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Alleged N400m fraud: Metuh appears calm as court delivers judgement
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja has started delivering its judgement in the trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, on charges of fraudulently receiving the sum of N400m from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2014. Justice Okon had, after the prosecution
SARS operatives attempted to arrest my son two weeks before his death – Remo Stars player’s mother
Kayode Oyero The mother of the slain Assistant Captain of Remo Stars Football Club, Tiamiyu Kazeem, has said operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad had attempted to arrest his son two weeks before his death on Saturday. The mother stated this on Tuesday morning when the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, paid a condolence visit
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FG shortlists Ethiopian Airlines, others for aircraft maintenance/leasing facility
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The Federal Government on Monday shortlisted Ethiopian Airlines and a consortium of A. J. Walters/Glovesly/Egypt Air for its proposed aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul facility. The consortium of A. J. Walters/Glovesly/Egypt Air was also shortlisted as the preferred bidder for FG’s Aviation Leasing Company. The Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu,
Italy PM blames coronavirus outbreak on hospital
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has blamed the management of a hospital in northern Italy for one outbreak of the new coronavirus. “At this point, we know that the way one hospital facility was managed was not entirely appropriate,” Conte told Italian TV on Monday evening. “That certainly contributed to the spread,” he said, without
Manufacturing declines as 2.27% GDP growth surpasses IMF projection
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The National Bureau of Statistics on Monday released the Gross Domestic Product report for the 2019 fiscal year with the economy growing by 2.27 per cent in 2019. The annual GDP growth rate of 2.27 per cent, according to the NBS, represents an increase of 360 basis points over the growth rate
CBN warns banks against misleading customers on domiciliary account
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria has cautioned Deposit Money Banks against misleading their customers on transactions carried out through domiciliary accounts in the country. The apex bank gave the warning in a letter dated February 24, 2020, and posted on its website on Monday night. The letter signed by the apex bank’s
World’s oldest man dies in Japan at 112
A Japanese man recently named the world’s oldest living male has died aged 112, a local official said Tuesday. Chitetsu Watanabe, who was born on March 5, 1907, in Niigata, north of Tokyo, died on Sunday at his nursing home in the same prefecture, the official said. The news came less than two weeks after
Policeman among six kidnap suspects arrested in Cross River
Ada Wodu, Calabar A serving policeman and five others have been reportedly arrested in connection with the recent spate of kidnappings in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. PUNCH Metro gathered that the policeman, whose identity was not disclosed, was picked up by men of the Operation Skolombo anti-crime squad in the metropolis after at
Oyo LG crisis talk fails, case adjourned till April 1
Wale Oyewole, Ibadan The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday adjourned the hearing of the suit between the Oyo State Government and the 68 sacked local government chairmen till April 1. The Oyo State Government is challenging a court order against the dissolution of the chairmen in the 68 councils in
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