Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday slapped a N200,000 fine on Femi Fani Kayode, a former minister of aviation, for his absence in court to take his plea in an alleged N4.6 billion fraud. Fani-Kayode, also the Chairman of the Media and Publicity of the 2015 Goodluck […]
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Facebook Inc will pay record-breaking 5 billion dollars fine to resolve a government probe into its privacy practices and the social media giant will restructure its approach to privacy, an official said. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said this on Wednesday in Washington. The FTC voted 3-2 along party lines to adopt the settlement, which […]
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Serena Williams has been fined 17,000 dollars for the code violations she received during the U.S. Open final, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said on Sunday. During Saturday’s match, which she lost 6-2 6-4 to Japan’s Naomi Osaka, Williams was handed a coaching violation and a point penalty for breaking her racquet before a […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered four banks to pay a total sum of N5.87 billion for allegedly issuing irregular certificates of capital importation (CCIs) on behalf of some offshore investors of MTN Nigeria Communications Limited. The apex bank has also written to MTN, asking it to refund $8 billion to the coffers […]
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Mohammed Saidu, head public affairs unit of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), says petroleum marketers diverted 129,000 liters of petrol from Abuja on Friday. Saidu, who revealed this monitoring the stations, added that some of the erring filling stations had been given a total fine of more than N30.5 million. According to him, more […]
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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association after his dismissal in Wednesday’s match with Swansea City. The former Italy head coach was sent off from the dugout by referee Neil Swarbrick in the 43rd minute of the champions’ 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge. Conte reacted furiously to the decision […]
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German Gynaecologist, Kristina Haenel, was fined $7,150 by a court in that country on Friday, after being found guilty of “advertising’’ abortion by providing information about the procedure on her website. Ms. Haenel, a 61-year-old medical doctor from the western city of Giessen, posted information on her website in April 2015 about the legal and […]
Continue ReadingManchester United manager Jose Mourinho has been given a one-game touchline ban and fined £50,000 by the Football Association for two charges. An independent regulatory commission heard that Mourinho accepted the comments he made about referee Anthony Taylor ahead of the game against Liverpool last month constituted improper conduct but denied they brought the game into […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief Executive Officer of MTN, Ferdi Moolman, announced on Friday that the telecommunications giant did not give bribe for the reduction of the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on the company for infraction.Mr. Moolman said in a statement in Lagos that MTN’s attention had been drawn to an online report, alleging that a top official […]
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