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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday urged Nigerians to fight corruption for a better society and success of the next generations. The Chief Superintendent of the ICPC, Mr. Godwin Achile, gave the advice at a symposium held in commemoration of 2019 Disability awareness week organised by Centre for Citizens…
From Left: CEO Capricorn Digital, Adegbola Abudu; CEO, Riby, Salami Abolore; Board Chairman, EFInA, Segun Akerele; Deputy British High Commissioner, Laure Beaufils; CEO, Extramile Africa, Bankole Olalekan, CEO of EFInA, Esaie Diei; CEO, Smart Teller, Oluwole Ogunwande and CEO, Social Lender, Faith Adesemowo at the EFInA $2M Fintech Grant presentation in Lagos Leading financial sector…
PHOTO: NAN No fewer than 17 persons escaped death in a multiple crash involving three vehicles on the old Enugu-Onitsha expressway in Anambra. The accident occurred on the Nkpor/Umuoji stretch of the road. Mr Pascal Anigbo, the Public Enlightenment Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the crash to the News Agency of…
Edo APC chairman, Anslem Ojezua An Edo State High Court has extended the order directing that Anselm Ojezua be recognised as chairman of the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The extension was granted by Justice O. Oviawe, on Thursday, December 5, ordering that the status quo as at 10th of November,…
…presents cheques to 54 victims of Ibrede crisis By Festus Ahon SECRETARY to the Delta State Government, SSG, Mr Chiedu Ebie, yesterday said the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has unified every part of the country through cultural integration of the participants of the scheme which was the original idea of the founding Fathers of…
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday gave the Department of State Service (DSS) 24 hours ultimatum to release the convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare.. Justice Ojukwu gave the order at the scheduled commencement of the defendants’ trial on charges of treasonable felony. The…
By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Igbo National Council, INC, led by Chilos Godsent, yesterday called for an end to the killings of armless citizens in the country particularly in the Southeast region by the police. INC, in Owerri, was reacting to the clashes in Orafite community of Anambra state, between police and members of the…
Dr Allen Ifechukwu Onyema By Omeiza Ajayi A group, Concerned Diaspora Citizens, has described the allegations of financial misdeeds levelled against Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema as a deliberate attempt to kill the company and deepen Nigeria’s unemployment crisis. In a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja and signed by…
Orji Kalu A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a former Governor of Abia, Orji Kalu, to 12 years’ imprisonment for N7.2 billion fraud and money laundering. The court convicted Kalu, now a senator, on all the 39 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charge. READ ALSO: Updated: Court…
Say scheme, can’t account for billions of public funds By Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives Joint-Committee on Insurance & Actuarial Matters, Health Services and Health Institutions, has disclosed that despite a steady guzzle of billions of public funds in 15 years, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has captured less than five…