The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested three suspects at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) while attempting to smuggle 1,144 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards out of the country. The suspects are Abdullahi Usman, Musa Abubakar ...
Read More »Man catches his colleague taking intimate online classes at work
A man has shared a photograph of his female colleague takibg ‘intimate online’ classes while at WORK. He shared the photo on twitter, writing; ”Apparently someone is taking Online classes in the Office Face with hand over mouthSmiling face ...
Read More »Wizkid announces US show at Madison Square Garden
Wizkid has announced a US show at Madison Square Garden. The award-winning Nigerian singer, said he will hold a show at Madison Square Garden in New York. The singer made the announcement at the end of his 3-day concert at ...
Read More »Lagos State steps in, shuts down Dowen College indefinitely
Lagos State has shut down Dowen College, Lekki, indefinitely following the death of a student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, after allegedly being bullied by schoolmates. Commissioner for Education Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo announced the closure after a meeting with the School ...
Read More »U.S. nabs Nigerians in $4.1 million bank fraud
Oyekanmi Oworu, age 35, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron and Special Agent ...
Read More »3,170 out of 11,068 Osun teachers passed Government exam
The Osun government says it will soon release the names of 3,170 successful applicants, who scored 50 per cent and above, in the state teachers recruitment examination. Its Commissioner for Education, Folorunso Bamisayemi, disclosed this in a press statement ...
Read More »FG convenes special meeting of all health sector stakeholders over OMICRON
The Federal Ministry of Health has convened a special National Council on Health meeting. The meeting involves all health commissioners across Nigeria’s 36 states and other stakeholders in the health sector to review the gains and lessons learnt from COVID-19 ...
Read More »Ini Edo welcomes daughter through surrogacy, says her dad is just a donor
Nollywood actress, Ini Edo has welcomed a daughter through surrogacy. Ini says she chose that part in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a mother. She says her eggs were used, so the baby girl is biologically hers. She ...
Read More »Kaduna to sack, prosecute 233 teachers over fake certificates
Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board, (KADSUBEB) has said 233 public school teachers will be sacked for presenting fake certificates during a verification exercise conducted earlier this year. At a press conference in Kaduna, Chairman of the Kaduna SUBEB, Tijjani ...
Read More »NUPENG suspends planned strike
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has suspended its planned strike. This followed interventions and engagements with government agencies and institutions, including the NNPC. The union expressed gratitude to NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Mr Mele Kyari ...
Read More »Pastor kidnaps Catholic priest, begs God for forgiveness
The operatives of the Imo state police command have arrested one pastor Izuchukwu Anoloba, 35, and others for kidnapping a Catholic priest, Fidelis Ekemgba. Parading the suspects and others, the state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, said that the suspects ...
Read More »NCoS releases photos of Jos escaped prisoners
Nigerian Correctional Service has published the photographs of 51 of the 252 prisoners who escaped from the Jos Custodial Centre on Sunday, after an assault by gunmen. The photos have been uploaded on the agency’s Facebook account, with a promise ...
Read More »Meghan Markle wins bombshell legal appeal over ‘private’ leaked letter to dad
Meghan Markle has won a legal battle with the publisher of The Mail On Sunday over a letter to her estranged father. The Duchess of Sussex, 40, sued Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over five articles that reproduced parts of a ...
Read More »Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s trial to January 18, 2022
Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday rescheduled the trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from January 19 to 18, 2022. The shift in the ...
Read More »12 Bayelsa female protesters arraigned for allegedly disrupting road project with juju
The Police in Bayelsa have dragged 12 women from Agobiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state to court over “unlawful assembly and use of juju” to block the ongoing construction of the state government-sponsored Yenagoa-Oporoma Road. ...
Read More »Buhari lands in Dubai for Expo 2020 (Photos)
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Dubai. The President is in Dubai for the Expo 2020 holding in the city. Buhari is expected to meet prospective investors as well as the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander ...
Read More »1,137 people test positive for HIV in Sokoto
Sokoto State recorded 1,137 fresh HIV infections between January 2020 and September 2021. Mr Muhammad Garba, the Acting State Coordinator of Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CiSHAN), Sokoto State Chapter, disclosed this at a press conference in commemoration of ...
Read More »R. Kelly, manager sued for trying to ‘intimidate, silence’ sex abuse accusers
R. Kelly’s accusers are suing the disgraced singer and his manager for allegedly trying to intimidate them with tactics that included calling in a shooting threat to a theater premiering a documentary about the singer, new court papers show. Lizette ...
Read More »Cholera killing more Nigerians than Covid-19, NCDC warns
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday disclosed that cholera is killing more Nigerians than covid-19. According to NCDC, Cholera has killed 3,600 Nigerians in 11 months. Director-General, NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed this in an interview on ...
Read More »Dowen College Management speaks on alleged beating of 12-year old boy to death
Following the controversial circumstance that led to the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, the management of the school has refuted claims that the deceased was beaten to death. In a statement made available to Press, Dowen College ...
Read More »Ghanaian actress Akuapem Poloo who shared unclad photos with her son is sent back to jail
A Ghanaian actress Akuapem Poloo who shared unclad photos with her son has been sent back to jail. Akuapem is to serve 90 days jail term as Court dismisses her appeal. An application filed by the actress to challenge her ...
Read More »Doctor fined for amputating wrong leg of patient
An Austrian court has fined a surgeon for amputating the wrong leg of an elderly patient, a spokesperson for the tribunal in the northern city of Linz said on Wednesday. While the 43-year-old defendant said her actions were due to ...
Read More »EFCC cracks 18 suspected illegal Oil Bunkerers in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 18 suspected illegal oil bunkerers. They were arrested on Monday, November 29, in a location within the new Government Reservation Area, G.R.A, Port ...
Read More »Lionel Messi’s dad slam critics of his son’s seventh Ballon d’Or triumph
Lionel Messi’s dad has hit out at the critics of his son’s seventh Ballon d’Or title with a post on Instagram. Messi got his hands on an unprecedented seventh title on Monday night, eclipsing Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski by ...
Read More »‘My band boys a disgrace,’ Wasiu Ayinde fumes
Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde ‘K1 De Ultimate’ on Tuesday berated his band boys “for turning themselves into a nuisance” at a public function, where he was billed to be honoured. The ceremony, held at the events centre of the Olusegun ...
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