N1.4bn oil fraud: Court adjourns Nadabo Energy boss’ trial till Jan 25
The ongoing trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4 billion fraud, before Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos was stalled on Monday, January 24, 2022. Counsel for the defendant, Abbas Oyeyemi, told the court that the defence could not continue with the cross-examination of Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of...
UTME, DE registration begins Feb 12
The registration for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (DE) examination will commence on February 12. The process will end by March 19th. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced this on Monday in its weekly bulletin made available to The Star by its spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin. According to the schedule, Mock Examination will hold...
More trouble for Fani-Kayode’s estranged wife
A former lawmaker, Senator Grace Bent has dragged Precious Chikwendu, estranged wife of former Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode to the Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged defamation of character. When the matter was called on Monday, however, Chikwendu was absent in court and there was no legal representation on her behalf. Mr. Joseph Offor, who announced his appearance for the...
Mercy Aigbe marries ex-husband’s friend
Top actress, Mercy Aigbe, has married her former husband’s friend. The new husband is Alhaji Kazim Adeoti, widely known as Adekaz Productions. Adeoti is popular in the Yoruba movie circles. The marriage came four years after a bitter separation from the husband, Otunba Lanre Gentry. Gentry had accused the actress of infidelity, but Mercy blamed the bitter seven-year relationship on account of...
2023: Akwa Ibomites in Diaspora endorse Effiong Bob
By CHIDI OKOH For Senator Effiong Dickson Bob, his aspiration to consolidate on the achievements of Governor Udom Emmanuel is gathering steam and momentum with supports from Akwa Ibomites in Diaspora. Bob, a philanthropist, grassroot politician who represented Uyo Senatorial District between 2003 and 2011 in the Senate, recently declared his interest to contest the gubernatorial election on the platform of...
N15m Fraud: Court sentences four welders to seven years’ imprisonment
Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has convicted and sentenced the quartet of Isaac Ogundimu, John Odaro, Andrew Egharevba and Omorogbe Jacob to seven years imprisonment or a fine of N650,000 each. The defendants, executive members of Edo State Welders Association (ESWA) were arraigned in 2017 on a 15-count charge bordering on conspiracy,...
JAMB to repentant candidate: You must forfeit all certificates to be pardoned
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rejected the plea of a repentant candidate named Mr. Timipade Kemepade who was involved in examination malpractice 21 years ago. The repentant candidate had written to JAMB asking for forgiveness owing to his involvement in examination malpractice in the course of obtaining the result of the University Matriculation Examination (UME) (as UTME...
N900m fraud: How hackers linked ATMs to FCMB customers’ accounts
The printed documents showing how scammers hacked into the computer database of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and stole over N900 million belonging to customers were brought before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State. Also brought before the court on Friday were the suspects – Gideon Oluwatimileyin, Abiodun Aina, Samuel Adenitiri, Oluwasegun Daliu,...
El-Rufai committed to transforming Kaduna State, says aide
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna is committed to transforming the state through developing infrastructure. This is contained in a statement by Muyiwa Adekeye, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication in Kaduna. While appreciating President Muhammadu Buhari for the two-day working visit to Kaduna, Adekeye said: “Much has been done since 2015 to transform Kaduna State. ”El-Rufai has pledged...
21 Years After: Candidate begs JAMB for forgiveness over exam malpractice
A repentant candidate named Mr. Timipade Kemepade has written to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) asking for forgiveness owing to his involvement in examination malpractice in the course of obtaining the result of the UME (as UTME was known then). The repentant candidate sat for the UME 21 years ago. Kemepade blamed youthful exuberance for his misconduct. His plea was...
