The federal government is reportedly still owing foreign airlines about $29 million despite the recent report of the Central Bank of Nigeria clearing all outstanding foreign exchange backlog. However, this is contrary to reports that the monies owed by the federal government is $700 million. According to Nigerian Tribune,...
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 17-year-old secondary school student, simply identified as Wumi, for allegedly st@bbing her foster mother, Mrs Funmilayo Adelayi, to d£ath. It was gathered that the incident occurred at their residence in Oda, Akure last Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Confirming the incident, the...
Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have arrested a 28-year-old man, identified as Pascal Akuh, for allegedly faking his own kidnap. Akuh was among the suspects paraded at the command’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, March 20, by the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh. According to...
Kanywood actress Amal Umar has been accused of offering a N250,000 bribe to a police officer who’s investigating her boyfriend, identified as Ramadan Inuwa, over alleged financial misappropriation to the tune of N40 million. The actress has been arraigned before Magistrate Court No. 24 in Gyadi-Gyadi area of Kano...
An autopsy conducted on the remains of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as Mohbad, would be ready in the next three or four weeks. Dr Richard Somiari, Director of Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre disclosed this while testifying during a coroner’s inquest into the d£ath of...
Former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Robinho will reportedly serve a nine-year jail sentence for gang r@p£ — imposed on him by an Italian court — in Brazil, judges in Brasilia has ruled. The 40-year-old was found guilty in Italy in 2017 and according to Globo, Brazil’s Superior...
Police operatives in Imo State have arrested three men for allegedly d£filing a 12-year-old girl. The command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, in a statement identified the suspects as: Joseph Onyema, 35, Uzoma Nwanoreze, 30, and Eberechukwu Nwosu, 43. According to Okoye, “Investigation revealed that the suspects had unlawful carnal knowledge...
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a ban on all foreign trips by ministers and other government officials, Premium Times is reporting. Mr Tinubu gave the directive via a letter by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume. In...
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Nigeria under ‘Emilokan’ is sinking into chaos, insecurity, corruption – Obasanjo November 17, 2024
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Nigeria needs 11.6 million toilets and N10 billion annually to end open defecation by 2030 — Minister November 16, 2024
Alleged N1.3 trillion fraud: I know those behind my EFCC probe — Former Delta Gov. Okowa November 16, 2024
U.S. court sentences Nigerian man to 10 years in prison over $20 million fr+ud November 15, 2024
Lagos police reject $100K bribe offer from notorious yahoo boy November 15, 2024
Banks that give hawkers money will be penalized — CBN issues fresh directives November 15, 2024
23-year-old armed r%bbery suspect pilfers police’s phone inside patrol van November 15, 2024
Nigeria’s inflation rate rises to 33.88% in October 2024 November 15, 2024
