A Federal High Court has ordered Senator Ali Ndume to be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre for failing to produce the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. Ndume, who is representing Borno South, stood as surety for Maina’s bail, who is standing trial on alleged money laundering charges. However, Maina […]
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Monday, said the country will exit recession by the first quarter of 2021. Ahmed spoke about the current recession in the country at the ongoing 26th Nigerian Economic Summit organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced six foreigners and a Nigerian to seven years imprisonment for oil theft. Justice Kolawole Omotosho gave the sentence on Monday after three years of prosecution of the convicts by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]
The Nigerian Government is yet to completely stop subsiding petroleum products in the country. This is according to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. According to the minister, President Muhammadu Buhari-administration has begun the process of deregulation of petroleum products. “We are still […]
107.3 Darling Fm, the people’s radio has clinched the award of the most outstanding Radio Station of the Year in Imo state. The station owned by renowned Philanthropist and a former Senator of Owerri zone Dr. EZE DARLINGTON AJOKU, beat other stations to clinch the position at the 2nd edition of the Nigeria Union of […]
The head of African football Ahmad Ahmad has been suspended by FIFA for five years for corruption, the global governing body announced on Monday. Ahmad, from Madagascar, has been president of the African Football Confederation (CAF) since March 2017 and was standing for re-election when FIFA banned him for “governance issues”. In their statement, FIFA […]
Labour union representatives on Sunday staged a walk-out from a meeting with the federal government, barely five minutes after it started. According to the president of the Trade Union Congress, Quadri Olaleye, on the meeting’s top agenda were the issues surrounding the hike in the price of fuel and electricity tariffs, not issues of palliatives. […]
Real Madrid are set to sell Spanish playmaker Isco in the winter transfer window. The 28-year-old has only started three games in La Liga this term, and he does not have the best relationship with manager Zinedine Zidane. And El Confidencial in Spain reports that Real are happy to sell Isco in the winter. Arsenal […]
The Federal Government says popular disc jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, fondly referred to as DJ Switch, “will be exposed” soon over her claims on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll plaza on October 20, 2020. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this known at a press conference […]
Team captain Lionel Messi says he is tired of being blamed for problems at FC Barcelona. The Argentine’s comments came after he was accused by Antoine Griezmann’s former agent of making life difficult for the French striker at the La Liga club. Eric Olhats had accused Messi of having too much control at the club, […]
