The EFCC on Monday, July 25, 2016 arraigned one Samuel Sunday Ovute, a business man and owner of Obuegu & Sons Enterprises, on a two count charge bothering on issuance of dud cheques and obtaining by false pretence, the sum of One Million, Six Hundred and Sixty Two Thousand, Four Hundred Naira (N1, 662,400.00), before…
Five students of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA and Adekunle Ajashin University, Akungba, AAUA, have been apprehended by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Four of the undergraduates are from FUTA, while the other one from AAUA. They were nabbed over an alleged N16 million internet fraud by officials of…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said his administration is working assiduously to ameliorate the challenges faced by the Nigerian economy within a short period by understudying the experiences of countries like Iran who thrived in adversity. Receiving a Special Envoy from the President of Islamic Republic of Iran at the State House, Mohammad Javad Zarif,…
The battle for the 2016 Wura 1 crown of Goldberg Fuji t’o Bam took a more dramatic and entertaining turn in the city of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Friday July 22, 2016, as six of the 20 semi-finalists, emerged for the final scheduled for Ibadan on July 29, 2016. The six finalists: Shina Akanni;…
Last Friday, the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Alayeluwa Oba (Dr.) Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe Aladesanmi III, received officials and crew of Goldberg Fuji T’o Bam at his palace. At the palace were Goldberg Area Sales Manager, Ado-Ekiti, Prince Adegboyega Omotoyinbo; General Manager, Ofage Enterprises; Emmanuel Agu, Portfolio Manager, Regional Mainstream Brands, Nigerian Breweries Plc; Tayo Adelaja, Public…
A good percentage of women drink beer, however many know their limitations. It is said that about 75% of women over estimate the calorie content of beer. They believe it is beer that gave their husbands the abdominal fat “beer belly”, not knowing that it is their over-feeding of the man. Nutritionists have maintained that…
Tragedy was let loose on Monday afternoon in Lagos when a heavy duty vehicle fully loaded with Premium Motor Spirit commonly known as petrol, spilled its content on the ground and burst into flames afterwards. It was learnt that the fire spread to the popular Apapa/Oshodi Expressway, thereby causing traffic gridlock in the area. Several…
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo is at the moment having discussions with President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting, which is taking place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, we learnt, is behind closed-doors. This is not the first time both Buhari and Obasanjo are having a similar meeting this year. It is believed that the President is…
Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mrs Elizabeth Ativie, has stepped down from office and the House now has a new Speaker. Ativie was said to have left the position so as to allow fairness in the sharing of political offices in the state. She has now been replaced by the Deputy Speaker,…
On Friday, July 22, 2016, a valedictory lecture was organised by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) to honour the outgoing Group Managing Director of pan-African banking group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Philips Oduoza. The fourth Valedictory Lecture tagged “The Emergence of a Nigerian Pan-African Bank” recorded a parked hall of…