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The Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC) and Coca-cola Nigeria Plc have been ordered by a Federal High Court in Lagos to pay the sum of N3 million to Abdulmumineen Onilemarun as compensation for using his work without authority or consent. Delivering judgment in the suit filed against both Coca-Cola Plc and...

Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, has been accused of nominating herself to fill the position of an Alternative Executive Director in the World Bank, a position meant for the country. A report by online newspaper, Per Second News (PSN), alleged that Ahmed deliberately circumvented...

Nigerian Oil Tycoon, Okoloko Reportedly Burdened By Multi-billion-naira In Debts To Estranged Wife’s Company, Enmeshed In Divorce Scandal Nigerian businessman, Onajite Okoloko reportedly owes his estranged wife, Salma Okoloko, and her company, Techtonic Oil $37 million and N5.3 billion respectively through his company, Eroton Exploration. The duo are currently enmeshed in...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Sunday said it would withdraw the result of a certain Ejikeme Mmesoma for manually inflating her result and announcing herself as the top scorer for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. According to a statement issued by the board, Ejikeme used her manually...

The federal government has rejected the final report of the European Union (EU) election observation mission in Nigeria on the 2023 polls. On Tuesday, the EU mission presented its report on the general election in Abuja. Barry Andrews, the chief observer, said the report was based on the analysis of...

The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, has vowed to stop the Monday sit-at-home in his constituency with immediate effect. Ubah said the adverse effects the exercise has so far inflicted on the commercial, economic, and well-being of the South-East residents have become so devastating that the...

Hon Philip Agbese, the lawmaker representing Ado/ Okpokwu/ Ogbadibo Federal Constituency, has described the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor (retd), as the rallying point for the military’s success against terrorism. Agbese spoke to newsmen in reaction to Irabor’s pulling out from the Armed Forces of Nigeria...

Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, has called on Federal Government to enforce the provision for the freedom of religion and worship as enshrined in the nation’s constitution and other laws of land. According to Bishop Kukah, this can be done by providing adherents of different faiths in the...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use his good offices and leadership position to “urgently publish details of spending of about N400bn so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol.” SERAP urged...

…Pledges more commitment to troops’welfare The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major General Taoreed Lagbaja has enjoined troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) to compliment their military effort with prayers for the success of the Nigerian Army (NA) in its operational engagements and the corporate existence of Nigeria, as one...