A businessman, Sunday Okorie, collapsed in court on Wednesday while standing in the dock. Okorie had been arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday for allegedly failing to declare $299,000 and being in possession of counterfeit foreign currency. Justice Deinde Dipeolu had ordered Okorie to be remanded after he pleaded not guilty…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, flagged off the movement of the torch of unity ahead of the 22nd National Sports Festival (Gateway Games Ogun State 2025), holding from May 16 to May 30, 2025. Tinubu lit the torch at the forecourt of the State House, Abuja, at about 02:15 pm when he received a delegation…
The Senate on Tuesday officially confirmed the appointment of Professor Melvin D. Ayogu as a member of the Central Bank of Nigeria Board of Directors. Ayogu, an indigene of Enugu State, is a Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The appointment was approved following the presentation and subsequent review by…
The Osun state government has rejected the position of the Central Bank of Nigeria on its nominee for the directorship of Living Trust Mortgage Bank, urging the apex bank to review its position in the interest of due process, compliance with regulatory acts and shareholder interest. The state government posited that as a major shareholder…
The Edo State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a man identified as Wealth Nnamdi, who allegedly killed his pregnant fiancée, Osasu Isaac, and her three-year-old daughter, Miracle, in Benin City. The tragic incident, which occurred on Idiangbona Street in Ovbiogoe Community, followed a heated argument between the couple on March 16. Neighbours, who…
Communications Ltd. and the Registrar of Trademarks, Patents & Designs to pay N770 million in damages for infringing on Citilink Accesscorp Limited’s registered trademark “WEBPLUS.” The court found MTN guilty of unauthorised use of the “WEBPLUS” trademark, which Citilink lawfully registered under Class 9 of the Trademark Registry. Justice Osiagor issued a perpetual injunction prohibiting…
Chewing gum could be a hidden source of plastic ingestion, releasing thousands of microplastic fragments directly into the mouth with every chew, researchers have found. A new study, presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego, revealed that a single gram of gum can shed an average of 100 microplastic fragments, with some…
The Nigerian Correctional Service is mourning the death of Senior Correctional Assistant Shuaibu David, who lost his life while attempting to prevent an inmate escape at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Koton-Karfe, Kogi State, on Monday. The jailbreak occurred when inmates tampered with padlocks in one section of the facility, enabling twelve prisoners to…
The Head of the Rivers State Civil Service, Dr George Nwaeke, has resigned his appointment. The resignation of the HoS, who served under the suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara was contained in a statement issued by the Chief of Staff to the Sole Administrator and obtained by newsmen on Tuesday morning. The Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a man, Mubarak, suspected to be mentally unstable for stabbing a 25-year-old man, Shamseen Danshehu, to death. The incident took place on Sunday evening in the Kwangila area of Minna, the state capital when Mubarak was said to have engaged Danshehu in a fisticuffs during which he allegedly…
