TikTok has never been my thing. I avoid that platform not because some of the viral videos have no cultural value but because the fleeting nature of most of them, somehow reminds me of the generally annoying dumbed-down standard of social media content. Notwithstanding, there are times when I am …
Read More »Oyo Community Protests Against Adron Company, Alleges Land Grabbing, Bringing Of Armed Thugs Despite Court Injunction
Residents say the company, known for its aggressive real estate marketing across Nigeria, has fenced large portions of their land and brought in heavy machinery, including caterpillars, to begin excavation ignoring a subsisting court order barring any such activity. Residents of Ayegun Oleyo, a community in Ibadan, Oyo State, have …
Read More »Kaduna SDP Disowns El-Rufai
The Kaduna State chapter of the Social Democratic Party has disowned former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over what it described as an “unauthorized” association with the party. At a press conference in Kaduna on Friday, the SDP’s North-West Zonal Secretary, Alhaji Idris Inuwa, said El-Rufai was neither …
Read More »Ex-NHIS boss, Femi Thomas, BDC operator jailed over $2.1m fraud
The Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted Femi Thomas, former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), for breaching the N5 million cash transaction limit stipulated by law for individuals. Presiding over the case, Justice Ayokunle Faji on Thursday delivered judgment on charges involving $2,198,900 filed against …
Read More »NGML Expands Portfolio, Signs Gas Supply Agreement
In a strategic move to strengthen its footprint in Nigeria’s gas marketing and distribution value chain, the NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML) has signed a Natural Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) with CCETC Suk Power Limited, enabling the delivery of up to 44 MMscf/d of natural gas. The agreement, …
Read More »Moody’s upgrades Ecobank Outlook to Stable on stronger financial performance
Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the ratings of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), upgrading the outlook on its long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings from negative to stable, citing improved financial performance and reduced refinancing risks. The agency confirmed ETI’s B3/Not Prime long- and short-term issuer ratings, B3 senior unsecured …
Read More »Kano TikToker, Musician Bag Jail Terms For Naira Abuse
Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano, Kano State, has convicted and sentenced a TikToker, Abubakar Ibrahim, (a.k.a ‘G-Fresh) and Musician, Hamisu Saíd (a.k.a Hamisu Breaker) for abusing the Naira. They were jailed upon their arraignment by the Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial …
Read More »FG introduces new minimum age for JSS1 admission in private schools
The Federal Ministry of Education has officially set 12 years as the minimum age for pupils seeking admission into Junior Secondary School One (JSS1) in non-state schools across Nigeria. The development follows the mandatory completion of six years of primary education. The new guideline is outlined in a policy document …
Read More »“You are wrong!” Presidency roars at Kwankwaso
The Presidency has said the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, is wrong to have claimed that the north has been neglected by the Bola Tinubu-led administration. Kwankwaso had alleged while speaking at Coronation Hall, Kano Government House, on Thursday, during a stakeholders’ engagement …
Read More »Seven jailed over stealing of N1bn from TajBank
Seven suspects arrested for alleged involvement in theft of N1 billion from TajBank’s agency banking platform have been sentenced to various prison terms after they pleaded guilty to separate one-count charges, bordering on impersonation, money laundering, retention of proceeds of crime and unauthorized bank transfers filed against them by the …
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