About 100 students received tailoring materials from the House of Oduduwa Foundation at the Ojaja Fashion Training Programme launch.
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Banker denies using son’s account to launder N1.6bn
Oladimeji Ramon The suspended Yenagoa Branch Manager of Heritage Bank, Mr Joseph Iwuejo, has refuted the claim that he used the bank account of his son to launder money on behalf of a former Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Dr Waripamo-Owei Dudafa. The anti-graft agency charged Dudafa and Iwuejo, said to […] …
Falana wants soldiers to stop wearing uniform outside barracks
Oladimeji Ramon A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has proposed that soldiers should be stopped from wearing the army uniform outside the barracks in order to check some of the criminal activities being perpetrated in the society. According to him, some soldiers, while wearing uniform outside the barracks, provide cover for criminals and […] …
Imo prison denies maltreating remanded 112 IPOB women
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri There was an outrage in Owerri,the Imo State capital, on Tuesday after the authorities at the Owerri Federal Prisons denied family members access to the 112 women who were arrested and remanded in custody for demanding to know the whereabouts of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The […] …
Hoodlums set Imo magistrates’ court on fire
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums numbering over 15 have attacked the Imo State Magistrates’ Court in Orlu, by setting it ablaze. Our correspondent gathered that the fire destroyed all the documents in the court’s documents section before it was quenched. The magistrates’ court shares the same premises with the state high court in Orlu. […] …
Businessman loses N177.5m to Chinese fraudster, sues bank
Oladimeji Ramon A Nigerian businessman, Umegelo Emmanuel, has dragged Zenith Bank Nigeria Plc before the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere after being allegedly swindled out of his N177, 500, 000 by a Chinese, whose name, was given only as Ms Muna. The businessman is urging the court to compel Zenith Bank to pay him […] …
Transfer my case from Justice Nyako, Magu tells CJ
Oladimeji Ramon The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has urged the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice, Adamu Abdul-Kafarati, to transfer all the lawsuits challenging his appointment as the EFCC helmsman from Justice Binta Nyako. The lawsuits are 11 in number and they have all been consolidated […] …
Voter registration: Lawyer sues INEC, seeks extension till 2019
Oladimeji Ramon A legal practitioner, Olumide Babalola, has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos, urging the court to declare that it is unlawful for the Independent National Electoral Commission to close registration for Permanent Voter Cards in August. Ahead of the general elections next year, INEC had pegged the deadline for voters’ registration at […] …
Proposed integrity bond will prevent corruption in contract –Osinbajo
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has expressed his support for the proposal by the private sector to impose “integrity bond” on Federal Government’s contractors as a requirement for award of contracts. Osinbajo said the initiative would help to curb corruption in the contract process. He noted that the private sector had […] …
African judiciary workers commit to effective justice delivery
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Judiciary workers from various African countries, under the aegis of Confederation of African Judiciary Workers Union, have resolved to advocate the entrenchment of the principle of separation of powers, judiciary reforms and contribute to the effective justice delivery in their various countries. This is contained in a communiqué jointly signed by the […] …