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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

The National Assembly and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum  on Tuesday  condemned the United Kingdom’s travel ban on Nigeria. The lawmakers and the NGF in their separate reactions to travel ban imposed on Nigeria by the UK  on Saturday, demanded a reversal of the travel restriction. At the plenary on Tuesday, members of the House said

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a former a former Managing Director of Nigerian Export-Import Bank, Roberts Orya, for alleged impersonation, misappropriation, and abuse of office.  In a statement signed by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the accused was arraigned on a 49-count before F.E Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory High

In this second report, TESSY IGOMU took a detailed look at how greed among other factors, leave Nigerians at the mercy of fraudulent investment scammers and illegal fund managers. Driven by a desire to assist petty traders and market women to access soft loans to boost their businesses, Alex Onyia did not think twice before investing in

THE Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party and its All Progressives Congress counterpart are engaged in a war of words over the state government’s call on anti- graft agencies to investigate the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, for alleged N4.5 bn fraud. The Benue State Government had last

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, re-arraigned a former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, and his company, Spotless Limited, before a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State. Fayose and his company were re-arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on 11 counts bordering on money laundering and non-declaration of assets. The

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of 15 Internet fraudsters in Ibadan, Oyo State. The EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Thursday, said the Ibadan Zonal Command of the agency prosecuted the cases, adding that judgments were delivered on Wednesday. The anti-corruption agency identified the

A Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Christian Association of Nigeria against the Corporate Affairs Commission and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit over the failure of the plaintiff to comply with the law in the name used in filing

Two Nigerians, Opeyemi Abidemi Adeoso, 46, and Benjamin Adeleke Ifebajo, 47, have been jailed in the US for internet fraud. The duo bagged a 22 years combined jail term in federal prison. Their sentence was announced by acting U.S. Attorney Chad E. Meacham. In a statement by the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of