Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday, sentenced one Ahmed Adesanya to six months imprisonment for internet fraud.
Similarly, the EFCC on Tuesday secured the conviction and sentencing of one Dadeowo Hassan before...
The Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced one Sunday Oyedele to life imprisonment for defiling three-year-old neighbour (name withheld).
Oyedele was sentenced by Justice Abiola Soladoye on Tuesday on one-count charge of defilement.
The...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday retained the country’s Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 11.5 per cent.
At the end of the first MPC meeting in 2022, the CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele,...
The House of Representatives has passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, thereby, agreeing with the Senate on consensus as part of the three modes of conducting party primaries by political parties.
In a brief deliberation on Tuesday in Abuja, the...
*Sylva mulls 18-month extension
Following engagements with stakeholders, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an extension for the implementation of fuel subsidy removal.
Already, the Federal Government is proposing a shift in the implementation of subsidy removal by 18 months.
By implication, the...
Former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu, will on March 31st knows his fate in the $9.8 million fraud charge filed against him.
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed...
Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a social media comedian, Joshua Sunday a.k.a “D General” of drug trafficking.
The defendant, also a social media influencer, was dragged to court by the National Drug Law...
Cement tycoon, Abdulsamad Rabiu of BUA Group, is the fifth richest African with a net worth of $7 billion, according to the 2022 edition of the Forbes’ Top 10 Africa’s Billionaires List.
Rabiu has displaced Mike Adenuga, the chairman of...
For the 11th year in a row, Aliko Dangote has retained his position as the richest man in Africa. His net worth is estimated at $13.9 billion, according to the 2022 edition of the Forbes’ Top 10 Africa’s Billionaires...
One of Nigeria’s prominent gospel artistes, Sammie Okposo, on Tuesday, confessed his involvement in adultery.
The confession is coming 24 hours after an American-based woman, simply identified as African Doll, accused Okposo of impregnating her.
The woman said the singer abandoned...
