The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 43-year-old Amos Olugbenga Olaniyan for allegedly defrauding people of over N128,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Million Naira) in a fraudulent investment scheme. The petitioners alleged that Amos, through his company, persuaded them to invest in a network scheme that offered a…
The Lagos State government has just announced their plans to ease up the ongoing curfew in the state from Saturday morning. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement today Friday in a press conference at the Lagos House in Marina. “We have decided that we are going to be easing the curfew from tomorrow (Saturday) morning;…
A prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said the students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents, and not bandits. Speaking yesterday on a live TV programe, Gumi said Boko Haram insurgents were beginning to infiltrate bandit herders. “Now, we have two groups of bandits. We have the ordinary Fulani ethnic…
The youths in Ogbomosho on Sunday have overturned the King’s palace bringing in dead bodies that were allegedly shot by the Nigerian Police. The king had to run for safety, as it’s forbidden for Kings to see a dead body, even from his direct family. This protest happened in an attempt to question and criticized…
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has said that his team will miss Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, ahead of Nigeria’s second leg Group L matchday four 2022 AFCON qualifier tie against Sierra Leone in Freetown on Tuesday. Rohr also said that the player that will replace Osimhen in the team would fight until the end of…
Two sisters identified as Maryam Muhammad Jallo and Rukaiya Muhammad Jallo were on November 24, handed a 10-year jail sentence for diverting medical funds donated by Nigerians. The blood sisters were prosecuted on an amended one-count charge by the Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They were placed on trial…
Nigerian Breweries Plc has declared revenue of N337.01 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2020. The revenue represented an increase of 4.3 per cent compared with N323 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2019. The company disclosed this in its audited financial statement to newsmen signed by its Legal Director/Secretary, Mr Uaboi…
The Nigeria National Identity Management Commission has said that Nigerians would be charged up to N15, 000 to update as well as to correct their details in the National Identity Number. The NIMC Regional Coordinator in Alausa, Lagos, Funmi Opensanwo, who was featured on Channels Television programme Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, said that the amount…
Nigeria woke up to another gut-punch this Monday morning. Gunmen stormed an orphanage school in Kogi State Sunday night, snatched 23 children and the wife of the school proprietor — and vanished into the darkness. Let that sink in. Twenty-three children. In a school. Gone. What Happened — And Where? The attack went down late…
The Nigerian Government says the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr Nnamdi Kanu, orchestrated the killing of 60 persons across the South East and South-South Zones within four months. It also said 55 property got destroyed in the violent attacks in the Zones. The Nigerian Government stated this in a letter to western diplomats. The letter dated…
