An organ harvesting victim has testified against former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. He had claimed that the lawmaker tried to harvest his kidney in the United Kingdom. Speaking before a British court on Tuesday, the victim said he begged police officers to “save my life”. Punch reported that the 21-year-old from Lagos, who…
A cameraman with Trust TV, Taiwo Yishau was on Tuesday beaten at the venue of the All Progressives Congress, APC, grand finale rally for Bola Tinubu. He was attacked at one of the gates of Teslim Balogun Stadium despite displaying the press tag issued by the party. Yishau said he was stopped from gaining access…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has debunked a press release alleged to be from the bank, shared on the Instagram account of the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari. In the release shared on Aisha’s page on Tuesday, it was purported that the old N500 and N1000 naira notes should remain legal tender till…
The remains of eight students of Madonna University, Elele, Rivers State, who died in an auto crash on their way to Taraba State from Port Harcourt, have been laid to rest. of The incident happened on Saturday, February 18, at the TTC/Special Science School junction, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State while the students were traveling home…
Aisha Buhari, wife of the Nigerian President has shared a fake news on Tuesday claiming that the Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered the recirculation of the old N500, N1000 Naira notes until May 10. The circular reads: “Due to the current and unpleasant situation happening in Nigeria, in line with Mr, President, after having…
The Lagos State Police Command has said the autopsy to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a pupil of Chrisland International School, Whitney Adeniran, has been done. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development to our correspondent on Monday, however, said the result of the autopsy was yet…
Femi Falana, the foremost right activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has sent out a message to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. He wrote the CBN demanding details of the new naira notes disbursed to commercial banks nationwide. Falana also demanded that the CBN provide the list of customers who have withdrawn more than…
The National Orientation Agency has made a new revelation. The NOA revealed that from the feedback received from its field officers who related with citizens nationwide, a large number of Nigerians have a wrong perception of the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. This was as the agency noted that there was…
A Pharmacist identified as Pharaoh, via his Twitter handle on Monday lamented about the poor condition of the N200 old notes he received from a bank. He claimed that the N200 notes he received from the bank were so dirty and smelled bad that he had to wash his hands. He said, “ See how…
Unknown gunmen attacked the Awada Police Station in Idemilli North LGA of Anambra State using Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and automatic firearms in the early hours of today February 20. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, says operatives attached to the state police command engaged the assailants…