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Operatives from Ekiti State Police Command have arrested a woman, Mrs Ademiloye Felicia and her son, Adewumi Ademiloye, for sexual exploitation of a minor. Public Relations Officer of the command (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday March 21, said: “Sometime in March, 2019, the victim, a 15-year-old girl, left […]
Continue ReadingGlobal oil benchmark, Brent crude, appreciated in price on Monday, moving up by 7.3 per cent or $7.88 to $115/barrel at 7.54pm Nigerian time as European Union nations considered joining the United States in a Russian oil embargo. Industry figures showed that the commodity has been gaining in price since about a week, as more […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC). In a judgement delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, on Monday, the court held that the lawmakers needed to vacate their seats since […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said over 70 per cent of medical drugs being dispensed in Nigeria are substandard. The NPHCDA in a statement shared on its website ahead of the Primary Healthcare Summit and captioned ‘Re-imaging Primary Health Care in Nigeria’, outlined some of the challenges the country is facing in the […]
Continue ReadingSunshine Queens FC of Akure goalkeeper, Elizabeth Johnson, has died hours after she trained with the team. The Kogi-born goalkeeper died on Saturday, March 19, in Akure, Ondo State, after a brief illness. Her death was announced in a statement signed by the club’s head of Media and Publicity, Femi Atolagbe. The statement added that […]
Continue ReadingA China Eastern passenger jet carrying 133 people has crashed in South-West China with casualties unknown, state broadcaster CCTV reported Monday. The Boeing 737 plane crashed in the rural countryside near Wuzhou city, Guangxi region and “caused a mountain fire”, CCTV said, citing the provincial emergency management bureau. The report added that rescue teams were dispatched to the scene. […]
Continue ReadingA fifth Russian military General has reportedly been killed near the southern city of Kherson, Ukrainian officials have claimed. In a post on social media, the general staff of Ukraine’s army claimed that the Russian Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev had died when Ukrainian forces hit an airfield in Chornobayivka, near Kherson airport. The Kremlin has not confirmed […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man named Ken Obi was found dead in his apartment in Newark, New Jersey, United States. According to reports, he had been dead for a while before he was discovered. His body was already decomposing when he was found. His cause of death has not been revealed. Though some claim he was strangled, […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have attacked and burnt the country home of the president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor, in Awo-Omamma, Oru LGA, Imo State, Nigeria, in the early hours of today March 19. At least two buildings sitting on the property were affected by the fire. Obiozor was not at home when his house was attacked […]
Continue ReadingTwo policemen have been reportedly killed after unknown gunmen attacked the Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State in the early hours of Saturday, March 19. According to reports, the gunmen blocked the roads leading in and out of the station division, including the one close to the local […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian woman, simply identified as Happiness, died in a bus during a journey back to the country. The woman, said to be from Enugu State, was on her way back to Nigeria when the tragic incident occurred, a fellow passenger said while reading from the identification found on her body. The passenger said Happiness […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Reports say Obiano, who had been on the watch list of the EFCC, was arrested while trying to board a flight to the United States. The commission had in […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Union (EU) has warned that consumers risk losing all their money invested in cryptoassets and could fall prey to scams. Releasing a joint statement on Thursday, March 17, European Union’s securities, banking and insurance watchdogs revealed that crypto consumers have no protections or recourse to compensation under existing EU financial services law. It marks […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC, have arrested pastor Kelechi Vitalis Anozie, a suspect on the watchlist of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was arrested on March 10, 2022, following credible intelligence linking him to alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering. Anozie and four other suspects: Valentine Iro, […]
Continue ReadingA fight broke out at the venue of the swearing-in ceremony of Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo on Thursday morning when Iyom Bianca Odimegwu Ojukwu slapped the immediate past First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano. Reports say the scuffle happened when Mrs Obiano who arrived at the occasion, and was moving round to greet […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo has been sworn in as the new governor of Anambra state. He was sworn-in on Thursday morning, March 16. He takes over from his predecessor, Willie Obiano who just completed his second term. Also sworn in was his deputy Onyekachukwu Obezim. See more photos […]
Continue ReadingSex workers in Mombasa county of Kenya, have resumed having sex with drivers in the area following the expiration of a one-week ban. The prostitutes in the area issued the ban as their own way of condemning acts of sexual violence meted on a female motorist in Nairobi two weeks ago. Maryline Laini, the Executive Director […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC) has issued letters of warning to two judges and also placed one of them on the ‘watch list’. The Director of Information at the NJC, Soji Oye, said the letters were issued on Wednesday March 16. The affected judges are Justice Muawiyah Baba Idris of the High Court of the […]
Continue ReadingThe United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke Wednesday with General Nikolay Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, in the first high-level contact between Washington and Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine, the White House said. Sullivan reiterated US opposition to the invasion, which began on February 24, and told Patrushev “that if Russia […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Osondu Victor Igwilo, a suspect wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2018. EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known in a statement on Monday, March 14. Uwujaren said Igwilo, 52, is the alleged leader of a criminal network of “catchers”. He was arrested alongside […]
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