Blessing Adeleke, a Nigerian national, has been jailed in the USA. Adeleke was sentenced to more than three years in prison by a U.S. District Judge, James Gwin. The 31-year-old was found guilty of conspiracy to obtain stolen financial information, fraudulent purchases of retail goods and gift cards and stealing funds from bank accounts in…
GIOTV reports that the Nigerian Governor’s Forum (NGF) has set up a six-member committee to engage the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address anomalies in the country’s monetary management and financial system. The forum disclosed this in a communique issued on Saturday at the end of its virtual meeting held with the CBN Governor,…
According to a report by GIOTV, some unknown gunmen have struck a community in Ebonyi. The gunmen, on Friday struck in a community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and killed two persons suspected to be members of the All Progressive Congress, APC in the State. It was gathered that the incident took…
The PM was fined on Friday by the British police for not wearing a seatbelt in the back of a moving car while on a trip to northern England. Sunak, who recorded an Instagram video on Thursday, was seen turning in his seat to talk to the camera without a seatbelt on, a video that…
Aishat Zakaria, an Ibadan-based building materials dealer, has made some claims against her husband. She accused her husband, Taofeek, of forcing her to observe marathon fasting when she was pregnant. According to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday, Zakaria, who was seeking dissolution of her marriage, told a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in…
A 40-foot fully loaded container has fallen in Anambra State, causing mayhem. The container was reported to have fallen on and crushed a woman on Thursday evening at Upper Iweka, by Obodoukwu junction of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, Anambra State. The trailer which was carrying auto spare parts was said to be heading towards the Main…
The Russian government has warned of an escalation in Ukraine if the transatlantic military alliance gives Ukraine more weapons capable of striking Russia. The US-led NATO has spent billions of dollars arming Ukraine since Russia invaded their neighboring country on February 24. “Potentially, this is extremely dangerous, it will mean bringing the conflict to a…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of some pupils of LGEA Primary School, Alwaza, Alwaza community, Doma local government area of the state in the early hours of Friday. DSP Rahman Nansel, the state Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the incident, said already, a joint team of Police, military, and vigilante…
The story has been told of a Nigerian man, Frank Mekwunye, who spent years in prison. In 2013, 32-years-old Frank Mekwunye, a native of Utor Okpo in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State was returning from Benin to Lagos in the company of two friends, Chinonso and Emmanuel when the bus they boarded…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has issued a warning to Jigawa residents. The bank said there is no going back on the 31 January deadline to stop using old bank notes in the country. CBN Dutse branch controller, Jigawa State Hajiya Sa’adatu Ibrahim stated this when she visited Dutse Central market while sensitizing traders….