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Nigerians in diaspora and in the aviation industry recorded another feat on 13th July, 2020 in United States of America when Co-pilots Pius Odioko and Captain Oluwatoberu Thomas flew an historic flight. They’re the first all-Nigerian flight crew in Frontier Airline history. Hundreds of airline passengers, government officials and African-American community celebrated the achievement after […]
Continue ReadingThe fraud case against Olalekan Ponle a.k.a Mr Woodberry who was arrested alongside Ramon Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi, has been dismissed by a US court. Recall that Woodberry was accused of tricking a Chicago company into sending wire transfers totalling $15.2 million. Prosecutors disclosed that companies based in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New York and California were also victims of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Police Force have arrested all persons involved in the dehumanization of a 25-year-old lady, who claimed to be a graduate of the University of Ibadan and just completed her National Youth Service, but who was found in the home of a suspected armed robber and kidnapper. A video of the police officers harassing […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari wore a face mask today July 23, as he arrived in Mali for the ECOWAS peace mission, especially to find a solution to the worsening political crisis in the francophone country. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had recommended the use of face mask while […]
Continue ReadingThe remains of the Nigerian Air Force’s (NAF’s) first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile, who died on July 14, has been laid to rest with full military honors at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja today Thursday, July 23. The remains were lowered into the grave at exactly 11.05 am followed by a barrage of 21 gunshots. […]
Continue ReadingThe five humanitarian workers who were recently abducted along Monguno area of Borno state, have been assassinated by Boko Haram insurgents. The terrorists had demanded a $500,000 dollars ransom for the abducted aid workers. The humanitarian workers and staff of State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Action Against Hunger, Rich International, International Rescue Committee and a private […]
Continue ReadingSudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir, who was overthrown last year by the military in the face of mass protests against his rule, has gone on trial in the capital over his role in a coup that brought him to power more than 30 years ago. Al-Bashir, who has been jailed in Khartoum since his removal, […]
Continue ReadingA promising young Nigerian has allegedly committed suicide after being accused of rape by a Twitter influencer who refused to provide further details. #JusticeForIzu is currently trending on Twitter after a user named Legend Izu Madubueze took his life when a Twitter influencer named Nanichi Anese published his name and other names as men accused […]
Continue ReadingMembers of Nigerian House of Representatives led by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila have given the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, 48 hours to release the names of the National Assembly members who have been awarded contracts by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Akpabio at the investigative hearing of the House on Monday, […]
Continue ReadingOne of President Muhammadu Buhari’s closest associates, Ismaila Isa Funtua, is dead. He died in Abuja on Monday, July 20 evening after suffering a heart attack. He was 78. Until his death, he was the life patron of Newspaper’s Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and Chairman of Bulet International Construction company. He was the founding […]
Continue ReadingLife will continue to be a misery as friends of a Nigerian medical doctor, Urenna Samuel Iroegbu, have taken to social media to mourn her following her death two days after she passed out from the mandatory National Youth Service Corps. Promise passed out from the scheme on Thursday, July 16, and died on Saturday, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, has said that the biggest beneficiaries of Niger Delta Development Commission contracts were National Assembly members. He made the disclosure while answering questions at the ongoing probe of the activities and financial spending of the commission by the House of Representatives committee. “Most of the contracts […]
Continue ReadingActing Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, slumped on Monday during an investigative hearing at the National Assembly. Pondei slumped where he was seated as members of the House Committee on NDDC grilled him. The committee had questioned him for about 45 minutes before he passed out. He has […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has recused himself from the ongoing investigation of the commission. Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Managing Director of the NDDC had led the Interim Management Committee of the commission, last week, to request that Tunji-Ojo should not preside over the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Air Force (NAF) has unveiled the identity of the secondary school classmate who knocked down Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot. Ibikunle Daramola, air force spokesman gave the name of the man as Nehemiah Adejoh and also disclosed that he and two other civilians were at the Nigerian Air Force base in Kaduna to visit […]
Continue ReadingThe giant social medium, Twitter, said hackers “manipulated” some of its employees to access 130 accounts in a high-profile attack on the social media company, including those of Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. Posts trying to dupe people into sending the hackers Bitcoin were tweeted by the official accounts of […]
Continue ReadingA not-for-profit organisation in Nigeria, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to set up a presidential investigative panel to probe corruption allegations in the Niger Delta Development Commission. The organisation also urged the President to suspend the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and all those involved in […]
Continue ReadingCorpses of three kidnap victims have again been exhumed in Rivers state, this time, from a forest in Bera, Gokana Local Government Area (LGA) where suspected killers led the police. Following months of detailed investigation, two suspected cultists, Barididum Danaa, a.k.a ‘kill and bury’ and his accomplice, Prophet Nkpe, both members of the dreaded Degbam […]
Continue ReadingSuspected Nigerian fraudster, Ramoni Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi has been transferred from Chicago to California, weeks after hiring top Chicago lawyer, Gal Pissetzky of the Pissetzky & Berliner law firm as his attorney. US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indited Hushpuppi of funding his extravagant lifestyle from “hundreds of millions of dollars” from business email compromise frauds and other scams. […]
Continue ReadingArchitect Amos Olatunde Ojo has been appointed as the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA) by the National Assembly Commission (NASC). Prior to his recent appointment, Amos Ojo was the Secretary, Procurement, Estate and Works (SPEW) in the National Assembly. Executive Chairman of the NASC, Engr. Ahmed Kadi Amshi who announced his appointment in a statement released […]
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