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Ramon Oladimeji and Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Thursday convicted an oil marketer, Rowaye Jubril, and his company, Brila Energy Limited, of a fuel subsidy scam of N963.7m. Justice Lateefa Okunnu, in a judgment on Thursday, sentenced Jubril to a jail term of 10 years for the fraud. She said the jail term would commence from Thursday. The judge also ordered the convicts to make restitution to the Federal Government by refunding the N963.7m, which they fraudulently obtained as subsidy on the false claim that they imported 13,500 metric tonnes of Premium Motor Spirit into…

Working out whether the person you’re dating is going to be fabulous in bed is always a bit of a gamble. Do you really want to venture into bed with him if he can’t make you orgasm? Is it worth the time and effort? Thankfully, there’s now a scientific way to work out if the guy you’re dating will be able to give you an orgasm. According to research from the University of Albany, women are more likely to orgasm if their male partner is rich, confident, funny, and attractive. Fair enough. Men don’t necessarily need to be all of…

The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had set up a Board of Inquiry, and detained six soldiers over the brutality of a woman in Lagos state. The incident occurred on 12 March in Odoguyan, Ikorodu area of Lagos. It involved soldiers of 174 Battalion and the woman attacked has been identified in various reports as Ruth Orji. The Punch had earlier reported that the Joint Legal Action Aids, which is representing her, has already sued the military authorities and asking for N250m in damages. In their reaction to the incident, the military authorities failed to…

Abimbola Adelakun A week ago, I touched on the ongoing controversy between Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries and a woman, Ms. Stephanie Otobo, who accused him of sexual impropriety and a breach of “marriage contract.” Since then, Apostle Suleman has turned out to be one of the luckiest holy men in the world. As the narrative is being shaped in several quarters, the Apostle is supposedly being persecuted by his state governor whom he antagonises. Suleman himself is cleverly milking spiritual cum political capital from his purported tale of harassment. While that seems probable, it is not a…

{$inline_image} Sometimes, small businesses are quick to adopt new technology. Other times, they’re slow or hesitant or skeptical or too busy to even know it exists. It’s that way with social media. According to the Clutch 2017 Small Business Social Media Survey, 24 percent of small businesses have zero social media presence. That’s just about one in four small business owners. A deeper dive into the Clutch data shows that less than half of all small businesses are actually using their social media presence on a consistent basis. Sure, a restaurant might have a Facebook page, but there’s a good chance…

Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS The Federal Government Wednesday said it is considering a proposal to run all tiers of government on only Made-in-Nigeria software to drive its e-government programme. Barrister Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communication, who dropped the hint in Abuja says the decision to adopt Made-in-Nigeria is one of the key recommendations of the National Council on […] The post e-GOVERNMENT | FG wants to run on Made-in-Nigeria software appeared first on Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS. Source: Technology

The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh yesterday expressed the federal government’s desire to address the foreign exchange (forex) challenges faced by exporters, disclosing that the ministry is in talks with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) concerning the issue. Audu who spoke at the FirstBank of Nigeria Expo in Lagos tagged: ‘Re-inventing Agriculture for […] FG pledges to resolve Forex challenges facing exporters Source: Business

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an additional N4,500 monthly electronic device grant each for the 200,000 beneficiaries of the N-power graduate employment scheme. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, in a statement yesterday, said the grant was in conjunction with the Bank of Industry which had extended […] N-power graduates get additional N900m monthly Source: Business

There have been fresh calls for restrictions on the sale of the painkiller ibuprofen after another study found it heightens the risk of cardiac arrest. Taking the over-the-counter drug was associated with a 31 per cent increased risk, Danish researchers have found. Other medicines from the same group of painkillers, known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, presented an even higher risk, according to the findings published today (Wednesday) in the European Heart Journal. Diclofenac, available over the counter in the UK until 2015 and still taken on prescription, raised the risk by 50 per cent. Lead researcher, Prof. Gunnar Gislason of…

Two children have lost their mother after a bus they were travelling in had an accident along Ibadan-Ijebu Expressway. Though details of the accident is sketchy,  Olawale Asiru Tope who works for the Ogun State Hospital Management Board, Abeokuta, in a Facebook post said the children were on admission at the State Hospital Ijebu Ode (Iye Subomi Child Care Centre). She said that the accident happened on Sunday, and implored anyone who could identify the children to assist in contacting their relatives. Source: Punch News