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$11million Fraud: Nigerian Businessman, Invictus Obi To Leave US Prison In 2028

Nigerian business mogul, Obinwanne Okeke, popularly known as Invictus Obi, will be released from an American prison in September 2028. The United States Federal Bureau of Prisons disclosed this via a statement on its website. Okeke, who was convicted and sentenced to 10…

17/12/2021

Suspected Killer Of Ex-Governor Lucky Igbinedion’s mother Arrested

The suspected killer of Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, mother of former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, has been arrested by police operatives. The Octogenarian who died on Thursday, 2 December at 85 years, was allegedly strangled to death by her house…

17/12/2021

AfDB Approves $170 Million For Investment In Nigeria’s Digital, Creative Start-Ups

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, AfDB, has approved a loan of $170 million to finance a digital and creative enterprises program in Nigeria. The investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises Program, i-DICE, is a Federal Government of Nigeria initiative…

17/12/2021

No-Work, No-Pay: Buhari `Pardons’ Health Workers, Orders Payment Of Seized Salaries

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, to release the salaries of health workers, including doctors, that were seized while enforcing the no-work, no-pay policy. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, confirmed this…

17/12/2021

Remove All Checkpoints From Lagos, Abuja To Southeast, Reps Demand

The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Inspector-General of Police and other heads of security agencies to immediately dismantle all road blocks from Lagos and Abuja to the Southeast. The House said this is to facilitate free flow of traffic and…

17/12/2021

Senator Kicks As NPC Budgets N400bn For May 2022 Census

There was a mild drama at the Senate Committee on Appropriation on Wednesday when the Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, warned the Federal Government against conducting the 2022 national census. He said going ahead with the exercise which would…

17/12/2021

Alleged N75m Fraud: Court Orders Arrest Of Imo Assembly Deputy Speaker

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Jabi, Abuja has issued an arrest warrant against the Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu, over his alleged involvement in a N75million fraud. Justice Charles Agbaza,…

17/12/2021

Man Docked For Allegedly Posting RIP On His Girlfriend’s Picture On Social Media

A 33-year-old man, Oyebode Odewale, was on Thursday docked in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly writing RIP on his girlfriend’s picture on social media. The police charged Odewale with two counts of breach of peace and threat to life. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp…

17/12/2021

Court Declares Refusal Of Sigma Pension, NPC To Pay Retiree 50% RSA As Discriminatory, Orders Payment Of N20m Within 30 Days

The Hon. President of the National Industrial Court, Hon Justice Benedict Kanyip, Ph.D. has declared the failure and refusal of the Sigma Pension Limited and National Pension Commission to yield to the legitimate request of the retiree Mrs. Rakiya Girei withdrawal of…

17/12/2021

World Bank Approves $700m For Nigeria

The World Bank has approved a 700 million dollar credit from its International Development Association, IDA, for the Nigeria Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes, ACReSAL, Project. It said this in a statement issued in Washington on Thursday. According to it, the project will…

17/12/2021

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