Environment

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday withdrew its application seeking to stay the execution of a court order which unfroze the Skye Bank account of the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience with a balance of $5.9m. A counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, appeared before the Federal …

A 23-year-old has been arrested in Ghana after he raped a 10-year-old girl to death through the anus for three years. playThis is the height of wickedness as this man raped the 10-year-old to death A 23-year-old student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, has …

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday struck out the N100m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Obanikoro, his wives, Fati and Moroophat, and his sons, Gbolahon and Babajide, had sued the anti-graft …

“Nigerian Prince”, a proposed movie on email scammers, has won a one million dollar AT&T grant at the Tribeca Film Festival. The movie, written and directed by Nigeria’s Biyi Bandele and Oscar Hernandez-Topete, was announced the winner on April 20, at the Film Festival in New York. According to media …

Researchers have shown that adults who have at least one diet drink a day are three times more at risk from a stroke or dementia. Scientists say they should no longer be regarded as the healthier alternative and urge the public to stick to water or milk. Their study of …

The Presidency on Sunday denied the rumour making the rounds that the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari; and the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura, have resigned . The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the clarification …

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of N449,750,000 found in an abandoned Bureau de Change shop in Victoria Island by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The forfeiture order was made by Justice Rilawan Aikawa following an ex parte application taken …

Passengers of an Aero Contractors flight traveling between Port Harcourt and Lagos had a terrifying experience on Tuesday as one of the engines appeared to catch fire, causing the cabin to become filled with thick smoke. According to a passenger posting on Twitter, the plan started having troubles 20 minutes after take-off.  …

The Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), is poised to unlock an unprecedented estimated private sector investment of about $30b in the next few years. The BMW was adopted in order to control and manage ships ballast and sediments. This will help reduce the harmful …

The toll in a suspected meningitis epidemic in Nigeria has killed 745 people, a rise of over 250 in just over a week, the federal government said on Wednesday. Over 8,000 suspected cases of the disease have been reported across the country over the past five months although most have …