Bandits operating in Niger State carried out a series of attacks this weekend, leading to the deaths of Mukhtar Sabiu, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Paiko, Headquarters of Paikoro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, and four other police officers. The victims were shot dead along Kwakuti village, Minna-Suleja road on Saturday. The Niger…
Moses Omodamwen, a twenty-two-year-old who was a ‘Yahoo Boy’ and drug addict for three years in Benin City, Edo State, has talked about his days of evil. He tells GODFREY GEORGE about his experience before and after his involvement in internet fraud What led you into internet fraud? It all began in 2018. I had…
A 34-year-old self-acclaimed prophet identified as Osinachi Makuo and a 50-year-old mother, have been arrested by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the Imo State Police Command. They were arrested over a case of attempted murder. In a statement issued, the spokesperson of the state police command, ASP Henry Okoye, said that…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied reports claiming that the Governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, said the current challenge in the distribution of the newly redesigned naira banknotes is due to a shortage of printing materials at the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Plc. Some reports in a section of…
Political thugs have attacked supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi in Lagos State. It was reported that the development is coming on the heels of Obi/Datti mega rally currently taking place at the Tafawa Belewa Square, TBS, Lagos. A video obtained by our correspondent captured some of Peter Obi’s supporters lamenting how…
The Niger State Government on Saturday revealed that it had filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government of Nigeria over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the Supreme Court. This was disclosed in a statement by the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Justice Nasara Danmallam, in Minna….
Mrs. Chinasa Onah, a Nigerian widow, has cried out over her son, Sunday Onah. She is crying out over her son who was allegedly sent to prison in 2016 without trial and without explanation of his crime by a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ikechukwu Ilo, who was serving at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Nomeh in…
Politicians in Nigeria have been described as selfish, unpatriotic and self-renting. The Academic Staff Union of Universities made this known in a statement signed by the national president of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke. ASUU made the disclosure after Governors rushed to the Supreme Court to get an order over Central Bank of Nigeria’s February…
Kidnappers have killed a 40-year-old cocoa farmer Akinola Akinnibinu in Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State over delayed ransom payment. According to the reports, the kidnappers killed Akinnibinu and applied chemicals to his corpse. The body was discovered on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, four days after the abductors contacted his wife to demand…
The Central Bank Of Nigeria has warned Nigerians that money bouquet is an abuse of the naira notes. They revealed this on Instagram while stating that it is a punishable offence. Most Nigerians present money bouquets to their loved ones to celebrate them but the apex bank has issued a stern warning. See Post Below;