Bullying: Abuja school shut, victim may sue

Lead British International School Abuja, which has been in the eye of the storm over viral videos of bullying involving some of its students, has been shut for three days. The shutdown order was issued on Tuesday by the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye. The Public Relations Officer of the FCT Education Secretariat, Kabiru […]

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Dangote drops diesel to N940, stations sell N1,400

Oil marketers have continued to dispense Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, at a price between N1,350/litre and N1,450/litre in various locations across the country despite repeated cuts in the price of the commodity by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Although they attributed the high pump price of AGO to transportation costs, taxes and old stock […]

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Releasing Binance executive from custody risky, EFCC insists

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, urged Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja to deny the bail application of the detained Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan. The anti-graft agency said it was too risky to admit the foreigner to bail, noting the escape of his co-defendant, Nadeem Anjarwalla, from […]

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Finance ministry recovered N57bn MDAs’ debts – Director

THE Federal Ministry of Finance has recovered over N57bn from the N5.2tn debts owed by ministries, departments and agencies to the Federal Government. The Director, Special Projects, Federal Ministry of Finance, Aisha Omar, disclosed this in Enugu on Tuesday, during a one-day workshop on the Federal Government Debt Recovery Drive, through the Project Lighthouse Programme […]

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FAAN reopens Lagos airport runway after Dana Air incident

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has announced the reopening of Runway 18L/36R at Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, following a temporary closure caused by a Dana Air plane skidding off the runway on Tuesday This was disclosed in a press release signed by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, FAAN, Obiageli Orah, […]

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EFCC may prosecute 300 forex racketeers

•EFCC gets order to freeze 300 accounts, says one account transacted $15bn illegally •Naira would have crashed massively if 300 accounts were not frozen – Chairman The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission may prosecute 300 forex racketeers trading on a peer-to-peer platform outside the financial regulations. The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, who gave this indication […]

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Scheffler Wins Storm-Delayed RBC Heritage

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler continued his dominance by winning the storm-delayed RBC Heritage in South Carolina for his fourth win in five starts. The world number one, 27, carded a three-under-par 68 in the final round to finish on 19 under and win by four shots from fellow American Sahith Theegala. Sunday’s final round was […]

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Court Vacates Order Affirming Ganduje’s Suspension

The Kano State High Court, which initially granted an ex-parte order affirming the suspension of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has vacated the order. The presiding judge, Justice Usman Na’Abba, who gave the April 17 order affirming Ganduje’s suspension, yesterday granted another interim order staying execution of the […]

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