Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Salami Ponmile Bassit to three months imprisonment for internet fraud. He was jailed after being arraigned on Wednesday by…
HUNDREDS of workers from Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) state-owned ports company stormed its headquarters on Friday, breaking windows, burning furniture and clashing with police over what they say are more than three years of unpaid wages. The police fired…
DUBAI ports giant DP World and Britain’s development finance agency CDC Group on Tuesday committed to jointly investing $1.7bn on infrastructure in Africa over the next several years. The investments in ports, container depots, business parks and other logistics infrastructure…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday opened the 157 kilometre-Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Railway Line for full commercial operations. He described the project as another milestone to revitalise the rail infrastructure and improve socio-economic activities. The president called for stakeholder engagement on…
Justice Emeka Isiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State has convicted and sentenced a fake Travel Agent: Iheanacho Chikwendu, to seven years imprisonment for defrauding her victims the sum of N9,000,000.00( Nine Million Naira only). …
‘Meeting of minds’ lunch brings together female leaders from a myriad of industries to celebrate their achievements DUBAI, In honour of International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 last week, Jumeirah Group hosted a special lunch of thought-provoking discussions with some of…
A part of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos was on Wednesday gutted by fire. It was gathered that the incident occurred at the departure hall of the Kenyan airways. The cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained…
The people of two major communities in Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa State have come together for the first time in many years to protest against the alleged diversion of crude oil by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) despite divesting its…
IN what appears to be a brewing scandal, Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has balked and admitted to under-reporting the volume of crude oil it takes out of Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta and shortchanging…
