Crime Metro Robbery Top Story

Third Mainland Bridge traffic robber nabbed by police

A suspected traffic robber, Charles Igbadoh, notorious for dispossessing motorists of their belongings at the Ilubirin end of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command. The spokesperson for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, announced the arrest in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos. Read More…

Business Oil & Gas Top Story

NNPC depends on Dangote, state-owned refineries to end fuel importation

The Federal government said on Wednesday that it was depending on Dangote and state-owned refineries to end massive petrol importation in Nigeria. The Dangote plant and the government have the capacity to refine 650,000 and 445,000 barrels per day, respectively. Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, speaking in Read More…

Business Economy

Nigerian economic challenges are man-made – Olusegun Aderemi

Dr. Olusegun Aderemi, a Lagos-based industrialist, has labelled the country’s economic problems as man-made, saying they are the creation of some persons in the position of authority. Aderemi, who is the Atayero of Aramoko Ekiti, also campaigned the enlightenment of youth on the understanding of the difference between value and things that add no value. Read More…

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Malaysia World

Malaysia’s former first lady Rosmah sentenced to 10 years in jail for bribery

The wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, Rosmah Mansor, was on Thursday sentenced to ten years in prison for seeking and receiving bribes in exchange for government contracts by a Malaysian court. The judgment came just days after her husband was jailed for corruption. Rosmah Mansor and Najib Razak, have been the focus of Read More…

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Russia Top Story World

Anti-war Russian oil exec dies after allegedly falling from hospital window

The head of a Russian oil giant who had criticized President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine died Thursday after reportedly falling out of his hospital window. Ravil Maganov, Lukoil chairman died after falling from a window of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow, Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the situation. The company issued a statement early Read More…

Nigeria Politics Top Story

INEC to publish final list of Presidential, NASS candidates on Sept. 20

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), plans to publish the final list of candidates for the Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives seats on Sept. 20 ahead of 2023 poll. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the ”Expert Meeting on Conducting Nigeria’s 2023 General Elections in Volatile Security Environment”, organized by Read More…

Crime Metro Rape

Lagos Court incarcerates 22-year-old painter for allegedly defiling neighbours’ daughter

Ifeanyi Onyega, a 22-year-old painter, has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court, on Thursday in Lagos for allegedly defiling his neighbours’ 16-year-old daughter. Mrs. M.O. Tanimola, the Magistrate, who did not heed Onyega’s plea, instructed that the case file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for Read More…

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Education Metro Top Story

Lagos to set up tertiary education trust fund

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday said that the Lagos State Government will establish the State Tertiary Education Trust Fund to create a financial model that will sustain its universities, on Thursday. He stated this when the Visitation Panel to the Lagos State University (LASU) tendered its report to him at the State House in Marina. Read More…