A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced ex- Federal lawmaker, Farouk Lawan to 7 years in prison for collecting ,$500,000 bribe from businesman, Femi Otedola The court found Lawan guilty of 3 count charge of corruption for asking and obtaining bribe to remove Otedola’s company, Zenon Petroleum […]
Day: June 22, 2021
Breaking:6 tankers, 5 trucks, 2 cars burnt as tanker explodes on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says six tankers, five trucks and two cars have been destroyed in a tanker explosion at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday. FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, who confirmed the development said that the incident occurred at about 6.20 a.m. […]
Breaking: FG sends delegation to Twitter over ban
At last,a solution appears to be in sight for Nigerians who are determined to get back Twitter the microblogging site if dialogue between the Federal Government delegation and Twitter officials go well. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the composition of a Presidential team to dialogue with Twitter over the […]
Covid-19: Phillipine President, Duterte threatens to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated
Phillipine President, Rodrigo Duterte says he will jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Duterte threats comes as his country battles outbreak of the pandemic with more than 1.3 million cases and 23,000 deaths. Duterte in a televised address on Monday following low turnouts at various vaccination […]
ADVOCACY CENTRE CONGRATULATES IBENO COMMUNITY ON JUDICIAL VICTORY AGAINST NNPC, MOBiL.
* Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) congratulates Ibeno community in Akwa-Ibom State and its people over the Abuja Federal High Court judgement that awarded N82billion in general damages against Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited on June 21 over long-standing oil spills caused by the […]