Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on Thursday sentenced a fake car dealer, Isah Haruna to three months imprisonment for N2 million fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office, charged Haruna with fraud and impersonation. Delivering judgment, Justice Khobo, gave the convict...
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China’s fiscal revenue decreased 3.9 per cent year on year to around 18.29 trillion yuan (about 2.8 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2020, official data showed Thursday. The central government collected about 8.28 trillion yuan in revenue, down 7.3 per cent year on year, while local governments saw revenue down...
Google’s digital advertising dominance is facing stricter regulation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The ACCC, on Thursday, published the interim report from its landmark Digital Advertising Services Inquiry. It found that Google controls 90 per cent of the digital display advertising sector when measured via impressions,...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has begun the recertification of emergency response officers in Lagos State to reduce casualty and loss of lives during emergencies. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, (NEMA), made this known on Thursday at a two-day Basic First Aid/Recertification Course...
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called for the unification of the country’s electoral authorities for the municipal council elections. UNSMIL in a statement appealed for more progress in the political process to secure the necessary conditions for holding national elections on Dec. 24. The Mission urged...
The Zamfara Government on Thursday began test transmission for the multi-million naira digital FM station. Confirming this to newsmen in Gusau, the Executive Chairman of the State Radio and Television Service, Alhaji Saidu Maishanu, said that station would run from 9 a.m. to noon and 4 p.m. to 6...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) researchers on Thursday, after the end of their quarantine in China, began investigations hoping to learn more about the origins of COVID-19. China had required that the team spend a 14-day quarantine period in a hotel before they could begin their investigations in the...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Plateau chapter has urged the new service chiefs to inject fresh ideas into the military to enable it tackle the security challenges facing the nation. The state Chairman of the union, Mr Paul Jatau, made the call in an interview with the News...
The Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State has cautioned village and ward heads against accommodating unknown strangers in their communities and hamlets. Alhaji Yusuf Garba, the Council’s Chairman, gave the warning in an interview with journalists in Bauchi on Thursday. Garba strongly advised traditional and community leaders against accommodating unknown...
Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase has urged members of All Progressives Congress(APC) in Plateau to exhibit good conduct during membership registration and revalidation exercise of the party in the state.Wase made the call during a stakeholders meeting in Jos.He urged them to avoid issues that could...
The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, on Thursday extolled the virtues of the former governor and Senator representing Bayelsa West, Seriake Dickson, as he celebrates his 55th birthday. Ewhrudjakpo, in a goodwill message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr Doubara Atasi, described the former governor as...
Nigeria has dropped to 149 on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index, the worst ranking received by Africa’s largest country in recent time. Nigeria also scored 25 out of a possible 100 points. In the last TI rating in 2019, Nigeria was ranked 146th out of the 180 countries...
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has directed the immediate sale of fertiliser to farmers in the 225 wards of the state.The directive is contained in a statement signed by Dr Sani Danjuma, the General Manager of Kebbi State Agricultural Supply Company (KASCOM) in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. Bagudu said...
China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) has arrested Wang Yong, former vice-chairman of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, for suspected bribe-taking, the SPP said on Thursday. Wang’s case was transferred to procuratorial authorities for criminal investigation and possible prosecution following a probe by the...
Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications service provider on Thursday says it has commenced the National Identity Number (NIN) registration exercise in its retail outlets across the country. Airtel in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos said it was following an approval from the...
The immediate past Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside has tasked the newly appointed service chiefs to justify their appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. Peterside said this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, while commending Buhari over the appointment...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), clerics, friends and colleagues of the late Modupe Oremule of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday poured encomiums on the defence correspondent who died on Jan. 15. They said that Oremule’s humility, gentleness, godliness and professionalism made her unique. NAN reports...
The Lagos state commissioner of police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, on Wednesday, said the state Command had arrested 242 armed robbers, and recorded 192 cultism cases, out of which 172 had been filed in various courts, within a year, in Ikorodu division. Odumosu, who disclosed this at a town hall...
The Lagos State Government says plans are set to start implementing the restriction of trucks and long vehicles to night operations on certain routes. The state said that the decision was as a result of traffic menace and fatalities caused by articulated vehicles on roads in the state. The...