According to a report by Punch, there were indications that the Publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, on Tuesday returned the sum of N350 million to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. It was said that the flamboyant media mogul is expected to pay an outstanding N200 million next week to the Commission. Obaigbena’s…
Organisers of the yearly programme, Walk Against R@pe, WAR, Nigeria have begun preparations for its 2016 edition, which has again received the nod of the Lagos State Ministry Of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Also, various celebrities have been signed up as ambassadors for the initiative. Names of the important personalities signed as ambassadors of…
The elections of governors Udom Emmanuel and Okezie Ikpeazu of Akwa Ibom and Abia States respectively have been upheld by the Supreme Court. The apex court on Wednesday ruled in favour of the two governors and kept both as number citizens of their respective states. The court held that Udom won the lawfully cast votes,…
An online news service provider, MikeAngeloNews.Com, has developed a concept for the industry people called Bloggers Night Out. The idea is to create an enabling environment whereby bloggers in Nigeria will be able to meet, interact, support one another, and exchange ideas. This is not an association, but a kind of platform created to have…
Leading investor and Chairman, Heirs Holdings, UBA Plc and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu has applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for the passage of the ‘Electrify Africa Act,’ which took nearly three years trying to get the measure through both chambers of Congress. The Electrify Africa Act creates a framework…
A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, directed the Commissioner of Police in the state to arrest former secretary of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tope Aluko, over alleged perjury. The PDP chieftain had sworn under an oath that the 2014 governorship poll in the state that…
Shortly after former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori was released from a London prison, where he served his term for corruption, he was re-arrested by authorities in the United Kingdom. It was gathered that Ibori became a free man on January 22, 2016, but was again arrested. He was said to have been…
The reported missing helicopter belonging to Bristow has been found in Lagos, we have reliably learnt. The National Emergency Management Authority, NEMA, confirmed that the 5N BJQ Bristow carrying nine passengers and two crew members and flying about 1500 feet, was eventually found in Lagos. It was gathered that the small aircraft, which was feared…
According to reports reaching our newsroom, a small aircraft carrying about 11 persons has gone missing. The helicopter was said to have left Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to Lagos on Wednesday and its whereabouts unknown. It was gathered that the small plane, a 5N BJQ Bristow carrying nine passengers and two crew members, was flying…
There was commotion in the capital of Edo State, Benin City, when a bomb explosion occurred on Tuesday afternoon. It was gathered that the incident destroyed about five houses. Initially, residents of the ancient city thought it was an attack by Boko Haram sect, and this caused many to panic and run to safety. According…