A Lagos-based comedian, Chinedu Paul, aka Think Twice, has been identified as one of the three persons mistaken for members of the Badoo cult and lynched on Saturday by angry residents in Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos State. This is just as residents continued to buy weapons, especially cutlasses, in a desperate move to stop the Badoo members …
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Why we intervened in Etisalat saga – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that its intervention in the ongoing N54.8 billion Etisalat debt saga was informed by the desire to sustain the industry’s significant contribution to National GDP, employment creation and infrastructure roll-out. The Commission made this known while reacting to stakeholder enquiries regarding the current …
Read More »Nigerian traditional medicine practitioners offer to treat Buhari
The National Association of Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners has said its members can cure the ailing President Muhammadu Buhari of any ailment if consulted. The Patron of the NANTMP, Dr. Adesunmiboye Fawawo, said this in an interview with our correspondent in Osogbo on Tuesday on the sidelines of the inauguration of …
Read More »Most PR agencies in Nigeria are SMEs, says report
Most Public Relations (PR) agencies in the country are Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) a report by Black House Media (BHM), a PR agency, in conjunction with its independent market research firm, Brentt Consulting, has revealed. The report, which was contained in the second edition of 2016 Nigeria’s PR Report, …
Read More »The rebound of La Casera
Since its foray into the market in 2001, La Casera has managed to leverage on its brand equity to carve a niche in the carbonated soft drinks sector of Nigeria’s food and beverage industry. Although, the beverage maker later took the back seat in the heat of stiff competition, it has …
Read More »Terrorism charges: Ndume has no case to answer, court rules
Senator Ali NdumeA Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out the terrorism charges instituted against a former Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, in 2011. Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in his judgment on Tuesday, upheld Ndume’s no-case-submission on the grounds that the prosecution was unable to establish any prima …
Read More »NNPC, PPMC earn N608bn from PMS, kerosene, diesel sale
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and its subsidiary, the Pipeline and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, earned N680.1billion from the sale of 5.5 billion litres of white petroleum products in the first four months of the year, between January and April 2017. White products comprise Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, Automotive …
Read More »Court Fines Patience Jonathan, Dismisses Suit Against EFCC
Justice Saliu Seidu of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has imposed a fine of N50,000 on the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience for withdrawing a suit instituted against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mrs. Jonathan had in February 2017 instituted a suit against …
Read More »Nigeria now in state of emergency, says Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday raised the alarm over the deployment of military personnel in over 28 states in the country. Dogara said the development was an indication that Nigeria was already in a state of emergency in peacetime The Speaker expressed shock …
Read More »Man jailed six weeks for beating woman
A Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced one Collins Okorodudu to six weeks imprisonment for beating up a woman. The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, however, gave Okorodudu an option of N6, 000 fine, and also ordered him to pay N25, 000 compensation to the complainant, one Titus Mercy. …
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