‘Estate agent to be prosecuted for N65m fraud’
An estate agent, who allegedly defrauded 262 prospective tenants of N65 million at Alapere, Ketu, Lagos, will be prosecuted, Attorney-General and Justice Commissioner Moyo…
Police tighten security around South African firms
THERE was tight security on Wednesday around business premises linked to South Africans to stop further attacks by Nigerians who were angered by the killings and attacks on…
Revealed: How Obas crowned by Ajimobi bowed to Olubadan
IT was significant. But, it almost went unnoticed. On Monday, Olubadan Saliu Adetunji and members of the Olubadan-in-Council were at the International Conference Centre of the University…
Davido speaks on wedding plans with Chioma, says ‘2020 is the year’
Superstar Davido has shared plans to officially tie the knot with his long-time girlfriend, Chioma Rowlands. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 27-year-old singer had…
N437m fraud: Three BDC operators get N60m bail
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday granted three Bureau-De-Change operators N20 million bail each with two sureties in the like sum, following their arraignment for an alleged…
Soldiers, policemen fueling banditry, kidnapping – Bandits tell Gov. Masari
REPENTANT bandits on Wednesday told Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari that some soldiers and policemen are fueling banditry and kidnapping in the state in return for monetary…
BREAKING: South Africa’s high commission in Nigeria shuts down
The South African high commission in Nigeria has shut down operations in the country. Lunga Ngqengelele of South Africa’s department of international relations and co-operations, told ENCA, a…
Results of Kogi PDP primary totally unacceptable – Dino Melaye
Senator Dino Melaye has registered his displeasure with results of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Kogi. He described the results of the contest in which he…
South African business leaders urge President Ramaphosa to reform faster
South African business leaders on Wednesday urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to push through reforms faster to lift the economy and curb investment outflows, as executives and…
Xenophobia: Jim Ovia pulls out of World Economic Forum Meeting
Following the hypersensitivity of the issues surrounding the lives and well-being of Nigerian citizens living in South Africa and to contribute his voice against the poor state of…
J’oburg no longer safe for Nigerians, attackers are well organised – President, Nigerian Union,…
President, Nigerian Union South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, speaks on the xenophobicattacks on Nigerians living in South Africa. What culminated into the recent xenophobicattacks in…
Nigerians criticise Ezekwesili for attending WEF in South Africa despite xenophobic attacks
A former Nigerian minister for education, Oby Ezekwesili, on Wednesday came under attack for attending the World Economic Forum meeting holding in South Africa.Mrs Ezekwesili, a social critic and former presidential…
Xenophobia: Value of MTN’s shares down by N30.5bn on NSE
The market capitalisation of shares belonging to MTN Nigeria on the Nigerian Stock Exchange dropped by N30.5 billion at the end of the trading on Wednesday. MTN’s shares, which opened…
Makinde signs revised 2019 budget into Law
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has signed the N182b reviewed 2019 budget passed by the state House of Assembly on Tuesday into law. The bill, which seeks to review the N182b appropriation bill…
Tanzanians selling drugs to us not Nigerians ― South African testifies (VIDEO)
Still on the ongoing xenophobic attacks in South Africa against Nigerians, a South African man has revealed in a video that Tanzanians, not Nigerians are the ones selling drugs.Ebenezer Subi, a Nigerian in Pretoria,…
From South African media
SOUTH African newspapers and online media on Wednesday devoted ample spaces in their publications to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration over the handling of attacks…
Zamfara gov flags off N8.631 billion RUGA project
Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara State yesterday laid the foundation for the N8.631 billion RUGA project at Rinji Sakkida forest in Maradun Local Government Area of the state.Matawalle said three pilot RUGA…
$9.6b judgment: Report exposes P&ID, Danjuma’s link
WITH the dust raised over the $9.6 billion judgment debt awarded to Process and Industrial Development Ltd (P&ID) yet to settle, another controversy over…
A village in Poland hasn’t seen a boy born in nearly 10 years
The tiny Polish village of Miejsce Odrzanskie has become the unlikely source of international media attention over the past fortnight as a result of what the New York Times called “a strange population anomaly”. It has…
Leave Nigeria before Monday – NANS tells South African nationals
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Wednesday declared war on South African nationals and their businesses in Nigeria, warning them to leave the country on or before Monday…
EFCC mounts surveillance on 10 Nigerians wanted by FBI
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has mounted surveillance for 10 of the 78 Nigerians from the South-east, allegedly involved in the 3 billion US dollar scam.The Head, Enugu Zonal Office of…
Are DisCos technically bankrupt?
The electricity distribution companies (DisCos) are in need of funds, such that they cannot procure equipment let alone expand their networks to take loads and give Nigerians regular electricity.…
U.S. offers $15m for information on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s finances
The United States has offered $15 million for information than can help it cripple the financial mechanisms of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).The move, announced by the Department of State through a…
Nigeria draws red line with South Africa over killings
THE unabated xenophobic attacks have sparked a diplomatic row between Africa’s giant economies – Nigeria and South Africa. The Federal Government is considering a full range…