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Coronavirus: Ogun government deploy security officials to man Chinese residences’ gates

Mar 5, 2020 topnews

Ogun State Government has said it has deployed security officials to man the entrances to the areas where a large number of Chinese live in the state. The Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Communications, Remmy Hazzan, said this on Wednesday. Hassan said the state government adopted the strategy to ensure that the self-isolation of these nationals were effective. He added that the action was to stop the possibility of any of them manifesting coronavirus symptoms without being noticed by the relevant authorities. He said, “What we have done is…

Couple arraigned for N555m fraud

Mar 5, 2020 topnews

Mr. and Mrs Oladeji and Omotayo Henry, were on Wednesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja for an alleged N555.82m fraud. The couple were arraigned alongside their company, Built Global Concepts, on seven counts bordering on conspiracy and stealing. The EFCC alleged that the couple, sometime in 2018, converted the sum of N410.17m belonging to Smart Investors’ Club to their personal use. The anti-graft agency also alleged that sometime in 2018, the couple and their company converted the sum…

N4.3m: Keystone Bank in trouble over unauthorized deductions

Mar 5, 2020 topnews

In a judgment on Tuesday by Justice Wasiu Animahun of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere in favour of a businessman, Onah Happy, Keystone Bank Limited has been ordered to pay the sum of N4,340,350.00 over unauthorised debits from his account in two days in 2016. The judge ordered that the N4.3m be paid with 25 per cent annual interest from May 12, 2016 till judgment day and 10 per cent interest thereafter until the final liquidation of the judgment debt. Justice Animahun also awarded N500,000 cost in favour…

Senator Adeyemi condemns democracy, hails military rule

Mar 5, 2020 topnews

Senator Smart Adeyemi, All Progressives Congress member representing Kogi West senatorial district caused confusion on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday when he said he preferred military rule to the current democracy being practised in Nigeria. His submission caused a stir in the Senate as his colleagues vehemently opposed his opinion, describing his statement as anti-democratic. Adeyemi spoke while contributing to the debate on the bill for the establishment of a National Electoral Offences Commission, sponsored by Senator Abubakar Kyari. Kyari had said the Independent National Electoral Commission was…

I spend average of $2m monthly on charity – Fr. Mbaka

Mar 4, 2020 topnews

Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, on Tuesday, said he spent an average of $2m monthly on charity. The Catholic priest disclosed this while presenting N18.8m bank draft to the management of the Annunciation Specialist Hospital, Enugu, on behalf of Multi-Life Savers for the Less Privileged, a non-profit arm of his ministry. He equally gave N50,000 and a bag of rice each to 200 Enugu members of the Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria. Mbaka explained that the N18.8m was to cover accumulated free medical services that the…

Kwara assembly renames state varsity

Mar 4, 2020 topnews

Abubakar Olusola Saraki University has been renamed by the Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday. The Kwara State University Law was amended and the name of the institution was changed to Kwara State University. The Kwara State University (Amendment) Bill 2020 was one of the four amendment bills passed by the Assembly on Tuesday which it said would drive best practices in the education sector and local government administration in the state. A statement from the Assembly read partly, “The Kwara State University (Amendment) Bill, 2020 which reverted the…

Royal mint unveils New seven-kilo gold coin to celebrate James Bond film

Mar 4, 2020 topnews

A seven-kilogram gold coin with the highest face value in its 1,100-year history has been unveiled by Britain’s Royal Mint on Monday, in honour of the latest James Bond film. The one-of-a-kind new coin celebrating the release next month of the 25th movie in the legendary franchise, “No Time To Die”, has a face value of £7,000 ($9,000, 8,000 euros). At 185 millimetres in diameter, it is also the largest coin ever made by the Royal Mint, Britain’s official coin-maker. The piece is engraved with an image of the fictional…

Ecobank Provides Trade Opportunities for importers and exporters

Mar 4, 2020 topnews

In its bid to enhance business opotunities, Ecobank Nigeria is providing opportunities that supports exporters and importers within the African region. The bank’s Head Trade Finance, Sunday Abah, in a statement yesterday, said Ecobank’s unique intra-Africa trade solutions enable settlements of trade transactions and mitigates payment risk; provide regional solutions and enable exporters obtain payment guarantees without the need for a letter of credit and its related costs to the importers. Furthermore, Abah noted that Ecobank works closely with clients in reviewing key factors regarding transactions processing, settlements, financing, and…

56-year-old man arraigned for defiling three-year-old girl

Mar 4, 2020 topnews

Haruna Bala, a 56-year-old man, has been arraigned before the Upper Sharia Court sitting in Tsafe, Zamfara State for allegedly defiling a three-year-old girl. The police prosecutor, Babangida Shehu, told the court that the mother of the victim reported the case to the Tsafe Divisional Police Station, which led to the arrest of the accused person. Babangida said the offence was contrary to Section 131 of the Sharia Penal Code, adding that there were witnesses, who would testify in court. The accused person pleaded guilty to the offence and begged…

Coronavirus: Sanwo-Olu, deputy debut new greeting style

Mar 3, 2020 topnews

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, have come up with a new greeting style to cub the spread of the Coronavirus, otherwise called COVID-19, outbreak in Lagos. The two men were seen in a viral video on Sunday greeting each other with their legs when he visited the isolation centre at the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. A World Health Organization (WHO) official has also shown support for the ‘handshake alternative’ greeting practice, such as the ‘foot shake’, to fight coronavirus transmission. Singapore’s Yon Loo…