National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has launched investigations into the alleged trafficking of Nigerian minors to Russia in the guise that they were football fans attending the 2018 World Cup. The Director General of NAPTIP, Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, made the disclosure to newsmen in LagosContinue Reading
BUA Cement, a subsidiary of BUA Group, it had trained block and concrete makers on using the right mix of cement with other components, to guarantee high standard of block and concrete. Mr O’tega Ogra, Head, Corporate Communication, BUA Group, on Tuesday said in Lagos, said the essence of usingContinue Reading
Fifteen senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They announced their movement to the PDP in a letter to President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, which was read at plenary on Tuesday. The defectors are Dino Melaye (Kogi-West), Barnabas Gemade (Benue North-East),Continue Reading
The Senate on Tuesday received a petition to reject the nomination of Mr Muiz Banire as chairman of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos), who laid the petition at plenary, said “there is a petition here from my constituents on the nomination of Muiz Banire asContinue Reading
By Moji Eniola A prosecution witness, Mrs Olufunmilayo Akinsanya, on Tuesday narrated at an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a 37-year-old accountant, Olufemi Oluyamoju, stole N14 million from his employer, the Asset Management Group Ltd. Akinsanya, the Head of Operations and Human Resources of the company, revealed that Oluyamoju stoleContinue Reading
By Joseph Edeh The Nigeria Police Force said it would not hesitate to use all instruments of law to ensure that the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, honoured its invitation. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on July 23, invitedContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his total commitment to the values of democracy, freedom of choice and total willingness to work with all members of the National Assembly, irrespective of their political party. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in AbujaContinue Reading
By Glory Abuh-adejoh The Police on Tuesday arraigned three men in a Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for alleged criminal trespass. The prosecution alleged that the defendants trespassed into the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) property and illegally connected electricity into their shops. The defendants: Shuaibu Mansur, 20; Waraku Dahisu,Continue Reading
Sen. Soji Akanbi, one of the senators listed to have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC), to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that he was still with the APC. Senate President Bukola Saraki had announced at plenary on Tuesday that 15 senators had defected from the APCContinue Reading
