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Lagos State Police Command has launched an investigation into the death of a 42-year-old man, Gihan Mbelu, said to be the chairman of the Victoria Garden City (VGC) in the Lekki area of the state. It was gathered that people decided to inspect his vehicle which had been running for hours at the spot where […]
Continue ReadingFemale Nigerian gospel singer and prophetess, Morenikeji Adeleke, popularly known as Egbin Orun, has passed away. Her death was confirmed in an Instagram post by her colleague, Esther Igbekele, who expressed shock over Egbin Orun’s sudden death. In her post, Igbekele stated that they spoke last week and that she never knew that her friend […]
Continue ReadingIn a sad incident which occurred at Christ Avenue, in the Adebayo area of Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, April 27, 2024, a man identified as Dare Onipede allegedly stabbed his wife, Arinola Ikumapayi, to death over alleged infidelity in Ekiti State. Spokesperson (PPRO) for the police in the state, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident on […]
Continue ReadingVICTOR AYENI writes about the continuous detention of a 29-year-old man, Chidozie Ajokuji, 10 years after he was arrested as a teenager for robbery in 2014. Behind the iron bars of the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos, 29-year-old Chidozie Ajokujie was lost in his thoughts of hopelessness as life in the outside world has become […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, on Friday, April 26, announced the federal government’s plan to set up a $10 billion diaspora fund to attract investment from citizens living abroad. The Minister revealed that the diaspora fund will support critical sectors including infrastructure, health care and education to grow the economy, […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu arrived in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on Friday evening, to participate in the 2024 Special World Economic Forum, WEF, on Global Collaboration, Growth, and Energy for Development. Tinubu’s arrival marks the beginning of the second leg of his two-nation official visits, following his earlier engagements this week in the Hague, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian movie industry has again been thrown into mourning after the news of the death of another veteran Yoruba Actor, Ganiyu Oyeyemi, popularly known as Ogunjimi, surfaced on social media on Friday. Ogunjimi’s death was announced by a Yoruba actor, Kunle Afod, in a post on his Instagram page. Mourning the actor, Afod wrote: “We […]
Continue ReadingChess champion and founder of ‘Chess in Slums Africa’, Tunde Onakoya, finds himself engulfed in emotions as an unnamed good Samaritan graciously gifted a house to his parents. The development is coming on the heels of Tunde’s breaking of the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon in New York. Even though the official […]
Continue ReadingGerman Police have arrested 11 Nigerian nationals suspected to be members of a Black Axe group behind a large-scale dating scam and money laundering. The Bavarian police in a statement on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, said that the gang was involved internationally in “multiple areas of criminal activity” with a focus in Germany on dating […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over an ongoing N8,069,176,864.00 money laundering investigation. Punch reports that the indicted former Minister of Aviation arrived at the Federal Capital Territory Command of the EFCC at about 1:00 pm on Tuesday, April 23. The ex-Minister is being grilled on […]
Continue ReadingA High Court of Ekiti State, sitting in Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced six men to a total of 140 years for conspiracy, robbery and receiving stolen properties. Four of the convicts were sentenced to 21 years each for robbery and seven years each for conspiracy, the remaining two were jailed for 14 years each […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh charge against Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In the four-count charge, the anti-graft agency accused Emefiele of approving the printing of N684,590,000 naira notes at the rate of N18.96 billion. The commission is alleging that Emefiele broke the […]
Continue ReadingThe management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has suspended indefinitely its Mr David Udo-Udom, the lecturer allegedly involved in a sex scandal in a video trending in social media. The indefinite suspension is with immediate effect pending the outcome of a Disciplinary Panel constituted by the university to investigate the incident, UNN Public […]
Continue ReadingTwo weeks after Junior Pope and three other Nollywood actors died in a boat accident in Anam River, Nigerian movie industry has again been thrown into mourning as the news of the death of another veteran Nollywood actor and singer, Zulu Adigwe, surfaced on social media on Tuesday. Adigwe’s death was announced by a movie […]
Continue ReadingPastor of the God Foundation Spiritual Church of Christ, Ibùdó Aseyori of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, at Osioyemi Eleweran, in Abeokuta, Nigeria, Monday Ogunyomi, has been arrested and detained by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman during a cleansing prayer in the church premises. Reports say the incident occurred […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, filmmaker, producer and director, Faithia Williams’ father has passed away. The 55-year-old actress was previously married to Saidi Balogun, with whom she shares two children, a son and a daughter. She shared the sad news on her Instagram page where she wrote: “With a heavy heart, i am sad to say goodnight to […]
Continue ReadingChairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, transferred $720,000 from the government’s coffers to a bureau de change (BDC) before leaving office to pay his child’s school fee in advance. Olukoyede revealed this during an interview with journalists on Tuesday […]
Continue ReadingPersons believed to be gunmen and kidnappers have killed a Professor of law at the Babcock University, Dr. Yinka Olowojobi, and abducted two others in Iperu town, Ogun State. The gunmen dressed in black attires and said to be eight in number, attacked the Ajadeh Event Centre located on Sagamu Road in the Iperu area […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed an Abuja-based Chinese supermarket located within the China General Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) in Abuja, Nigeria, following allegations of discriminatory practices against Nigerians. Officials of FCCPC shut the supermarket when they stormed the premises on Monday. The commission’s officials sealed up the place after interrogating […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, has opposed the establishment of State Police, saying the country was not ripe for it. He stated this during a one-day dialogue on state policing, themed, ‘Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria’ on Monday. Egbetokun stated that the establishment of state Police would exacerbate ethnic tension, […]
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