A man identified as KOLAPO ODUWOLE has been charged for defrauding a bank customer of eighty million naira. ODUWOLE allegedly committed the crime while working as a staff of Union Bank of Nigeria. The suspect is alleged to have forged the signature of the bank’s Relationship Manager on three fixed deposits certificates, which he used to defraud…
Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors have withdrawn their services at teaching hospitals and medical centres across Nigeria. This comes more than two months after the resident doctors suspended their last strike on June 22, 2020. The resident doctors have said they would not return to work until the government provides them with life insurance…
Twenty-two indigenes of Osun State who were stranded in Lebanon, have been brought back home. The return trip of the Osun indigenes, who are mostly female, was made possible by the Osun State Government. Chairperson of the Nigerian Disapora Commission, ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA, confirmed in a message on her personal twitter handle that the Osun indigenes arrived in…
The Federal Government has outlined plans to support up to one point seven million Nigerians who are most vulnerable to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. These include the protection of up to three thousand jobs in one hundred thousand vulnerable Medium and Small Scale Enterprises. The targeted MSMEs are forty-five percent businesses owned by women, and…
The Nigeria Police Force has made further clarifications on the arrest of two suspected internet fraudsters over a fourteen point seven million euro Covid-19 scam. Force Public Relations Officer, FRANK MBAH, said the scam was carried out by an international criminal syndicate, which include two Nigerians, against a German company. The suspects were arrested by detectives from…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved the release of thirty thousand tonnes of maize from the national reserves. The release is meant for the production of animal feed in order to reduce the high cost of poultry products in Nigeria. According to a message shared on the President’s Twitter handle, @Mbuhari, he said the government was mindful of…