Japan enacts law to reduce legal age of adulthood from 20 to 18
June 13, 2018 Japan’s upper house of parliament on Wednesday enacted a law to revise the current Civil Code and lower the legal age of adulthood from 20 to 18….
Declaring victory in Congo’s Ebola epidemic too early – WHO
June 13, 2018 The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has cautioned against declaring victory too early in Congo’s Ebola epidemic, in spite of encouraging signs that it may…
Panel recovers $7m stolen money lodged in Heritage Bank; probes Celtel, others
The Special Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP) for the Recovery of Public Property has recovered seven million dollars (N2.1 billion at official rate) illegally kept in Heritage Bank. Chairman of the…
Komputer Village Magazine debuts July 1
Komputer Village Magazine is launching July 1, this year in a pioneering drive to introduce a dedicated publication promoting Nigeria’s largest technology market, Computer Village, Ikeja located in the heart…
Buhari renews Oyeyemi’s tenure at FRSC, appoints heads of agencies
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of new heads for two federal agencies and tenure renewal of six others. In a statement, Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary (General Services Office)…
Global security targets Nigerians, others with properties in Dubai
Investigations by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Centre for Advanced Defence Studies (C4ADS) released today raise global red flags that Dubai has become an open…
Global oil prices numb to historic Trump-Kim Summit
The markets shrugged at the historic meeting between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Both sides hailed the summit as a breakthrough, with a pledge towards denuclearization,…
Why we erected 37-foot high statue for Abiola – Ambode
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday paid tributes to late Chief Moshood Abiola, while unveiling a 37 feet statue of the late politician at the MKO Abiola Garden…
Alleged N1.5bn fraud: Dariye violated Money Laundering Act – Witness
June 12, 2018 Ms Emem Kongkor, a prosecution witness in the trial of Nanle Dariye, on Tuesday, told Federal High Court, Abuja, that Dariye operated his hotel in violation of…
Film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s ‘Death and the King’s horseman’ underway
June 12, 2018 Death and the King’s Horseman’, a play written by renowned playwright and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, is under development to be adapted into a film. The move…