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The Chairman of Dangote Cement Plc, Aliko Dangote, has said that he will continue to help in alleviating poverty and spread wealth through his investments. He also urged Nigerians not to lose hope in the country. The richest man in Africa spoke in response to the commendation by winners in the ongoing extended Dangote Cement […]

Nigerian banks have denied asking MTN to impose a new charge on customers for using the telecom firm’s access codes to conduct financial transactions. MTN on Sunday announced a N4 charge for every 20 seconds of using USSD bank codes, claiming it took the decision as requested by the banks. “Yello, as requested by your […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has cautioned Nigerians against the abuse of social media, noting that it can precipitate war and violent conflict if used to misinform. He specifically warned against using social media platforms to promote religious disinformation, which he said could easily lead to a breakdown of law and order. Osinbajo, who stated this in […]

A German court on Thursday sentenced an 80-year-old man to seven-year imprisonment for a series of bank robberies over a decade. The bank staff targeted by the man had endured considerable psychological suffering, presiding Judge, Hannes Breucker, said in Hechingen, south-west Germany. The man admitted to targeting a number of banks over the years between […]

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a supervisor at Chrisland School, VGC, Lagos, Adegboyega Adenekan, 47, to 60 years imprisonment for child defilement. Justice Sybil Nwaka handed down the sentence after convicting Adenekan of a lone count charge of defiling a two-year and 11-month-old pupil. The little child had given a […]

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday warned that if preventive measures were not taken, the prediction on the disintegration of Nigeria will come to pass. Jega gave the warning on Wednesday in Abuja in a keynote address he delivered at a conference on ‘20 Years of Democracy’, organised […]

The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has asked the National Assembly to approve a commission of 2.5 per cent of recovered loots to be paid to the Asset Recovery Unit in his office. The money will be used to “service bills”, the minister said Wednesday when he appeared before the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said henceforth, any lecturer in the nation’s tertiary institutions indicted for sex-for-marks and other sexual-related offences would face the “stiffest punishment under the law.” The President in his speech at the 35th convocation of the University of Ilorin condemned the trending reports of sex-for-mark cases in the country’s university system. […]

The Chairman, House of  the Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, on Tuesday claimed  Nigerians in Switzerland fought over the money  made available by the Swiss government for  those to be deported to Nigeria. Akande-Sadipe, while speaking at the inaugural meeting of the committee in Abuja, said the crisis forced the Swiss government to […]

Portugal has suspended an obstetrician suspected of negligence after a baby was born without a face, in a case that has shocked the country. The baby, Rodrigo, was born on October 7 without a nose, eyes or part of his skull but the deformities were only discovered during his delivery at a hospital in Setubal, […]

Three Nigerians have been injured in fresh xenophobic attacks in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, Punch has learnt. This comes less than a week after a Nigerian, Ikenna Otugo, was reportedly stabbed to death by unknown assailants in Empageni, South Africa. The President of the Nigerian Union South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, confirmed the attacks in an interview […]

Seven operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been arrested in connection with a plot to smuggle former Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) chairman AbdulRasheed Maina out of the anti-graft agency’s custody. They are undergoing investigation along with a woman, Zainab Abbas, to determine their involvement in the plot. Maina is being […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has  said  Supreme Court justices  are human beings and human beings will always make mistakes. According to a statement by the apex court’s Director of Press and Information, Dr Festus Akande, Justice Muhammad stated this during a courtesy visit to the Supreme Court by members of the […]