JUSTICE Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has imposed one-year imprisonment on one of the players of Ibrafix Football Club, Ilorin, Baraye Bamidele Saoban, for offences bordering on love scam. Baraye, 25, who hails from…
MR Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has denied that part of the recovered money in his Kaduna residence was given to him by a businesswoman, Hajiya Bola Shagaya. Yakubu also refuted the allegations…
Malami: we will seek Supreme Court decision The controversy over the Value Added Tax (VAT) may derail the Federal Government’s projected N8.36 trillion 2022 revenue should the matter be resolved in favour of states. The revenue projection for 2022 is…
TWENTY-FIVE suspected oil thieves handed over to the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by the Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Bonny Island, Rivers State, are being quizzed for their alleged involvement in illegal…
A HOLTELIER and Chief Executive of Castle Majestic Hotel, Enugu, Mr. Friday Emeka Edeh has pledged to assist the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to achieve its mandate in Enugu and across the country. He made the pledge on September…
THE Gombe State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an oil and gas company, Rift Oil and Petroleum Company, for the exploration of petroleum products in the state. Governor Inuwa Yahaya, who chaired the signing ceremony on…
JUSTICE Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has imposed a 6-month jail term on one Oyekan Abdulbaqqi Adedoyin, who claimed to be a prince from Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, for offences bordering…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to amend the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. He made the request in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during plenary on Tuesday on the floor of the upper chamber…
THERE were questions yesterday over whether the Federal Government would share the Value Added Tax (VAT) for August to states. Rivers State has urged the Court of Appeal to order the appointment of a receiver/manager over VAT pending the determination…
JUSTICE S.S. Ogunsanya of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, remanded one Madu Ozoemena, who is being prosecuted for an alleged $1,201,174 fraud, in prison. Ozoemena is being prosecuted by the Economic and…
