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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned two men, Ibrahim Suleiman Umar and Tijani Adam Goni, before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, for allegedly swindling job seekers of N4.8 million through a fake employment racket. According to ICPC spokesperson, Demola Bakare, in a …

Mr Bassey added that efforts by the complainant to recover his money were futile. A27-year-old Lotto agent, Daniel Ayomikun, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing his business partner’s N2.7 million. Ayomikun, who resides on Aladelola Street, Ikosi-Ketu, is facing a charge of stealing. …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has opened a probe into Plateau lawmaker Adamu Aliyu after a businessman accused him of conspiring with a former local government secretary to defraud him of N75.8 million in a fake land deal. the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related …

Okoronkwo and his company are facing 36 counts, including forgery, obtaining money by false pretences, and operating banking services without a valid licence. The trial of Chinedu Roland Okoronkwo, an alleged Ponzi scheme operator, and his company, Reliance Microfinance Cooperative Society Limited, has been adjourned to October 14 and 17, …

…Challenges PENGASSAN, NUPENG to publish audited account of members dues The management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery yesterday described the declaration of strike by Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) as a bully and guerrilla tactics meant to hold Nigerians to ransom for selfish agenda. Dismissing as tissues of …

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Thursday, called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently suspend Nyesom Wike as minister of FCT and cause investigation to be carried out on his US property scandal. Frank who made this assertion in a statement …

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery wishes to clarify recent reports concerning the ongoing reorganisation within its facility. This exercise is not arbitrary. It has become necessary to safeguard the refinery from repeated acts of sabotage that have raised safety concerns and affected operational efficiency. The foregoing decision was taken in the …

P&ID: Court rules on Briton’s application for bail variation Friday Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the adoption of final written addresses in the case against a director in the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited, James Nolan, to November 3. The judge adjourned …

By Abiodun Alade A storm is gathering over one of Nigeria’s most powerful labour unions, and the thunderclap may soon bring its roof down. Once upon a time, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) wore the robe of a fearless defender of workers’ rights. Today, it …

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG has again hailed the launch of Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s direct distribution of premium motor spirit (PMS) and automotive gas oil (AGO) to retailers throughout Nigeria, saying the intervention signals a significant transformation for the Nigerian downstream petroleum industry. The branch also cautioned …