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A Lagos Federal High Court on Wednesday issued a summon directing a firm, Wallenship Nigeria Limited, it’s managing director, Prince Oladele Akinola, aka Alhaji Abubakar and one Temitope Obe, a.k.a. Alhaji Ibrahim, to appear before it over alleged N680 fraud. The court presided over by Justice Daniel Osiogor, issued the summon against all the defendants, sequel to an application made by the officer-in-charge of the legal department of Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Barrister Emmanuel Jackson, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP). In urging the court to issue the summon against the defendants, CSP Jackson told the court that the…

-Say his teachings as university lecturer impacted their lives and careers positively -VP sends greetings to all Nigerian teachers In commemoration of the World Teachers’ Day – Tuesday, past students of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, have spoken about his contributions to, and impact on their lives and career paths, just as the VP himself welcomed the teacher of the year, Ms. Oluwabunmi Anani, to the Presidential Villa and sent a video greeting to all Nigerian teachers. Several of Prof. Osinbajo’s law students, many of whom are today distinguished scholars and legal practitioners, unknown to their teacher, had produced a…

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Kennedy Uzoka, has said that the main priority for every staff in the bank is to always ensure customer satisfaction. This, he said, is crucial for every forward-thinking organisation such as UBA, as the customer remains the undisputed employer. In a message to all staff to mark the commemoration of the 2021 edition of the Customer Service Week, Uzoka took time to appreciate the staff who have worked tirelessly towards satisfying their customers; and urged them not to rest on their oars. The Customer Service Week, which is…

The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s revised submission of the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework. The revised submission was received and referred to the Committee on Finance on Tuesday for expeditious consideration ahead of Thursday’s budget presentation to the National Assembly by President Buhari. Consequently, the approval of the revised framework on Wednesday followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Finance. The Senate in its recommendation approved the aggregate expenditure of N16.39 trillion from the previous N13.98 trillion for the year 2022. It also gave its nod to the retained revenue of N10.3 trillion; and N635.4…

Operatives of the Police command in Lagos state have apprehended a 20-year old man who allegedly raped a minor on October 1. It was gathered that the suspect, Ayo Adenupebi, a resident of Ise town, Akode, lives on the same street with the victim. The rapist was arrested by the police after a formal report was filed by the victim’s father. Adenupebi met his waterloo when the victim’s elder sister noticed blood stains on her thigh. The victim (whose name was withheld) begged her sister not to tell anyone including her parents. The spokesman of the Lagos police command, Adekunle…

Manchester United’s owners have put up another 9.5m shares, with a value of $186.86m (£137.12m), for sale. Man Utd notified the New York Stock Exchange of the sale on Tuesday evening, in the names of club directors Kevin Glazer and Edward Glazer. The statement makes it clear the club “will not receive any proceeds from the sale”. It comes five months after United’s Premier League game against Liverpool was postponed due to fan protests. That followed the collapse of the European Super League project which saw United co-chairman Joel Glazer heavily involved in the negotiations. Man Utd forward Rashford returns…

An officer of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been reportedly killed in Owerri, the capital of Imo state. The DSS operative identified as Prince Nwachinaemere Ezemuonye Ozuzu, from Umuoyo, Irete in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State was shot dead on Owerri-Onitsha Road. It was gathered that Ozuzu was deployed on official duty in Anambra few hours after a DSS office was razed down in Nnewi. The circumstances surrounding his death were still sketchy at the time of filing this report. He was said to have been killed while returning to his station. Unconfirmed reports say…

The wife of the Governor of Kano state, Prof Hafsat Ganduje, has returned after being interrogated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Chronicle NG reported how the first lady of Kano state was apprehended and questioned by investigators of the anti-graft agency on Monday. Her arrest was in response to an accusation filed by her son Abdulazeez, who stated that he facilitated the acquisition of some plots of land in Kano but it was later discovered that the land had been paid for while his mother refused to honour the developer’s request for refund. The Kano first lady had…

Arsenal lost for the first time since February as Barcelona’s Asisat Oshoala haunted her old club in their Women’s Champions League Group C opener. Mariona Caldentey scored the rebound from an Oshoala shot for the first. Nigerian Oshoala ran down the right wing and squared it for Alexia Putellas to slot home and added a third herself from a sublime Mariona through ball. Frida Maanum bundled in a consolation for the visitors before Lieke Martens chipped in the fourth for the holders. Putellas should have made it 5-1 deep into stoppage time but her penalty was saved by Manuela Zinsberger.…

Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube said it has removed R&B singer R. Kelly’s channels from its video platform, distancing itself from the singer who was convicted of sex trafficking last month. R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury in September in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex. read more Two of his channels, RKellyTV and RKellyVevo, have been removed from one of the world’s largest video platforms and the singer will no longer be able to create or own…