Two suspected members of a syndicate who specialize in advertising expensive mobile phones at cheaper prices on a Nigerian online marketplace to lure their buyers to places where they fraudulently dispossess them of their money in exchange for fake mobile phones have been arrested by the police. The suspects, Chukwu – Emeka Ogbona (45) and Olabode Kehinde…
A police officer identified as sergeant Anthony Edoka was killed on Sunday, September 13, following a crash involving his car and another vehicle along Lokoja road, Kogi State. According to an eyewitness, Dansofo Muhammed, the victim was driving when he collided with a Mercedes Benz. The officer, with rosary beads around his neck, died instantly.
Palpable tension has gripped residents of the Odo Ado Area of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital following the killing of a Director in the Ekiti State Local Government Service Commission, Mr. David Jejelowo by some unknown gunmen in the area. GIOTV gathered that the incident occurred at the wee hours of Monday at his residence located…
The Presidency has replied former President Olusegun Obasanjo for accusing Buhari of leaving Nigeria in a failed state. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has been accused of being the country’s ‘Divider-in-Chief on Sunday by the Presidency over a comment he made concerning President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that Obasanjo had on Thursday said Nigeria was slowly becoming…
Femi Falana, the lawyer to a Kano State musician, Sharif Yahaya has dragged Kano State government and the federal government before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia over the case of his client. Sharif was sentenced to death by a Sharia court in Kano for blasphemy against the Prophet,…
The Federal government has hinted that some states that will experience heavy rainfall and possible flooding this year. It has therefore advised state governments to take proactive measures to reduce the effects of heavy rainfalls this seasonfollowing the recent flooding in Kebbi, Bauchi and Jigawa states. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social…
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has explained to the general why they parade suspects on social media before taking them to court. According to the information released via the commission’s Twitter handle, the EFCC only parades suspects after they have been profiled with evidences gotten from investigations. This statement was made after a concerned…
A young man, identified simply as Efe, has reportedly committed suicide in the Okuokoko community, Okpe council area of Delta state. According to witnesses, the deceased, said to be in his 30s, was found dead in his apartment on Sunday morning. He was said to have died after consuming poison. A friend of the deceased,…
Academia and Nollywood actor, Professor Ayobami Akinwale is dead. He reportedly died on Sunday, Sept.13th, 2020, after a brief illness. The deceased who starred in movies like Sango (1997), Ladepo Omo Adanwo (2005), Iranse Aje (2007), and many others, was also a professor in the department of The Performing Arts at the University of Ilorin, Ilorin. Asides…
Arik Air operation has been shut down by Aviation union over alleged failure to pay seven months’ salary arrears of workers and other anti-labor practice. Details shortly…