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A federal high court in Abuja has sentenced Doyin Okupe, director-general of the Peter Obi presidential campaign council, to two years imprisonment for breaching the money laundering act. In a judgment delivered on Monday, Okupe was found guilty of 26 out of a 59-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Although Argentina won the 2022 World Cup, Canadian rapper Drake still lost his $1million bet placed on the South American team to defeat France. In a video posted on Twitter the day before Argentina battled France, Drake was seen picking the Lionel Messi-led side to win the match. Drake reportedly lost his money thanks to…
Nigeria’s crude oil earnings rose by about N308.6bn within two months following the recent increase in the country’s oil output due to concerted efforts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and security agencies to halt oil theft. Data accessed from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission and other international agencies, on Sunday, showed that…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has seized over 5,960 pills of Rohypnol at the Murtala Muhammed international airport in Lagos. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the drugs were packaged for shipment to Johannesburg, South Africa. He added that the agency’s operatives intercepted it at the Skyway…
The National Agency for Food and Drug, Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has again discovered another warehouse in Lagos where unregistered food products including sardines, cooking spices, and tomato pastes worth millions of Naira were stashed. The Agency had earlier in the week uncovered a warehouse in Lagos containing potassium bromate tablets and an unregistered imported…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured investors of massive investment opportunities in Nigeria. Buhari spoke at a dialogue session with some US investors, Nigerian officials, diplomats and as well as experts from the private sector in Washington DC, United States of America, on Friday. The session, titled ‘The Presidential Dialogue: Nigeria Business and Investment Forum’, was…
David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, says he has ordered the arrest of a caterer who allegedly served low-quality food to widows and elderly at a Christmas party in the state. According to NAN, the cook was arrested on Thursday at the party organised by the government in Ebonyi. Umahi condemned the act, adding…
The federal government has ordered the opening of the Second Niger Bridge for use, in order to ease traffic in the south-east during the festive season. The bridge was officially opened on Thursday at midnight. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, who gave the order on Wednesday at the inauguration of the bridge, said…
Tanitoluwa Adewumi, the 12-year-old Nigerian refugee who won the NY State chess championship in 2019, and his family have been granted asylum by the government of the United States of America. Asylum is referred to as the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their home country as a refugee. Tani’s family…
The newly redesigned naira notes will go into circulation on Thursday (today) with Deposit Money Banks releasing the bills to their customers via over-the-counter payments. This came about three weeks after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), unveiled the new bills at a weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Aso Rock Villa. The President…