Corruption Trial: N10m Withdrawn 31 Times in a Day from Plateau Govt Account

The trial of a former Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang, continued Wednesday with a prosecution witness, Emmanuel Kpanja, giving details of how about N2 billion was withdrawn at various times from the Plateau State Government’s account. Jang is standing trial on a 12-count charge along with Yusuf Pam, a cashier, for an alleged N6.3 billion…

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Uber Launches Bus Service

Uber Technologies Inc has launched a bus-booking service in Cairo, Egypt the company’s Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshali said on his first visit to the country as the company aims to tap a sprawling low-income market. The company also announced a new Uber Lite app that, from early next year, will allow users with basic Android…

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Proposed Strike by Oil Marketers Act of Sabotage – IPMAN

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says strike threat by some oil marketers over lingering fuel subsidy debts is act of sabotage. It also said in a statement by its National Secretary, Alhaji Danladi Pasali, in Abuja on Wednesday, that the threat was an attempt to disrupt the relative peace in the downstream…

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Group Kicks Against U.S Visa for Atiku

Members of the Forum for Non-Governmental Organisations of Nigeria on Wednesday stormed the America embassy in Abuja requesting the country to reject visa application of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Abubakar the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the, 2019 presidential election in Nigeria, has been denied visa by U.S for 13 years. The…

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