Elections Nigeria Security

NIS deports 18 foreigners for illegal possession of Nigerian voter cards

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo State Command, says that 18 foreigners were detained and deported because they were allegedly in possession of Nigerian voter cards. Isah Dansuleiman, the state’s NIS Comptroller, announced this on Wednesday in Ibadan at a stakeholder awareness event about the general elections of 2023. “Credible Elections in Nigeria: What is Read More…

Business Corruption Crime Oil & Gas Top Story

How mining company used private jet to move dollar bribe cash from Nigeria

Prosecutors said before a London court on Wednesday that employees and agents of a British unit of mining and trading company Glencore used private aircraft to transport money to pay bribes to oil authorities in West Africa. In June 2022, Glencore formally entered a guilty plea to seven charges of bribery related to oil activities Read More…

Legislature Metro

Lagos Assembly begins deliberating Auditor-General’s report on indicted MDAs

The finances of the indicted ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) in Lagos State are the subject of an investigation by the Lagos State House of Assembly based on the 2021 Auditor-General Statutory Report. This statement was made by Mr. Nurudeen Saka-Solaja, the chairman of the house committee on public accounts, during his opening remarks before Read More…

Football Sports

First Serie A hat-trick leaves Victor Osimhen wanting more

Victor Osimhen, a Nigerian international, intends to keep up his goal-scoring pace after hitting a hat-trick for Napoli in their 4-0 Serie A victory over Sassuolo. Napoli increased their advantage at the top of the standings on Saturday thanks to the 23-year-brilliantly old’s executed treble. He netted two goals in the opening 19 minutes, added Read More…

Football Sports

Since taking over, Jose Peseiro Super Eagles coach hasn’t been paid

Six months after being hired to coach the Super Eagles, Nigeria’s national football team, Jose Peseiro, is still without a single paycheck from his employers. But the 62-year-old man who took over as the club’s leader in May has not yet made a formal complaint to the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) about not getting paid. Read More…

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Aviation Business Top Story

Air transport services union calls off strike

Tuesday marked the end of the strike by the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) against Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) over the unjust dismissal of 34 union members. This was said in a statement made by the union’s deputy general secretary, Mr. Frances Akinjole, on Wednesday in Lagos. When ATSSSAN shut Read More…

Crime Fraud Metro

Woman arraigned for allegedly stealing N543,867

Gloria Aduwo, a 42-year-old point-of-sale operator, was charged with stealing N543,867 from her company on Wednesday in Lagos’s Ojo Magistrates’ Court. The police accused Aduwo of stealing. But she entered a not-guilty plea to the accusation. The defendant committed the crime in June at the Trade Fair complex in Ojo, according to the prosecution’s attorney, Read More…

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Business Oil & Gas Top Story

NNPC: China’s Addax withdraws from four Nigerian oil blocks

Nigeria’s NNPC Ltd. announced on Tuesday that Sinopec’s Addax Petroleum Development (Nigeria) Ltd. has ceded its four main oil mining blocks in Nigeria to the state-owned oil corporation. By establishing Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) with NNPC, Addax launched operations in Nigeria in 1998. “NNPC Ltd and Addax Petroleum Development (Nigeria) Ltd signed a Memorandum of Read More…

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Crime Dangerous Driving Manslaughter Metro

Lagos lorry driver kills 73-year-old lady

Titilayo Adawi, 73, was killed instantly after being struck by a truck driven by Kazeem Ajibola on Monday on the Lekki-Epe Expressway, according to the Lagos police. The event was reported on Tuesday by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Lagos State. According to Hundeyin, the incident occurred on Monday and Read More…

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Business Economy Enterprise

Dangote Group promises to intensify economic activities

A pan-African corporation, Dangote Industries Ltd. has committed to deepening commercial, industrial, and economic activities to support Nigeria’s economy. On Tuesday in Lagos, Mr. Anthony Chiejina, the Group Chief Branding and Communication Officer of Dangote Industries Ltd., said this. According to Chiejina, the company’s sponsorship of the 2022 Lagos International Trade Fair (LITF), which will Read More…