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Officers of the Federal agency, Customs were said to have killed a commercial motor driver, Saubana Onila, a father of four, at Sowo village, on the Kobape-Siun-Sagamu expressway when he was conveying bags of rice to some customers in Sagamu. Consequently, scores of protesters stormed the state headquarters of the NCS along Quarry Road in Abeokuta, threatening…
Reports by Vanguard and other online sources indicate that three Nigerian banks and their foreign affiliates, yesterday, took over Etisalat Nigeria for allegedly failing to repay a loan of over $1 billion (N541 billion) it secured from the consortium of three Nigerian banks and foreign affiliates in 2015. The Nigerian banks are Guaranty Trust Bank,…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday lamented that the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing led by ex-Lagos Governor, Babatunde Fashola is frustrating the state government’s plan to reconstruct the Murtala Muhammed International, MMI, Airport Road from the Oshodi end. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who addressed newsmen at the State House, Ikeja after inspecting ongoing projects…
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has denied reports making the round that he turned down the offer of the British armed forces to help rescue the missing Chibok school girls. Jonathan in a statement released insisted that he did not reject the offer to rescue the girls, saying he gave the international community free latitude…
A Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State capital, has convicted and jailed former Governor, Bala James Ngilari, for falling short of the procurement laws of the state. Justice Nathan Musa, in a 75-minute long ruling, found the former governor guilty of four charges out of five preferred against him and discharged him of remaining…
Former Managing Director of the Daily Times Nigeria Plc, Dr Onukaba Adinoyi Ojo is dead. Onukaba 57, died at about 6 pm on Sunday at a village near Akure, Ondo State capital. Dr Onukaba was on his way back to Abuja from Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he had joined other dignitaries to attend the inauguration…
According to a news report published on The Guardian’s website yesterday, RAF mission detected Boko Haram kidnappers but action was refused by the then government of Goodluck Jonathan to rescue the Chibok girls. The report said British armed forces offered to attempt to rescue nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist militant group Boko…
Nigeria Federal Lawmakers have resolved to probe the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) over the raiding and carting away of goods in shops at a rice market in Sango-Otta area of the state. The traders in the rice market accused Nigerian Customs Service of carrying out the raid unlawfully. The Senate came to the decision after…
According to the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, about three million Nigerians lost N18 billion to the Ponzi scheme, popularly called Mavrodi Mundial Movement, MMM. This was the position of the Managing Director of the Corporation, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim. Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim made this known while speaking at the ongoing 38th Kaduna International Trade Fair,…
Building materials prices remain high despite Dollar crash. Prices of building materials have remained unchanged in spite of the Naira appreciating in value at the foreign exchange market. Some said in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday said prices remained unchanged because they bought the goods when the exchange…
