ECOWAS must Eradicate Maritime piracy to grow it’s economy – NIMASA DG The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has charged member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to eradicate the scourge of piracy in the sub region in order to the economy. The DG who stated this …

African Securities Exchanges Association/CISI unite to promote professionalism, common certification standard in capital markets   The African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide an effective framework to develop a common certification programme across the 26 ASEA Member Exchanges. The aim of the partnership is …

  Dayo Emmanuel   A report has revealed that a total of N1,354,132,400,000.00 was allegedly embezzled from the Nigerian coffers since the advent of democracy in 1999. The report, a product of in-depth research published in a document titled, “Justice or Impunity? High profile corruption cases crawling or gone to sleep,” by Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, gave the alarming figure allegedly …

Airlifting For Christian Pilgrim Commences 24th Nov–NCPC Barring any change, the Nigeria Christian pilgrim Commission (NCPC) has announced that the flag off of the 2016 Main Pilgrimage to Israel, Rome and Greece will take place on 24th November, 2016 at Yola International Airport, Adamawa State. The Executive Governor of Adamawa State, Senator. Mohammed Bindow, will serve as the special Guest of …

NDIC Decry Okereke Onyuike’s merger call with AMCON FRIDAY EKEOBA The management of Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has decried the merger call by the erstwhile Director General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Prof Ndi Okereke-Onyuike. The NDIC said the organisation mandate and scope of operations are far beyond such narrow scope as was ignorantly painted by Okereke Onyuike, …

A hideout of suspected criminals has been uncovered in Bayelsa State. According to Channelstv.com, the Joint Task Force code-named “Operation Delta Safe” uncovered the hideout around Biogbolo Secondary School in Yenagoa, the state capital. During search, the Joint Task Force uncovered Improvised Explosive Device (IED) set with the intention of setting it off which device was diffused by the troops. …

Folake Sokoya The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 70 years old man, Gabriel Akindele for defiling an eight year old deaf and dumb girl at No. 7, Michael Ayegusi Street, Owode Ijako in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspect was arrested following a complaint from the girl’s mother who noticed an unusual behavior from …

An elderly woman during President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Edo State reportedly broke through security protocols to present a goat to the President. To Lady Egbon Grace, a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) from Ward 7, Oredo Local Government Area of the State, it was a dream come true though in a brave manner. Moving through the crowd …

Tayo Olanipekun The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) in collaboration with other conservationists working in the country have recently caught on camera images of chimpanzees in the Omo-Shasha-Oluwa (OSO) Forest, traversing Ogun, Osun and Ondo States. The camera-trap photos are the first firm evidence of chimpanzees in South West Nigeria for over a decade and the discovery has been greeted with …

Folake Sokoya   Advertisement Men of Ogun State Police Command has arrested two men; Ezekiel Yusuf, aged 29 years and Musa Abubakar aged 25 years for forcefully having canal knowledge of a 23 years old girl (name withheld). The victim was hawking sliced Pawpaw along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway when the duo lured her into Yusuf Ezekiel’s apartment under the pretence that …