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N1.9billion Subsidy Fraud: Appeal Court quashes 10-year jail term, frees Ontario Oil MD, Ugo-Ngali

A Court of Appeal, Lagos division yesterday reversed a 10-year jail term slammed on the Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas, Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngali, by an Ikeja High Court in Lagos. The appellate court...

EFCC’s Star witness concludes evidence against ex- Chief of Air Staff, Diko in a...

Agency Report... Air Commodore Salisu Yusha’u (rtd), on Friday told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that no receipts were issued in the alleged N558 million monthly upkeep for the former Chief of Air Staff, retired...

Why Court orders arrest, detention of Innoson boss Chukwuma

A Lagos High Court has ordered the arrest and detention of troubled Innoson Motors boss, Chief Innocent Chukwuma over failure to appear before the court to face his trial. It is another set of travails...

Serena Williams ready for comeback

Agency Report... Serena Williams has spoken out about the “ups and downs” she faced during her year away from competitive tennis but insists she’s now focused and ready for her quest to once more dominate...

World Bank president warns against investing in Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies

Jim Yong Kim, World Bank president, says cryptocurrencies are like Ponzi schemes Kim joined other experts who have warned against investing in the new business with growing interests around the world. In recent times, Bitcoin a...
Atiku officially dumps APC

Atiku’s group begins “Operation Woo Your Delegates’’ campaign

Agency Report... Atiku Global Support Group (AGSG) has launched a new campaign, “Operation Woo Your Delegates’’, to help former Vice President Atiku Abubakar clinch the presidential ticket of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The National Coordinator of...

VP Osinbajo recommends state police, says government cannot realistically police Nigeria centrally

None of the 36 governors attended a security summit yesterday as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo explained why Nigeria is ripe for state police, The Guardian NG reported. The Guardian NG said the inability of governors,...

Court dismisses serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua’s application

The Appeal Court, Lagos Division, has dismissed an application filed by a serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, and affirmed the ruling of Justice J. E. Oyefeso of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos...
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‘I have neither political affiliation nor choice candidate for elections’ – Obasanjo

Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) is about the people at the grassroots Former Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he stands by his 2015 decision of retiring from partisan politics. He also said he has...

Reinstatement of suspended Yusuf shows Buhari’s anti-corruption war one-sided – Adegboruwa

A Lagos lawyer and human right activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa said President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war is lopsided. In his reaction to the reinstatement of suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf by...