Fresh indications have emerged that the Federal Government is yet to release over 50 per cent or $265 million in foreign exchange for foreign airlines operating in the country to repatriate to their countries. Foreign airlines collect Naira for their tickets to customers and exchange same for foreign currencies for their operations. But recently they Read More…
Kabiru Jimon, Ayoade Usman and Danjuma Bala, these three men, were on Friday arraigned before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing and receiving stolen possessions valued at N794, 000. The defendants, Jimon, 17; Usman, 18; and Bala, 30, whose addresses were not given, are being charged with felony, stealing and receiving stolen items. ASP Read More…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Friday has imprisoned three men in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly drugging and raping a woman. Jerry Ikechukwu, 28; Bright Umeh, 45, and Patrick Amajuoye, 52 who are all unemployed and reside in Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos were charged with conspiracy, rape, stealing, unlawful possession of stolen items, causing the breach Read More…
Toyin, a suspected female ritualist who was rescued from being executed by an angry crowd who caught her during an alleged attempt to snatch an eight-month-old baby in the Ebute-Metta area of Lagos State, has died in the hospital. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the development, said Toyin was Read More…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has extended the order preventing President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from withdrawing the licences of 53 broadcast stations in the country and shutting down the stations for allegedly failing to renew their licenses. Justice Akintayo Aluko (Court 8) had on August 29, 2022, granted an Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari says crude oil robbery must be addressed. He made the statement during the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on National Economy which he initiated in his office on Friday. Acknowledging the impact of the nuisance on the nation’s revenue exchange, the President reminded them that production of crude oil owing to economic Read More…
The European Union will make travelling to the bloc more challenging and expensive for Russians from Monday after it formally backed suspending a visa simplification agreement over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Council of the EU, which groups the bloc’s member states, on Friday adopted a decision to suspend from Sept. 12 the visa deal Read More…
The Biden administration plans to allow up to 125,000 refugees into the United States for the 2023 fiscal year, the same lofty ceiling as last year, according to a source familiar with the plan. The refugee ceiling dictates how many refugees can be admitted to the United States, but the administration doesn’t have to hit that number and didn’t Read More…
Unions in the Nigerian aviation industry have claimed the import of strange clauses in the aviation agencies’ bills presently before President Muhammadu Buhari for approval. The unions have threatened to make a peaceful protest on Monday, September 12, 2022 to ensure the removal of the clauses they claimed were not part of the original bills Read More…
The Olumide Oyedeji Basketball Foundation on Thursday in Lagos announced that a basketball attraction for under-17 players will begin on Sept. 17. Olumide Oyedeji, an ex-international player, said the event would last for six weeks. “No fewer than 400 kids will be in attendance at basketball courts in Ilupeju, Ajegunle, Oworonshoki and Ikorodu,” he said. Read More…
