Anietie Udobit, AbujaJustice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday struck out fraud charges filed against prominent businessman, Chief Oba Otudeko, and former Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria, Olabisi Onasanya, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).The 13-count charge was dismissed after the
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaTelecommunications operators (telcos) in Nigeria have said that the recent poor quality of network services experienced across the country is largely result of widespread vandalism and theft of critical telecom infrastructure, not a failure on their part.The operators, under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has celebrated Nigeria’s Super Falcons 2–1 victory over South Africa’s Banyana Banyana.In a message through her Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Mr Jonathan Eze, the Minister praised the Super Falcons for their resilience, strategic prowess, and unbreakable
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaTony Elumelu, chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), has donated N25 billion to support the Produce for Lagos Programme, an initiative of the Lagos Food Systems Infrastructure Company.The programme is expected to enhance food security and promote economic development in the state.Elumelu announced the donation during the
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaKaduna State Governor Uba Sani on Tuesday commissioned 500 fully furnished homes, a modern school, and a well-equipped hospital for victims of the brutal banditry that has plagued parts of the state for years.The symbolic handover, held under the banner of the Qatar Sanabil Project—a humanitarian collaboration between
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaA former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has slammed the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, over her claim regarding Nigerian citizenship laws.During an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday, Badenoch asserted that she cannot pass on her Nigerian citizenship to her children because of her
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Alumni and students of the University of Maiduguri, as well as concerned indigenes of Borno State, have rejected the renaming of the institution to Muhammadu Buhari University by President Bola Tinubu to immortalise the immediate past president.The renaming, announced at a special Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, declined a request by a former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, seeking for the release of his international passport to travel abroad for medicare.Justice Emeka Nwite, while delivering a ruling at the resumed hearing of the alleged money laundering case preferred against
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The Supreme Court has affirmed the lower court judgment ordering a retrial of a man, Yahaya Ibrahim, convicted and sentenced to death for culpable homicide by a Kano State High Court.The five-man panel of justices, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Tijjani Abubakar, dismissed Yahaya’s appeal against the Appeal
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Monday Okpebholo, governor of Edo, to immediately withdraw and apologise for what it described as a “patently unlawful request” for Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, to obtain permission before visiting Edo state.In
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