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Not that there’s ever a convenient time for someone to die in a car crash, but the recent fatality associated with Tesla’s auto-pilot feature that killed Joshua Brown was decidedly timed badly for the electric car company. Now Tesla is being investigated by the SEC amidst allegations that it breached securities laws in connection with […]

The wrongful termination suit against an Arab-American Muslim woman of Moroccan descent was largely reversed by the Fourth Circuit recently, meaning that a jury will hear the discrimination allegations she brought against her former employer. It was a whopper of an opinion that discussed the limitations that lower federal courts ought to observe concerning summary […]

Summer is upon us and many firms have begun the hiring and on-boarding of hoards of relieved student interns. The word “intern” is not a universal one. More hoity-toity firms use the term “summer associate,” though this could be regarded as an ethical no-no. Call them whatever you want, a lot of these interns will […]

      Renowned Showbiz consultant, Edi Lawani, speaks to the Editor, FOLORUNSHO HAMSAT, on his journey in the entertainment world, his unforgettable moments and views on the industry, and more. Excerpts…       Let’s talk about you as an entertainment consultant and music manager. How did it really start? I started from the university as […]

Ahmed Idris, Accountant General of the Federation Federation Account: Table of Allocation of N311bn Disbursed in June 2016 A total sum of N311bn was disbursed to Federal, States and Local Government Councils in Nigeria at the monthly meeting of the Federation Account Committee (FAAC) which was held in June 2016. The Economic Confidential Magazine provides […]

Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has in Abuja expressed dismay that the under-performance of the insurance sector was denying the country an annual 1.5 per cent increase in the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Adeosun made the announcement at the 2016 National Insurance Conference (NIC), taking place in Abuja. She said the persistent […]

There was uproar in the Nigerian senate on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 as Dino Melaye threatened to physically assault Remi Tinubu, both of them are senators elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, according to online tabloid, SaharaReporters. Remi Tinubu is woman leader of the Nigerian senate and wife of the APC’s national […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Hadiza Usman as the new managing director of the Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA. A statement on the official Twitter handle of the Nigerian presidency on Tuesday, July 11, 2016 confirmed the appointment of Ms. Usman, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and founder of the political #BringBackOurGirls’s movement, […]Read More

Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of Abia State has called on the chief justice of Nigeria, (CJN) Justice Mahmud Mohammed and the National Judicial Council, NJC, to investigate what he described as “irreparable injustice” meted on him by Justice Okon Abang of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. In a letter to CJN and NJC, […]

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of being a tool used to promote a vendetta against opponents of the All Progressives Congress, APC, government of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, signed by a media aide to the Ekiti governor, Lere Olayinka, Fayose disclosed that […]Read More

Dino Melaye, the chairman of the Nigerian senate committee on Federal Capital Territory, has denied media reports that he is plotting and instigating the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Senator Melaye, the people spreading the falsehood were those who believe that “a Nigeria that is not led by them must not exist”. Melaye […]

NAN – For allegedly biting off a police officer’s skin, a 50-year-old man, Totoola Adetunji, was on Monday, July 11, 2016 arraigned at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Adetunji, whose address was not given, is facing trial on a four-count charge of conspiracy, assault, breach of peace and obstruction. The prosecutor, Sergeant Kehinde Omiseki, told […]