The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, prayed a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja for an arrest warrant against a Briton, James Nolan, a director in the Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID). Counsel for the EFCC, Bala Sanga, told Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court, Abuja that Mr Nolan, having been declared missing by his counsel, Paul Erokoro, SAN, had jumped bail. Sanga, therefore, prayed for the revocation of his bail. He urged the court to issue the warrant of arrest so that Nolan could be tracked not only within Nigeria by the security agencies but…
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Former Vice President and presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday said he would actualise Igbo presidency if elected in 2023. Abubakar made the pledge during the PDP South-East Zonal Stakeholders’ Meeting in Enugu on Tuesday. He said his love for Ndigbo was so great that in the 2011, 2019 elections and he chose Igbo men as running mates. Abubakar added that he had chosen another Igbo man in Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta as running mate for the 2023 election. “So, why do you say I will not give Igbos a fair chance to the…
The Lagos State Government through the state Employment Trust Fund, says it has supported 3,673 businesses with the sum of N1.56 billion as grants. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made this known at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)/Lagos Economic Summit Group (LESG) Private-Public Partnership Pre-Ehingbeti Stakeholders Engagement on Tuesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event had the theme: “Building a Sustainable Future for a Greater Lagos”. Sanwo-Olu who was represented by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, added that the state government had also provided mentorship, business advisory to young people…
By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS The Super Eagles fell to a 2-1 defeat against Algeria in their friendly encounter in Oran on Tuesday night, reports Promptnewsonline.com. Algeria are now unbeaten in their last four encounters against the Super Eagles. The game started on a frenetic pace with both teams attacking each other. Lorient forward Terem Moffi profited from sluggish defending by the Algerian defence to hand the Super Eagles the lead on nine minutes. Algeria piled pressure on the Super Eagles after the goal benefitting from some questionable decisions by the centre referee. The Desert Foxes were awarded a penalty in…
The Management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi, said the 14 days old twin baby stolen from the hospital had been recovered in Bauchi. Dr Haruna Liman, Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) of the hospital stated this, while handing over the baby to the mother on Tuesday in Bauchi. He said that the baby was stolen from the mother in the hospital eight days after she gave birth. “The baby was stolen on September 21, 2022 by 4:30.p.m from the mother who is receiving treatment in the hospital. “The baby boy was rescued today, Sept. 27 around…
Nigeria is a country blessed in all ramifications but we continue to struggle with getting the transformational leadership that can ensure human capital and economic development. It can be said that the most critical challenge confronting Nigeria is leadership. The present and past leaders of Nigeria seem to have failed to provide quality leadership capable of addressing the numerous challenges confronting the country. These leadership challenges are evidenced in political, social and economic instability and the prevalence of ethnic, communal and religious crises, which have bedeviled Nigerian socio-economic development. Nigerian citizens are faced with everyday anxieties due to the unprecedented…
Police in Lagos State have arrested three persons, including a woman, for allegedly being in possession of 150 bottles of “Skuchies’’ ready for sale. “Skuchies’’ is a Chapman drink laced with hard drugs. Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest on Tuesday. He stated that a timely intervention by the police led to the arrest of the suspects on Sunday. The police arrested Francis Friday (30), Kemi Adeyemo (35) and Nonso Orji (22) after they were suspected of being in possession of the laced drinks and they were searched. “They were conveying150 bottles of `skuchies’ in a Suzuki minibus…
Military veterans have continued their protest on Tuesday over delay in the payment of N134 billion Security Debarment Allowance approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in April. The veterans began the protest on Monday in front of the Ministry of Defence in Abuja. It would be recalled that the Minister of Defence, Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) had while announcing the presidential approval, said that the money was for military veterans earlier excluded, who retired earlier than Nov. 9, 2017. He also said that the money would be paid over a period of 3-5 years, as government wound not be able to…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a 53 -year old civil servant: Oyawoye R. Olajumoke Fafemi, for allegedly defrauding 23 (twenty three) church members seeking employment. Fafemi, a staff of Kwara State Ministry of Finance, was arraigned before Justice Mohammed Sani of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin on Monday, September 26, 2022 on four -count charges, bordering on employment and Hajj pilgrimage scam. The defendant was accused of collecting various sums of money from 23 members of the Christ Apostolic Church in Offa, Kwara State, under the guise of helping…
The Industrial Cassava Stakeholders Association of Nigeria (ICSAN) and Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), have trained 100 master bakers and private confectioners in cassava flour inclusion for bread production. Mr Segun Ladele, the President, ICSAN President, said that the inclusion of 10 per cent of High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) in bread production would save the country about two billion dollars on wheat importation. Ladele said this at a one-day workshop tagged: “Stakeholders’ Engagement on Cassava Flour Inclusion in Wheat for Bread Baking,” on Tuesday in Lagos. He urged the Federal Government to promote the initiative stressing that…