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Two witnesses brought before a Federal High Court in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have told the court how the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, and his company, Dextra Investments Limited, transferred the sum of $2million allegedly collected from the office of the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. According to Premium Times, the first ...

The Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter, on Monday said that it had killed no fewer than 4,400 rats at six major markets in the state under its de-rat market programme. Its president, Samuel Akingbehin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that his association carried out the exercise at Onigbongbo, Oshodi, Oke-Odo, Ikotun Idanwo, Ojuwoye and ...

A landlady, Obasuyi Abimbola, has been battered by her female tenant, Mujidat Ibrahim, for allegedly barring her from selling a narcotic substance suspected to be marijuana in her compound in Lagos State, western Nigeria, pm news reports. Following the assault, the suspect, Mujidat was arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court with the alleged offence. The incident happened at 37, ...

The Artists Village located at the National Art Theatre was completely demolished on Saturday, Jan. 23. According to Segun Adefila, the founder and lead dancer of Crown Troupe of Africa, who shared the photos on Facebook, the demolition was carried out on the order of the General Manager of National Theatre, Mr Kabiru. His post below: “Artistes village at the ...

UAE-based real estate website Bayut.com has announced that it has closed a $20 million Series C venture round, four months after its Series B funding that added $9 million to its finances. The funding comes from one of Bayut’s current investors, a fund which focuses on frontier and emerging markets with over $1 billion in assets under management, Bayut said ...

The Idaho Montana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects has honored local and regional landscape architectural firms in its latest top-projects competition. Idaho winners included: Excellence Award: Scentsy Commons, Phase Three Office Tower. Firm: CTA Inc. General design category. Honor Award: St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center. Firm: South Landscape Architecture. General design category. Honor Award: Silver Creek Watershed, Annual Reporting. ...

According to Daily Sun, Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Udoh were killed in a fire incident at their home in Bayelsa. Narrating the sad incident, Udoh, who is a commercial motorcyclist, said on the day of the incident, he had returned from work and had asked his daughter to buy him some drugs. He said his wife who sells ...

Over 200 shops were destroyed in an early fire incident that happened at the Sapele Main Market this morning. Goods and money worth millions of Naira were destroyed in the fire. Cause of the fire is yet to be established. See photos below:  

Folorunsho Alakija has expanded the frontiers of success by constantly challenging herself and beating her own records. Proceeding on the principle that only those who attempt the odd can achieve the impossible, Alakija has pushed herself to the point of becoming one of Africa’s richest women. What many do not know about Alakija is that she is a big player ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said the pension funds cannot be used as like money. He said that time has come for Nigeria to look into how it can harness the money in its contributory pension funds given the falling oil prices and dwindling revenue. He said it was regrettable that given the growing ...