As a result of their involvement in fraud to the tune of $1m, the duo of Mahmud A. Mohammed and Ikechukwu Nkwocha-Philip were on Friday (yesterday) asked to go and stay behind bars for ten years each without option of fine. The convicts were sent to prison by Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of the Federal Capital […]
By Niyi Tabiti:Governor Seyi Makinde test positive to Corona virus also know as Covid-19. In a statement, Makinde confirmed that his test result just came out and it is positive. He will now be in isolation under the supervision of medical experts. Makinde is the third Governor in Nigeria to announce a positive Covid-19 result. […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, arraigned the 41-year-old Managing Director of Bravem Services Limited, Ebioenang George, before the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for his alleged involvement in a N37m oil fraud. George was said to have obtained the sum from his victims on the pretext of supplying them […]
Telecom giant, MTN Nigeria lost its precious shares value by 7.5 per cent as Nigerian Government demanded $2 Billion tax arrears from the company. Just last week, the central bank of Nigeria ordered MTN to return the sum of $8.13 Billion it allegedly repatriated to South Africa. MTN gave a brief statement to the market in […]
Going through the numerous outputs of some bloggers in this part of the world these days could be as discouraging as they come as some of them appear to have lost focus. The challenge they pose is a tragedy of our time, when we thought we should be having the best of time with information […]
Leading financial services provider, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has once again demonstrated its commitment towards the empowerment of youths in entrepreneurship by sponsoring a capacity building programme for almost 1,000 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abuja on July 30th, 2018. Tagged ‘’Youth Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Programme’’, it was in partnership […]
The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, lately signed a bill into law which prescribes 25 years imprisonment or death sentence for anyone found guilty of land grabbing. He signed the bill 34 days after the state House of Assembly passed it. The law criminalises land grabbing or forceful takeover of landed property in the […]
By Niyi Tabiti: The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Hafiz Abubakar has resigned his position. He is a smart man after all. Hafiz resigned to avoid impeachment. Gistmaster gathered that impeachment proceedings would have commenced against him on Monday if he had not resigned. Hafiz Abubakar is a political associate of former governor , Rabiu […]
By Gistmaster: This is really sad. A Nigerian lawyer, Dr Joseph Nwobike has been stripped of the prestigious Senior Advocate of Nigeria title. SAN is a title that draws attention to the nobility of the holder in Nigeria as a credible and knowledgeable individual in the legal profession. SAN is the equivalent of the Queen […]
Innoson has today admitted that there was no Supreme Court judgement against GTBank. After falsely claiming a victory at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Chairman of Innoson Motors, Dr Innocent Chukwuma has admitted to completely distorting the directive of the Supreme Court and publicly apologized for spreading fake and malicious news. Innoson had earlier deleted […]