Year: 2016

Pregnant Woman Collapses In Police Custody

Pandemonium was let loose on Tuesday when a pregnant woman fainted at Surulere Police Station in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the woman, Mrs Tosin Taiwo, business woman with eight weeks pregnancy, was arrested at Meran by police officers, but taken to Surulere, where she was detained for over three…

Guinea Chase Nigeria Out Of CHAN 2016

Home based Super Eagles were on Tuesday eliminated by Guinea from the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN) taking place in Rwanda. Nigeria was defeated 1-0 by Guinea in their last Group C match on Tuesday and qualified for the next round alongside Tunisia, the group leaders. Tunisia mauled Niger Republic 5-0, which got a red…

Borno Assembly Sealed By EFCC

Operatives of the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday invaded the Borno State House of Assembly and sealed it. Some members of the Assembly were also reportedly arrested by the anti-graft agency and taken away in their vehicles. It was gathered that the Assembly was sealed over an alleged fraud. It was also…

$3.4b Fine: We Won’t Forgive MTN—FG

Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, on Tuesday in Abuja said the Federal Government was yet to agree an out-of-court settlement with telecoms firm, MTN, over the $3.4 billion fine slammed on it in December 2015. MTN was fined $5.2bn by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, in October 2015, for regulatory infractions. The fine was later…

Fayose Visits Aregbesola In Osun (Photos)

On Tuesday, governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, shocked many observers when he met with his Osun State counterpart, Rauf Aregbesola, in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Both governors belong to two different political parties. Governor Fayose is of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, while Aregbesola belongs to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Fayose has…

Tony Elumelu Foundation, UBA, US Dept. Of Commerce Partner To Enable Entreprenurship in Africa

The Tony Elumelu Foundation and United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) partnered with the United States Department of Commerce to host a panel and roundtable discussion between members of the U.S. Presidential Council on Doing Business in Africa (PCDBIA)and a diverse community of African entrepreneurs. The 11 person U.S. delegation, along with representatives of several…