FG Alerts Nigerians On Over Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
The Federal Government yesterday raised fresh concerns over the Stevens-Johnson syndrome and called for greater alertness to curb the ailment. Stevens-Johnson syndrome is described as a rare, serious disorder of the skin and mucous membranes. Officials said it is usually…
Tax Evasion: FIRS Seals Briscoe Motors, Other Firms In Lagos, Aba, Owerri
The enforcement arm of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), on Friday, May 13, continued its closure of big companies in Lagos and across the country over non-payment of a variety of taxes. In Lagos, FIRS officials the shut down…
Saraki, Ekweremadu Faces Fresh Troubles As AGF Declares Their Election Null and Void
The embattled Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, seem to be moving from one case to another, as the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has declared the election that produced them as a nullity…
4-Storey Building Collapses In Abeokuta
Part of the ultra-modern shopping complex being built by the Ogun State government at the popular Itoku market in Abeokuta, the state capital has collapsed. Unconfirmed reports have it that about ten people suspected to be workers in the building…
Banker Narrates How NAMA Officials Diverted Funds Into Several Accounts
A Compliance Officer with the Stabic IBTC Bank, Babatunde Adenekan, yesterday, gave vivid details before a Lagos Federal High Court, of how funds belonging to Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, were distributed into various bank accounts. Adenekan, a Prosecution witness…
Court Orders Remand of Tompolo’s Lawyer, Adegboruwa –If He Failed Meeting Bail Conditions
Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of a Lagos Federal High Court, today, ordered that a Lagos based -lawyer and social critic, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, be remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), pending when he is able…
Court stops Southwest PDP zonal congress
A Lagos Federal High Court, today, restrained the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and its national chairman Ali Modu Sherrif from conducting any election into the party’s Southwest Zonal Executive Committee. Justice Ibrahim Buba also barred PDP from recognising any such…
N1.9 bn Subsidy Fraud: EFCC Urges Court Dismiss Wagbatsoma’s ‘Extraneous’ Application
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, urged an Ikeja High Court of Lagos State, to quash an extraneous aplication brought before it in the ongoing trial of some oil marketers accused of fuel subsidy‎ fraud that has got…
Ex-Council Boss, Comrade Ayodele Adewale, Wants Police To Investigate Attack On Him
The former Executive Chairman of Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Comrade Ayodele Adewale, has called on the police authority to investigate an attack on him during his condolence visit to Late Adeniji-Adele home on last Friday. Comrade Adewale…
NIMASA Fraud: Akpolobokemi’s Aide Paid Me N342.5m For Job I Didn’t Do -Bureau de Change Operator Tells Court
A witness, One Chima Anyasor, today informed an Igbosere High Court of Lagos, that between February 2015 and June 2015, a total sum of N342. 5 million was transferred into two of his companies accounts from National Maritime Authority. Anyasor,…
Chaos In Lagos Over NURTW Posts
Union workers protest in Lagos, demand eviction of chairman Nomso Obiajuru Commercial activities in Lagos Island have been grounded for the better part of Wednesday, May 11, following a protest against Mustapha Adekunle (aka Seego), the chairman of the National…
