Environment

  Nigeria’s retired army general and former defence minister,Theophilus Danjuma, is one of Nigeria’s richest personalities, courtesy of his ownership of one of Nigeria’s most lucrative oil blocs and a money spinning shipping firm. The retired general is a long time user of offshore entities, and the Mossac Fonseca files …

North-East youths under the umbrella of North-East Youth Peace and Development Empowerment Initiative, NEYPDI, have berated Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state over comments credited to him that over 300 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram sect were never abducted. Alhaji Kyari Abubakar, President of the group, expressed surprise that …

  The Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s family and a former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, were among some prominent Africans named in a newly discovered secret offshore assets scam released by a German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. The German newspaper on Monday released the Panama Papers, the biggest leak in …

A former elementary school principal awaiting trial on charges of raping possibly dozens of pupils has hanged himself in a prison in central France, sources close to the case said Tuesday. Romain Farina, the 46-year-old former head of a school in Villefontaine near Lyon, was charged about a year ago, …

A 25-year-old farmer, Mohammed Tanko, was on Tuesday ordered to be remanded in prison for allegedly killing his wife’s lover. Tanko of Gorobani village in Kaiama, Kwara, was charged before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing to death one Boka who he suspected to be having extramarital affairs with his …

Three men were arraigned on Tuesday in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly damaging the windscreen of a police patrol vehicle. The defendants – Alex Olotu (39), Joseph Owuna (25), and Azeez Salawu (28)- are facing a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, assault and destruction.   They were alleged …

  A sales representative of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Wale Olayinka, narrowly escaped death as hoodlums allegedly led by one ‘The Law’ descended on him and beat him to stupor at the NNPC Mega Station in Osogbo. It was gathered on Monday that the NNPC official, who was …

Hash tags are not memes, as a lot of people tend to see them that way especially because it has risen to much prominence due to social media usage. While the word is synonymous with social media, some people think that hashtag is part of English punctuation marks. Hash tags …

Thirty five ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from April 4 to April 26. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its publication – `Shipping Position’, – a copy of which was made available …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja lashed out at the 16 years rule of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, regretting that the previous governments did not save for the “rainy day”. Buhari spoke while receiving the President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Dr. Bernard O. Aliyu at …