December 2021

The Vice Chancellor, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof. Edward Olanipekun, said on Thursday that the students of the institution who were defrauded following the payment of their school fees through uncertified cyber cafe were on their own for violating university policy and would repay the university. Olanipekun, who said EKSU had centralised portal through […]

Tunde Abdul-Lasis, an Iwo-based businessman recently paraded by the police in Osun State, tells BOLA BAMIGBOLA how he tricked a car dealer in Osogbo What is your name? My name is Tunde Abdul-Lasis. I am a 27-year-old businessman. I am married with kids. I already have a motorcycle and a car before the incident that

A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the planned trial of a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, and two serving senior Army officers over their alleged complicity in the diversion of public funds estimated at N13.8 billion. The two other persons were Major General A. O. Adebayo (ex-Chief of Accounts

Tension has trailed a decision to auction at least 11 official vehicles belonging to the National Gallery of Art, Abuja, into private hands. According to a petition submitted to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offence Commission, titled ‘Fraudulent disposal/auction of project vehicles of the National Gallery of Arts to cronies of the Director-General:

A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the planned trial of a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, and two serving senior Army officers over alleged complicity in the diversion of public funds estimated at N13.8bn. The two other persons are Major General A. O. Adebayo (ex-Chief of Accounts and Budget,

The Kwara State House of Assembly has asked the state government to prosecute the former Director General, Public Private Partnership Bureau, Mr Yomi Ogunshola, for alleged fraud that was perpetrated under his watch during the 2018 audit conducted in the state. The recommendation was contained in the resolution passed by the Assembly on Tuesday and

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a fake oil magnate, Dr Vincent Ayigor, to 175 years’ imprisonment. The court, presided over by Justice A. T. Mohammed, found Ayigor guilty of defrauding an American, Joseph Crews, of the sum of $629,287 in a crude oil supply scam. The

The Kano State Polytechnic has expelled about 83 students over examination malpractice and possession of fake results. The institution has also rusticated 44 students, warned 25 and exonerated 10 others over similar offences. This is contained in a statement on Thursday by the institution’s Public Relations Officer,  Auwal Bagwai. It said the “Polytechnic Academic Board,

There was pandemonium on Tuesday when a truck driver reportedly crushed no fewer than 10 students on Ogunnusi Road, Grammar School Bus-Stop, Lagos State. It was learnt that the students were going home after closing from school around 2pm when the truck ran over them. PUNCH Metro gathered that the driver of the white DAF truck

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday, said two of the students allegedly named by a deceased student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State, Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), have been arrested. Odumosu noted that another student and three house masters were also assisting the police with investigation. He said, “One student was invited