports as “misleading”,...
The Management of Jaiz Bank Plc has appointed of Dr. Sirajo Salisu as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the lender.
Salisu’s appointment takes effect on October 16, 2022 following the retirement of the incumbent MD/CEO, Mallam Hassan Usman.
The bank...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted a major warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos where 1.8tons (1,855 kilograms) of the illicit drug worth more than $278,250,000 (N194,775,000,000) in street value...
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Monday, sentenced a 31-year-old teacher, Idowu Daniel, to seven years imprisonment for sexually assaulting his 16-year-old student within the school premises.
The presiding judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, held that the...
The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Kennedy Ibe, has resigned his position.
The Assembly, on Monday, however, elected Emeka Nduka (APC-Ehime Mbano), making him the fourth Speaker in three years.
Ibe’s two predecessors were impeached in 2020 and...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed September 24, 2022, to conduct a supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 67 candidates who registered but were unable to take the exam due to unforeseen circumstances.
The JAMB Head...
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Monday, sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman, Slyvanus Ahamonou, and collecting $420,000 ransom from his family.
Evans accomplice, Victor...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned John Abebe, a younger brother of the late former First Lady, Stella Obasanjo, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja over allegations of fraud.
Abebe, an in-law of...
The operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), on Monday, impounded 40 illegally parked trailers, trucks, and tankers under bridges in Costain to the Iganmu area of the state.
The LASTMA General Manager, Bolaji Oreagba, who made this...
The Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc says billions of naira have been expended in social intervention schemes around the communities hosting DSR Numan in Adamawa State and Tunga Sugar Project in Nasarawa State.
Dangote Sugar, in a statement issued on Monday...
