Sylvester Oromoni: Dowen College principal weeps at coroner inquest
The Principal of Dowen College, Lagos, Mrs. Adebisi Layiwola, on Tuesday wept before an Ikeja Corona’s Court while narrating how the death of a 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., was relayed to her. The Coroner, Mr. Mikhail Kadiri, had to stand down proceedings for 10 minutes to enable the principal to pull herself together. Layiwola said that she got the news...
Senate okays financial autonomy for LGs, state legislature, judiciary
The Senate has approved financial autonomy for local government councils in the country. This followed a voting on the report of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (Fifth Alteration) Bills, 2022 at Tuesday’s plenary. Ninety-two senators voted in favour of the amendment, while two voted against it. The upper chamber also approved financial autonomy for state legislature and...
FG opens bids for 4,000MW nuclear power plants
The Federal Government has opened bids for the construction of nuclear power plants that would generate 4,000 megawatts of electricity for the country. Director General, Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), Dr. Yau Idris, made the disclosure on Tuesday while speaking at the ongoing Nigerian International Energy Summit (NIES) in Abuja. Idris said: “It is wrong to think that Nigeria can’t manage a...
Money laundering: Judge inspects exhibits in EFCC’s office
Justice J.E Inyang of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Tuesday, temporarily moved proceedings to the premises of the Kano State Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as part of locus in quo to view some physical exhibits in the case involving one ex-banker, Rabiu Dawaki, who is being prosecuted by the Commission on...
Man bags one year jail term for internet fraud in Lagos
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced one Aliu Tijani to one year imprisonment for internet fraud. Tijani was sentenced to jail by Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe on Tuesday, after he pleaded guilty to a one-count amended charge proffered against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Wilson...
Dangote Cement realises N538.37bn profit in one year
Dangote Cement, a subsidiary of Dangote Industries Limited, has generated a gross profit of N538.37 billion and after-tax profit of N364.44 billion in 2021. This is contained in the company’s financial report for the full year which ended on December 31, 2021. Dangote Cement revealed that its group sales volume stood at 29.3Mt, with Nigeria accounting for 18.61Mt, while operations in...
Teacher arrested for allegedly defiling 13-year-old student in Zamfara
A 30-year-old primary school teacher, Mukaila Abdurrazak, has been arrested by the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old student in Zamfara State. Abdurrazak, who was the girl’s teacher both at home and in school, was alleged to have used the opportunity to constantly defile her for three years. The NSCDC spokesperson, Ikor...
Ukraine offers amnesty, money to Russian soldiers who surrender
Ukraine on Tuesday offered Russian soldiers money and promised them immunity from punishment if they surrender. “Make your decision. Come out without weapon, with white flag,” Defence Minister Oleksii Resnikov wrote on Facebook.’’ Each soldier was being offered the equivalent of more than 40,000 dollars. The campaign was reportedly being financed by the international IT industry. “Anyone who refuses to be an occupationist...
BDC operator bags 5 years imprisonment over N22m fraud
The Kano State High Court has sentenced one Abdullahi Tajuddeen, a bureau de change operator, to five years imprisonment for offence bordering on criminal breach of trust. The bureau de change operator was sentenced to imprisonment by Justice Lawan Wada on Monday. Tajuddeen was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sometime in November 2015 on five counts of...
Buhari departs Abuja for two-week medical checkup in London
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday depart Abuja for Kenya to participate in the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP@50), scheduled for 3rd – 4th March, 2022 in Nairobi Buhari’s departure is coming after an invitation extended to him by his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, to attend a Special Session of the event in...
