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Fraud

EFCC Arraigns Otobor Onajefe for Alleged ₦37.44m Fraud in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arraigned one Otobor Geoffrey Onajefe on a two-count...

Labour

LASG Creates Over 15,000 Jobs Through Lagos Agripreneurship Programme

The Lagos State Government has created over 15,000 jobs for its residents through the Lagos Agripreneurship Programme (LAP), an intervention programme aimed at...

Insurance World

NAICOM, CRC Credit Bureau, Explore Partnership to Integrate Insurance Data into National Credit Reporting

BY NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR—The management of CRC Credit Bureau has engaged the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) in strategic discussions aimed at integrating insurance-sector data...

Insurance World

Universal Insurance Shareholders Approve ₦15bn Capital Raise

BY NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR-Shareholders of Universal Insurance Plc have approved a series of resolutions authorising the company to raise up to ₦15 billion in...

Industry

Dangote Cement Plans 73% Capacity Expansion to 90Mta by 2030

Dangote Cement Plc has announced plans to grow production capacity of 90 million metric tonnes per annum (Mta) across Africa by 2030, a 73%...

Crime

From Businessman to Drug Mule: How a 62-Year-Old Was Arrested at Kano Airport

What began as a routine trip out of the country ended in handcuffs for 62-year-old Lagos businessman Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, whose journey to...

Custom

Customs Announces 48-Hour Clearance for Transit Cargo to Niger

BY NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR—The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced a 48-hour clearance timeline for transit cargo destined for the Republic of Niger, following...

Crime

Life Imprisonment for Truck Driver Who Killed FRSC Officer on Duty

BY SUNDAY SAMUEL—A Lagos State High Court has sentenced Okpara Kingsley Onyekachi, a truck driver, to life imprisonment for the death of a...