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Ghanaian man convicted for $3m romance fraud in US

A jury in Kansas City has convicted Henry Asomani of facilitating a wire fraud scheme in which he aided a group of co-conspirators in milking lonely people out of their money using a variety of scams. The United States Attorney’s ...

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Huge blaze tears through building in Manchester (Photos)

A huge fire last night engulfed a building in Manchester, with dozens of firefighters battling the blaze. Eight fire engines and two aerial platforms were seen at the scene near the Manchester Fort shopping park in Cheetham Hill. Images shared ...

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FIRS begins massive crackdown on tax defaulters

  Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is set to begin massive crackdown on tax defaulters nationwide on Wednesday. Wahab Gbadamosi, FIRS spokesman said the body had served a seven-day notice to tax defaulters, with a warning that it would ...

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‘He is old enough to be my father’ – Apostle Suleman cautions Nigerians against insulting President Buhari

The Apostle who once warned Nigerians about insulting the President, insisting he is mostly not their father’s mate, is once again cautioning Nigerians especially the youths from insulting the 77-year old President. In his latest caution on twitter, Apostle said ...

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London street bans petrol, diesel cars

  Petrol and diesel vehicles will be banned from a street in central London in an innovative attempt to reduce pollution, officials have said. Officials said Beech Street, which runs underneath the Brutalist designed Barbican Estate, would become Britain’s first ...

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Atiku spoils Buhari’s birthday accused him of rising national debts

  Atiku Abubakar, the defeated opposition presidential candidate, has penned an article questioning President Muhammadu Buhari over the piling national debts, especially the recent bid to borrow an additional $29.6billion to finance infrastructure. In the article which coincides with Buhari’s ...

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Buhari is truly the president for this moment – Tinubu

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, says President Muhammadu Buhari has done much to place Nigeria on the pathway to a secure future. Tinubu made the assertion in a statement to congratulate the president on ...

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Bandits kill two Customs officers in Kogi

  The Niger/Kogi Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has announced the death of two of its officers in active service. The officers, whose names were given as Assistant Superintendents of Customs, Sunday Ohiremen, and Sunday Omale, were killed by ...

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Gunmen attack students of Plateau state university

  The President of the Students’ Union Government of the Plateau State University, Mr Ezekiel Luka, on Tuesday, confirmed that the school was attacked by gunmen. The SUG president said one of the institution’s female students was raped and valuables ...

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Nigerian man who had spent 45 years in US is shot dead in Lagos (photos)

A Nigerian who had lived for about 45 years in New York, United States and who returned home about a year ago, has been killed reportedly by robbers. The returnee Mutiu Agbosasa, in his 70s, was killed in Ikorodu, west ...

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Naira Marley discloses he charges N20m per show, shows off his fleet of cars after he was accused of stealing a N1.8m Camry car

Naira Marley has said he charges N20m per show. He disclosed he would be having three performances this week for Access Bank and he was paid N60m for the three shows. No discount, nothing!. In another post the singer also ...

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NaetoC’ s wife celebrates him on his birthday

  Rapper, Naetochukwu Chikwe aka NaetoC, is a year older today. His wife, Nicole, took to her Instagram page to celebrate him on his special day. Celebrating her husband of 7 years and father of her three children, Nicole wrote; ...

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‘This Democracy Is Too Slow For My Liking’ – Buhari

  President Muhammadu Buhari has once again longed for the absolute prosecutorial powers he wielded when he led a military junta in Nigeria in the 1980s. As the president clocks 77 on Tuesday, he granted a brief interview to state-run ...

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Gunmen kidnaps two nursing moms, children in Adamawa state

  Suspected kidnappers stormed Ganye, a town in Ganye Local Government Area of Adamawa State and abducted two nursing mothers and three children from the house of one Alhaji Hussain on Tuesday. A member of the family said the gunmen ...

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Orji Uzor Kalu begs Court for bail over illness from prison

  Former Governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu has filed application for bail pending his appeal against his jail sentence. The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos had on December 5, 2019 jailed Kalu for 12 years after finding ...

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