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by Hauwa Gambo As Babatunde Fashola, Action Congress of Nigeria governor savours his victory over ‘okada’ riders this morning, the chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur, also has cause to be thankful. The suspects are accused of collecting billions as subsidy payment without importing any petrol. Another Lagos Court Judge has ordered the... Read More
by Isi Esene Reports coming in indicate that a Lagos court has struck out a suit instituted by an association representing commercial motorcyclists in Lagos against the ban of motorcycles, popularly known as ‘okada’ on major highways in the state. It struck out the suit seeking to overturn their ban on Thursday morning. We shall... Read More
by Akan Ido A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday granted the prayers of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited for the vacation of an order which allowed the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) to shut down its facilities since November 13, 2012. While discharging the order, Justice Kafarati, who presided over the... Read More
by Cord Jefferson *We loved this piece from Gawker so much, we emailed them and took it!   For all of humanity’s greatness—the pyramids, the Hoover Dam, our capacity to love—human beings have proven ourselves quite capable of doing truly disgusting things, also, including waging wars, acting upon greed, and wearing those godforsaken toe shoes.... Read More
by Nubi Kayode 2012 is/was (depending on when you are reading you this) a wonderful year as regards the local tech space. So wonderful in fact, that I decided to defer admission for an overseas Masters Program program. I blog tech at OTEKBITS, so I do have an eye for whats is happening in the... Read More
by Isi Esene FATE Foundation, a private sector led not-for-profit organization recently rewarded the enterprising spirits of entrepreneurs. The event, which was the 11th Annual Celebration & Entrepreneurial Awards, held at the Shell Hall, MUSON Centre Onikan, Lagos was themed, ‘Rising through the Storm of Entrepreneurship.’ And speaking on the theme was the special Guest... Read More
by Sabella Abidde Several Nigerian-related websites and the social media are awash with what has come to be known as the Charles Okah Prison Letter.The handwritten letter, about five pages in length, was addressed to His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, the Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos. Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Bishop of Abuja... Read More
by Felicity A Morse If marriage and traditional family life is this beacon of unparalleled Christian values then why can divorced couples still marry in the church?  I’m a Christian and I’m angry. Same-sex marriage is to be made illegal in the Church of England and Wales after a debate which has seen disgusting comments... Read More
by Akan Ido Chukwuma Iheme, 25, was today arraigned before an Ogudu Magistrate Court, Lagos, for allegedly attempting to rape a fellow church member (names withheld). Iheme and the victim were both choristers at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Goshen Parish, Ogudu, Lagos. The accused reportedly pleaded not guilty to the charges of... Read More
by Akan Ido Investigators yesterday told the federal court that Senator Ali Ndume, who was arrested late 2011 for allegedly having links with the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, contacted the sect’s spokesman 73 times in a month. Security operatives say Ndume, who is from Borno State, was constantly in touch with an alleged spokesperson... Read More
Suspected arsonists burnt down a Living Faith Church on Wednesday December 12, destroying property worth millions of naira. According to the provincial Pastor of the church, Timothy Olaniyan, he got a distress call at about five in the evening informing him about the incident at his church on Airport road, Ilorin.   Reports claim the... Read More
by Isi Esene Four days after, Professor Mabel Kamene Okonjo, the mother of the finance minister and coordinator of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was kidnapped, there are indications that some form of communication has been established with her abductors. Okonjo, 82, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen around noon on Sunday at Ogwashi-Uku in Aniocha South... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently informed a Lagos High Court that the chairman of Bi-Courtney Nigeria Limited, Bolanle Olawale Babalakin was plotting to flee the country. The planned arraignment of Babalakin, who is in hospital and four others by the EFCC over an alleged N4.7 billion fraud, took a... Read More
Mrs. Olalekan was arrested alongside four others, Muritala Kareem, Musiliru Ashiri, Ahmed Lamidi, and Elizabeth Folorunsho by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Unit, Force Headquarters Annex, Lagos. They were seized on December 5, by the operatives on patrol along Konu village in Ikorodu, a suburb of the... Read More
Oil marketers on Wednesday said the N161bn supplementary request by President Goodluck Jonathan had vindicated their insistence that the government’s provision for fuel subsidy for the year was inadequate. The marketers, under the aegis of the Jetties and Petroleum Tank Farm Owners, said the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, had only been deceiving the... Read More
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