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Vanguard reports an FCT High Court in Apo on Wednesday ordered two business men, Moses Esuga, and Nasir Mohammed, to be remanded in Kuje prison over their alleged roles in a N110 million fraud. The EFCC charged Esuga, former Managing Director of Wise Health Service Ltd and Mohammed former Managing Director of Garana Travels and Tours Limited with nine counts bordering on fraud, criminal breach of trust and forgery. Justice Valentine Ashi, who gave the order, adjourned the case to Thursday for hearing of their bail application ALSO READ:   Reason Why We Can’t Meet ASUU Demands’- FG. Reveals    Earlier, the Prosecutor, Mr Aliyu Bokani, told the court that the defendants committed the alleged offences between July 2013 and 2014. Bokani also alleged that Esuga took the N10 million domiciled in operational account of Wise Health Service Ltd and converted it his personal use. The prosecutor alleged that the defendants conspired and forged a board res...

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed while addressing journalists in Abuja. He noted that the crash in the prices of oil globally has affected the economic fortunes and other sectors of Nigeria, including education. The government also accused the administration of late president, Umaru Yar’Adua, of making bogus promises to the union during a period of oil boom. “Let me begin by saying that the issues necessitating this strike date back to 2009 when the then government of late President Umaru Musa Yar Adua signed an agreement with the ASUU on funding of the federal universities in the country. “The agreement provided for funding of universities to the tune of N1.3 trillion over a period of six years. It is instructive to know that Nigeria was experiencing the oil boom at that time. It was therefore expected that government will be able to meet the terms of agreement. “However, international oil prices crashed in subsequent years thereby throwing the count...