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Olaniyi Ogunsoro, an Inspector with the Abeokuta Zonal Intervention Squad of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has been dismissed from the service following the death of Remo Football FC star, Kazeem Tiyamiyu on Saturday. We gathered that Ogunsoro was dismissed following the approval by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone II, Ahmed Iliyasu. Ogun State Police Command had, Monday, ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Olisa Metuh, to seven years in prison. Justice Okon Abang handed down the sentence on Tuesday in his judgement on seven counts of money laundering and criminal diversion of funds to the tune of N400 million. The charges were filed against Metuh and ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has said banks are no longer allowed to sack more than five staff without its approval. This was part of the communiqué released by the Bankers Committee after its meeting on Friday. The committee, in a circular signed by Director, Financial Markets Department, CBN, Angela Sere-Ejembi, emphasized that all banks should send a sample ...

Ecobank Nigeria is set to host its 2020 Regional Trade Forum in Lagos. We gathered that the forum taking place in March, will be a two-day event, providing the opportunity for exporters and importers within the African region to exhibit their products in a marketplace scenario with panel discussions by highly experienced and diversified stakeholders and leaders of thought in the ...

Keystone Bank restates commitment to environmental sustainability Keystone Bank Limited, Nigeria’s most innovative banking services provider, has restated its commitment to environmental sustainability as it recently embarked on tree planting campaign. According to the lender, the event which saw staff of the bank plant trees at the Nigeria Conservation Foundation in Lagos, is in line with its bid to further ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied that its chairman, Ibrahim Magu, said coronavirus is caused by corruption. The EFCC on Tuesday described as “false and misleading”, reports that Magu tied the cause of coronavirus to corruption while delivering his speech at the passing out parade of 281 cadets of the EFCC Detective Inspector Course-5 in Kaduna on ...

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha on Tuesday said that sacking service chiefs will further destabilise Nigeria. Mustapha declared the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will not sack the Service Chiefs now. He said there are processes that must be followed to effect their sack. According to him: “We are in a very difficult time ...

Less than 24 hours to swear-in, the Supreme Court has nullified the election of Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon and his running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo. A five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to the All Progressives Congress’ candidates as the ...

Leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to visit Borno State again as the sect is fully on ground in the north-east. In a video the Boko Haram leader released on Thursday, 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari visited Borno, Shekau said the insurgents would attack the president if he returns to Borno. Boko Haram ...

Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist on trial for treason, has been granted bail by the court, after spending 174 days in detention in both the police cell and Calabar prison. Mr Jalingo, the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was arrested on August 22, 2019, over a report alleging that Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, diverted N500 million belonging to the state. ...