Lagos Island fire: 7 hospitalised
Seven persons have been confirmed injured and hospitalised following a fire outbreak at the 22-storey Great Nigeria Insurance House on Martins Street, Lagos Island. The blaze, which erupted at about…
Igbo community visits Kanu, feeds Sokoto Prison inmates during Christmas
THE Igbo community in Sokoto State has undertaken a Christmas visit to Sokoto Prison, where the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, is serving his sentence.…
Robbers loot Benue church, destroy bar door
Some suspected armed robbers in the early hours of Christmas Eve broke into the Tabernacle Ministry International Church, located at Tomato, GRA, Gboko, and made away with church items worth…
N4.6bn laundering: Arrest Bauchi commissioner before escaping, court orders EFCC
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to produce the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, in court on December 30…
Ex-bankers diverting pension funds bags 12 years jail
The Enugu State High Court on Friday sentenced two former bankers, Sani Aferokhe and Hillary Odo, to a combined 12-year jail term for criminally diverting N10.3m belonging to pensioners. The…
Firms partner to digitise property transactions
The Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sytemap Technologies Limited, marking a major step towards making land and real estate transactions safer, more…
Yuletide: Banks caution customers against holiday frauds
Banks have warned their customers to be wary of fraudulent activities during the seasonal festivities. The warning was contained in emails and content on their social media pages, which advised…
Tax law discrepancies pose serious risks, CITN warns
The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria has warned of the risks the nation becomes exposed to over alleged discrepancies between the tax laws passed by the National Assembly and…
Aláàfin Òyó cuddling a dead empire -1
By Tunde Odesola The (Om0) child (tó) is (bá) the (ma jé) father (Àsàmú) to (kékeré) the (ló ti ń jenu) man (sámú-sámú). Ehn, yes! Deal with it! The mishmash…
Trump announces US strikes on terrorists in Nigeria
United States President Donald Trump said US forces conducted deadly strikes against Islamic State terrorists in northwestern Nigeria, and vowed more attacks if the militants keep killing Christians. “I have…