Sinkhole Tunnel Someone Dug to Link Bank Exposed
By George Steer It’s like something straight out of a classic heist film. Florida public works employees called to investigate an apparent sinkhole were shocked to discover a recently excavated tunnel running below the street in the direction of a nearby bank. It remains unclear how many people were involved in digging the tunnel, reported […]
Oyebade, Ezike, Lamorde, 15 others Now AIG as PSC Promotes 51 Officers
Eighteen Commissioners of Police (CP) were today promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) as 33 substantive CPs also emerge from the rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP). The approval of the promotions was announced today by the Police Service Commission in a statement by its spokesman, Mr Ikechukwu Ani. […]
Police Probe Murder of Hotelier, Manager in Lagos
Detectives in Lagos are on the trail of killers of a businesswoman and mother of four who returned home from the United Kingdom to open a hotel in the state. Mrs Olusola Olusoga Abimbola was murdered on Thursday, January 24, along with her manager, Tunji Omikunle who recently had a set of twins. The late […]
Money Laundering: Magu Issues Stern Warning to Politicians
The acting chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu on Thursday warned Nigerian banks to be alert and prevent politicians from moving illicit funds into the country for the purpose of inducing voters in the coming general elections. Magu gave this warning at a meeting he had with Chief Conduct and Compliance […]
Why I Prefer Atiku to Buhari, Obasanjo
Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has given reasons why he prefers the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, as the next leader of the nation. Speaking at the Island Club Quarterly Business Lecture in Lagos, today, Obasanjo drew comparisons […]
Judge Raps NBA Chairman Over Court Boycott
A heated courtroom exchange occurred on Wednesday between Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court and Mr Dele Oloke, the Chairman of the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over the court boycott organized by the National body of the lawyers. Oloke had at 10.17am, led an NBA taskforce to stop […]
EFCC Sets to Arraign ex-SGF, Lawal, Former NIA DG, Oke and Wife
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed criminal charges against the immediate past Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, as well as a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Olusola Oke and his wife, Folashade. Oke and his wife will be arraigned before Justice Aneke of the […]
The nagging tobacco excise issue
With the commencement in implementation of the new excise duty on tobacco in June 2018, the tobacco industry has shifted from attack mode to subtle lobby for a rollback of the policy using the rhetoric that the tobacco industry is a stakeholder that should be engaged in tobacco control. Before this, in argument after argument […]
Afenifere Backs Buhari, Endorses Re-election
Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba group led by Sen. Ayo Fasanmi, has called on Yoruba to vote massively for President Muhammadu Buhari and APC in the forthcoming elections. The group made the call through a motion moved by Sen. Olabiyi Durojaiye on Tuesday at a Yoruba Summit held on Tuesday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
