ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Five years after misplacing a passenger’s luggage, Max Air Limited has finally paid N10 million in compensation to Usani Odum, a legal practitioner, following a Federal High Court judgment that found the airline liable for negligence. The court, in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/909/2020, ruled in December 2024 that Max Air had failed to…
ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Major stakeholders have lauded the Cross River State government’s innovative partnership between its Teachers Continuous Training Institute (TCTI), Biase and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to equip the Nigerian youth with crucial digital literacy skills. The commendations followed the formalisation of a landmark partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)…
ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has completed the repayment of the $3.4 billion emergency funding it received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in April 2020 to cushion the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The loan, granted under the IMF’s Rapid Financing Instrument, was intended to help the country, Africa’s largest…
A family court in Calabar, Cross River State, the Calabar Magisterial District, has issued an order compelling the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) and Mr Oham Samuel Oke to administer a blood transfusion and other medical interventions necessary to preserve the life of Ruth Oham Samuel, a two-year-old girl currently in intensive care.
LAGOS – Rap Life Radio, presented by Ebro Darden, Apple Music’s Global Editorial Head of Hip-Hop and R&B, will feature Nigerian rap heavyweight, Erigga, this month. Ebro and Africa Now Radio host, Nandi Madida, chat about his seventh studio album, GOAT, available to stream now on Apple Music. Making his long-awaited return with a project that cements his…
IBADAN – The Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of 32 internet fraudsters before seven High Court judges in Ibadan, Oyo State and one High Court judge in Osogbo, Osun State. The convicts are: Udoka Uzo Omefe, Adedara Ademola Ayobami, Ajayi Elijah Oladimeji, Eze…
