A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, ordered the remand of Olugbenga Obadina, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Almond Projects Limited, in Kuje Correctional Centre for alleged N2.17 billion fraud. Justice James Omotosho gave the order after Obadina was re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) …
Read More »
MANCHESTER City manager Pep Guardiola and his wife, Cristina Serra, have decided to “go their separate ways” after more than together. Reports in Spain disclosed this on Monday night. It is widely believed that the pair have spent the last six years of their relationship living apart, with the 53-year-old …
Read More »
THE operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested five officials of the Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue over alleged diversion of N1,294,337,676.53 belonging to the state government. The arrested revenue officials are Rabiu Abdullahi, Sanusi Mohammed Yaro, Ibrahim M. Kofar Soro, Ibrahim Aliyu, and Nura …
Read More »
The global race for critical minerals and rare earth metals has intensified, with Africa emerging as a central battleground. Billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have made a bold move, investing $537 million into mining ventures across the continent. Their target: securing essential resources for the industries of the future. …
Read More »
UGANDAN opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been hit with an additional charge of treachery, a capital offence, as military prosecutors escalate their case against him, Reuters reported. The veteran politician, known for challenging President Yoweri Museveni’s nearly four-decade rule, was arrested in Kenya in November and forcibly returned to Uganda, where he has been …
Read More »
THE study, the largest of its kind, recruited 7,500 men from eastern, southern and west Africa. The genetic parts that contribute to prostate cancer risk differ by geographical population. A breakthrough study has identified the genetic risk factors that contribute to increased prostate cancer in African men. The study, the …
Read More »
A new survey report’s findings reveal that 57.3 per cent of Greenland’s total population supports US President-elect Donald Trump’s recent proposal to make the island an American territory. Similarly, the number of those rejecting Trump’s proposal stands at 37.4 per cent while 5.3 per cent population remained undecided, revealed the …
Read More »
THE Oscar nominations are being pushed back almost a week from their original date amid the ongoing California wildfires. Nominations will now be announced on January 23, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday. “We are all devastated by the impact of the fires and the profound …
Read More »
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has seized a total of 338,200 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth more than N1.1billion in street value. NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the seizures were made between Thursday and …
Read More »
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Sunday congratulated Chief Rasaq Okoya as he celebrated his 85th birthday. Tinubu lauded the Chairman of Eleganza Group for exemplifying the Nigerian spirit of entrepreneurship, hard work, and success, Mr Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, said in a statement. “For over six decades, your endeavours and achievements …
Read More »
