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The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the freezing of three bank accounts allegedly belonging to the Lagos State Government over an alleged N9.9bn fraud. The accounts domiciled in First City Monument Bank, Access Bank and Zenith Bank are numbered 5617984012, 0060949275 and 1011691254, respectively. Justice Chuka Obiozor …

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved N60 million as bursary for 120 Oyo State indigenes in the Nigerian Law School. Makinde announced the approval on Tuesday evening when a delegation of the students visited him on Tuesday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the governor …

The Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has announced a temporary suspension of the ongoing recruitment of teachers into public primary schools in the state. This followed the huge crowd of job seekers that thronged the headquarters of the board in Ado-Ekiti last Monday. A high percentage of the …

Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, Vice-Chancellor, Igbinedion University, Okada has said that effective research synergy between the academic and the industrial sector will promote national development. Ezemonye stated this on Tuesday at the opening of a two-day research conference for staff and students of the university. He said that universities in the …

Local coordinators for the 2019 Bet9ja Royal Cup have assured the organizing committee of healthy competition among all the teams which have registered for the tournament during the various local government qualifiers. At a meeting held on Monday, August 5, 2019, at Laurel Hotel, Ekete-Udu, the local coordinators said the …

A 16-year-old boy, Christhopher Samuel, on Tuesday appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, for allegedly raping a 3-year-old girl. Samuel, whose address is not provided, faces a two-count charge of rape and sexual assault, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP. Akpan Nkem, told …

The police on Tuesday, charged two students with unruly public behaviour and cursing school authorities, in an Ado Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Oluwaseyi Osadare and Blessing Ayodele, students of the Anglican High School, Adebayo, Ado Ekiti with breach of peace. They pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution …

The Ebonyi Government has warned that any civil servant in the state that fails to undergo the August 6 verification faces possible sack from the civil service. The warning was contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abakaliki by Mrs Jennifer Adibe-Nwafor, the Special Assistant to Gov. Dave Umahi …

The police in Ondo on Monday arraigned a 26-year-old student, Abel Oluwatosin, in an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a patient’s cell phone and N104, 500 cash. Oluwatosin, is charged with theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Ayodeji Omoyeigha, told the court that the defendant on April 8 around …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has no plan to relocate its subsidiary, Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) outside the Niger Delta region. The spokesman of the corporation, Ndu Ughamadu, in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, reassured the host communities and all stakeholders in the region that …