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Nigeria’s Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Okon Abang has found the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina guilty of money laundering. Abang held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) produced essential evidence through witnesses called, to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Mr. […]
Continue ReadingA couple has been reportedly murdered by unknown gunmen in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. According to a report published by Ika Weekly Newspaper on Sunday, November 7, the couple identified as Chidi and his wife Rita Edebor, a hair dresser, were shot dead at Ekwuoma-Abavo community at about 8 pm […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Lagos state, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the death toll from the Ikoyi building collapse has risen to 42. According to Sanwo-Olu, six people were discovered to have been rescued alive on the first day by first responders and taken to the police hospital before the arrival of LASEMA, bringing the total number of […]
Continue Reading26-year-old female Brazilian pop star, Marília Dias Mendonça, was one of five people reported dead in an air taxi crash in a mountainous region near the city of Piedade de Caratinga. The plane came down in a mid-afternoon local time on Friday, Nov. 5, in a mountain region near the city of Piedade de Caratinga, […]
Continue ReadingPresident of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, says the Attorney-General of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, may be stripped of his senior advocate rank if he is found to be involved in the raid of the home of Mary Odili, a supreme court Justice and wife of former Rivers state governor, Peter Odili. […]
Continue ReadingSocial media giant, Facebook says it has removed a post by Ethiopia’s prime minister that urged citizens to rise up and “bury” the rival Tigray forces who are now advancing towards the capital, Addis Ababa. “The obligation to die for Ethiopia belongs to all of us,” Abiy said in the now-deleted post that called on […]
Continue ReadingThe streets in Awka and other places in Anambra state, Nigeria, are currently deserted in spite of the decision of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to lift its sit-at-home directive or order. IPOB had earlier announced plans to call for a sit-at-home order to protest the continued incaceration of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. This […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo State, Nigeria, have intercepted a bus loaded with 500 pieces of daggers concealed under the seats. Also intercepted were weapons with different seizes of knives and guns concealed inside Tigger nut bags. 18 people suspected to be bandits were arrested with the vehicle while two other buses escaped. […]
Continue ReadingOwner of Fourscore Homes, the developing company in charge of the 21-storey building that collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria, Mr. Femi Osibona, is confirmed dead. Osibona is said to be the chief executive officer (CEO) of the company which constructed the 21-storey building that collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria on Monday November 1. His friend Dele […]
Continue ReadingOn Saturday 6th November 2021, Anambra State will make history as the first Governorship election in Nigeria in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will deploy the use of Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) device. The BVAS, deployed in its pilot phase for the Isoko South 1 State Constituency Bye-election in Delta State on […]
Continue ReadingCatholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and Convener of the National Peace Committee, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has said that the Anambra governorship election won’t be free and fair if a life is lost. In an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto stated that many Nigerians have died unnecessarily and it should […]
Continue Reading24-year-old man, Mojiyagbe Olamilekan, a resident of Oke ola area of Ode Remo has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for allegedly stabbing his wife to death with scissors. The suspect was arrested following a distress call received by the police in Ode Remo divisional headquarters at about 3 pm on Wednesday […]
Continue ReadingSpecial Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria and presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada has sentenced a lawyer, Kenneth Chukwuemeka Ajoku, to seven years imprisonment for offenses bordering on perjury and fabrication of evidence brought against him by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A statement released by […]
Continue ReadingNational Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has resolved to file a petition against the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, and Mr Emmanuel Iyanna, the Chief Magistrate in Abuja, who issued a search warrant for security officials to search the home of a Supreme Court […]
Continue ReadingOnyinye Enekwe, a graduate of the Nnamdi Azikwe University, is one of those buried under the rubble of the collapsed Gerrard terrace building in Ikoyi. Onyinye, 26, worked as a second personal assistant to Femi Osibona, owner of Fourscore Homes who is also buried beneath the rubble. According to her cousin, Chinedu Enekwe, Onyinye joined Fourscore […]
Continue ReadingSocio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammad Buhari on Media, Lauretta Onochie, for her response after Igbo elders and religious leaders asked for the release of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. While giving reasons the president would not heed the appeal made by the […]
Continue ReadingA middle-aged Nigerian woman who just returned from Oman has been arrested for allegedly throwing her two daughters into a well in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, Nigeria. Reports say, the woman simply identified as Omowumi told her daughters Darasimi, 8, and Nimisire, 5, to follow her to the well in the Ibuaje area of […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, the United States has promised to bring sanctions, including visa restrictions on anyone and their families who instigate violence in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, Nigeria. The US said it will be paying close attention to the electoral process in the state and looks forward to a peaceful and […]
Continue ReadingAt least 20 people have been confirmed dead in the 21-storey building that collapsed on Monday on Gerrard Road, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The building crumbled around 2pm when workers were on the site. Earlier reports revealed that 10 people were feared dead when the incident happened, as many others were […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have confiscated the passport of a popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly called Obi Cubana, who was arrested on Monday for alleged money laundering and tax fraud. Reports say that the seizure of his travel document was to prevent him from leaving the country while under […]
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