Archive for year: 2024

Nigerian award-winning rapper, Chibuzor Nelson Azubuike, popularly known as Phyno, has expressed his views on the trend of relocating elderly parents to retirement homes or residential care facilities abroad. Speaking in a recent podcast, the rapper said: “We don’t put our dads in retirement homes in Africa. I know...

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The minister of water resources and sanitation, Joseph Utsev, has said that Nigeria needs 11.6 million additional toilets to meet its open defecation free (ODF) target by 2030. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Friday, Utsev said that to reach the ODF target, Nigeria requires an annual budget of...

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  The immediate past Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, says he knows the people behind his probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC is probing Okowa, who was a two-term governor, over an alleged diversion of the sum of N1.3 trillion. However, speaking at...

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A 33-year-old Nigerian man, Babatunde Francis Ayeni, has been sentenced to 10 years in a U.S. federal prison for his involvement in a large-scale cyber fraud conspiracy. The scheme, which targeted over 400 individuals across the United States, resulted in a collective loss of nearly $20 million. The U.S....

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Patrick Akpoguma, a 28-year-old suspected internet fraudster, offered a $100,000 (approximately ₦174 million) bribe to the Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos in an attempt to secure his release. The suspect is accused of multiple cyber crimes, including romance scams, identity theft, hacking, cryptocurrency fraud, rit+alism, and cultism. While...

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has instructed banks to primarily distribute cash through Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). In a circular to banks on Friday, Solaja Olayemi, the acting director of the CBN’s currency operations department, cautioned banks against handing naira notes to individuals involved in the illegal sale...

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23-year-old Godwin Emmanuel has confessed to st3aling a police officer’s phone from a patrol van while being transported to the Osun State Police Command. He was arrested alongside two others, 28-year-old Olajide Kareem and 33-year-old Mike Emmanuel, for allegedly r%bbing residents along the Ilesa-Osu Expressway in Osun State. Speaking...

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Nigeria’s inflation rate climbed for the second straight month in October, hitting 33.88%—an increase from 32.70% recorded in September 2024. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Friday, November 15, in Abuja. The data bureau said the headline inflation...

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Silvan Wallner, a 22-year-old Swiss midfielder, has announced his retirement from professional football, stating that his decision is driven by his wish to follow Jesus Christ. The defender, who started his career in 2020 with FC Zurich, has accumulated over 100 appearances, playing for two other clubs, Wil and...

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Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested a 28-year-old man, Samuel Ani, for allegedly d3filing and impr3gnating a 14-year-old girl in Sagamu area of the state. The suspect was arrested after the girl’s father filed a complaint at the police station on Wednesday, November 13. The command’s spokesperson, Omolola...

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