Nigeria resumes international flights August 29 – Minister

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says international flights will resume on August 29, 2020. Sirika said this in a tweet on Monday. He tweeted, “Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the August 29, 2020 beginning with Lagos and Abuja as we did with the domestic flight resumption. “Protocols and procedures will be announced in due course. …

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NIGERIAN ARMY SCHOOL CONDUCTS WORKSHOP ON THE NOVELTY OF DIGITAL EVIDENCE

In furtherance of the vision of the Chief of Army Staff to have a professionally responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its constitutional roles, the Nigerian Army School of Legal Services (NASLS), Zaria conducted a training workshop from 9 to 12 August 2020. The theme of the training workshop was “Admissibility of Electronic Evidence under the Evidence Act 2011”. …

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POLICE FOILS MULTI MILLION NAIRA FRAUD IN LAGOS

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) last week botched the transfer of N25 million from a locally based bank account and a $220,000 from an international account with the arrest of a seven-man fraud syndicate based in Lagos. The arrest by the Decoy Team of RRS few days ago, was based on the intelligence it received on the activities …

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Shoprite battles $10m judgment debt, barred from transferring assets

The Federal High Court in Lagos has made an order of mareva injunction stopping Shoprite Checkers (PTY) Limited from disposing of or transferring its assets out of jurisdiction over a $10m judgment debt. Shoprite has announced its plan to exit Nigeria. The mareva injunction made by Justice Mohammed Liman was in favour of a Nigerian firm, A.I.C. Limited, which in …

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Ogun Begins Rice Harvest

he Ogun State government has flagged-off the harvesting of 2020 wet season rice planted by some farmers’ groups which was supported by the state government. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Odedina explained that the state which had about 1.3 million acres of land was embarking on a mass production of rice in the rice growing locations across 10 local government …

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Things you need to know as Ogun reopens churches, mosques

The Ogun State Government has ordered the reopening of worship centres in the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun made this announcement on Friday, in a statement made available to journalists while giving an update on the efforts of the government in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The governor explained that he took the decision after thorough deliberation, consideration and …

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‘Nigeria’s unemployment rate rises to 27.1%’

The National Bureau of Statistics has finally released data on the nation’s unemployment rate after a 20-month interval, saying the unemployment rate rose to 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 from the 23.1 per cent recorded in Q3 2018. The NBS, in its ‘Labor Force Statistics: Unemployment and Underemployment Report’ released on Friday, said underemployment rate increased …

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Pasuma’s Lead Vocalist, Shina Alao Is Dead

This is not the best of time for famous Nigerian Fuji maestro, Wasiu Alabi popularly known as Pasuma Wonder as news of the death of his famous lead vocalist, Shina Alao filtered through after a protracted illness. The Fuji star who’s presently in a movie location in Lagos is said to be grieving the loss of one of his best …

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DO NOT POLITICISE DEATH TO ACHIEVE HIDDEN MOTIVES -TASUED

The Management of Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu wish to debunk the rumours being peddled by faceless people in the social media and public domain that some staff of the College died due to non-payment of salaries by the Ogun State Government. The College lost one of her staff to death on Wednesday, 12 August, 2020. This is a …

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