A Lagos High Court in Ikeja has fixed February 6 for the arraignment of a major transport firm, Cross Country Ltd, and its Chairman, Bube Okorodudu, for stealing N82.85 million. They were charged along with Car Link Ltd by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to face nine counts of stealing, conspiracy to steal,…
Former Barcelona midfielder, Seydou Keita, has joined Spanish club, Valencia, until the end of the season. The Malian footballer was signed by Valencia on Thursday. The club disclosed that after Keita’s ends in the summer, both parties will see if another season can be added. The 34-year-old player joined Valencia on a free transfer from…
Just when Nigerians were forgetting about the messy controversies that trailed the alleged fraudulent purchase of two BMW bulletproof cars by a parastal in the Aviation Ministry from Coscharis Motors, the car dealer company owned by Cosmos Maduka is yet again embroiled in another car mess. This time, it is with a Super Eagles star,…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a former Commissioner of the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, Okechikwu Chukwulozie, to 15 years imprisonment. The convict is to spend his jail term in Kuje Prisons in Abuja. Chukwulozie was jailed by the court over a N10.4 million fraud he was found guilty of. A statement signed…
The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the appointment of the new service chiefs nominated by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, after they passed their screening at the Senate. The new service chiefs were screened by the Senate Committee on Defence, Army, Navy and Air Force. During plenary on Thursday, the red chamber adopted the report of its…
Justice Bolaji Yussuf of the Federal High Court 3, Ring road, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, declared theatre arts guru, Comrade Victor Ashaolu, as the duly elected President of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners, ANTP. The ruling finally ended the four-year leadership tussle between Ashaolu and Dele Odule, a veteran actor. Ashaolu had…
The Senate, on Thursday, refused to acknowledge the notice of defection brought on the floor by Senator Bukola Saraki. The former governor of Kwara State raised a Point of Order under the Senate Standing Order 15, which stipulates that a matter of privilege shall be given urgent attention by the Senate. The Senator was seeking…
Two men accused of vandalising petroleum pipelines in Plateau State have been jailed for 25 years. They were sentenced by a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the state capital. The two suspects were brought before Justice Ambrose Allagoa by the Plateau State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, on a…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has maintained that Nigerians living abroad will not vote in 2015 when the next general elections hold in the country. The INEC boss stated this at a three-day National Stakeholders Forum on Electoral Reform held in Abuja on Wednesday. Jega, represented by INEC Commissioner,…
Former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, on Wednesday, explained why he left the All Progressives Congress, APC, to join the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. According to Shekarau, he made the political switch on January 29, 2014 due to ‘injustice’ at the APC. The founding member of the APC, after a meeting of stakeholders…