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37-year-old man accused of stealing N21m from church

The police on Tuesday, arraigned a 37-year-old man, Nwafor Onyebuchi, before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing N21 million from a Catholic Church. Onyebuchi is facing a three-count charge of stealing, breach of public peace and conspiracy. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp Ayodele Adeosun, told the court that the defendant committed the…
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Energy

IKEDC generates highest revenue in Q3, Q4 2022 -NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed that the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company had the highest electricity revenue for the third and fourth quarters of 2022. NBS noted that the Ikeja DisCo generated N40,558.7 billion and N45,625.79 in the third and fourth…
Markets

IMF lists reasons for Nigeria, others, low FDI

The International Monetary Fund says the recent slowdown witnessed in Foreign Direct Investment, especially in developing countries can be linked to the divergent trade patterns among countries, with flows increasingly concentrated among geopolitically aligned countries, particularly in strategic sectors. It said the new development would affect emerging markets and developing economies given…
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Banking

CBN approves George-Taylor as new CEO Heritage Bank

The Board of Directors of Heritage Bank has announced Mr Akinola George-Taylor as the substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the bank. Mr Ozena Utulu, Group Head, Corporate Communications of the bank, said this in a statement on Sunday. The statement…
Startups

Boosting SME Profitability in an Era of High Inflation

Every year, a lot of small and medium scale enterprises flood the market worldwide with new product solutions. This is common in developing economies like Nigeria where SMEs represent about 90 per cent of employment across the globe, the World Bank says. According to the…
Automobile

10 million unusable tires destroyed in 6 months - SON

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria has said that it destroyed 10 million substandard tyres in six months. In a statement, the Director General of SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, said this at a one-day sensitisation programme with tyre dealers at the Africa Tyre Village, Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, Lagos. Speaking at the sensitisation programme tagged “Vehicle tyres, quality and…
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Energy

Fuel subsidy, oil theft swallowed up N29tn, FG said.

The Federal Government, on Thursday, said the amount spent on subsidising Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, between 2005 and 2021 was N13tn, adding that the country lost N16.3tn to oil theft from 2009 to 2020. It disclosed this in Abuja through the Nigeria…
Brands & People

Peak Milk apologizes to CAN for 'aggressive' Easter ad

withdraws picture, pledges it won’t happen again The management of FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, manufacturers of Peak Milk, has apologised to the Christian Association of Nigeria for using the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote their product on…
Events

Firm gifts stabbed Lagos voter land

A real estate firm, Riel Homes, has gifted one Jennifer Efidi, who was attacked and injured during the 2023 presidential election in Lagos State a plot of land worth N2.2m. The Lagos resident was assaulted while she was waiting to cast her vote at the Nuru/Oniwo Ward, Polling Unit 065, in Surulere on February 25. Despite the attack, she did not give up on her right to vote and returned to the…
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