Police officers in the US have arrested a Florida pastor and his son. The duo were arrested Wednesday. Dec. 14, for allegedly fraudulently obtaining $8.4 million in COVID relief funds and using most of it to purchase of a luxury mansion on Disney World property. Evan Edwards and his son Josh — the respective president…
The newly redesigned naira notes will go into circulation today, December 15. Recall that the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, had in October announced that the apex bank would release re-designed N200, 500 and N1000 naira notes by December 15, 2022. He stated that the old notes will cease to be legal…
President Muhammadu Buhari met with United States President Joe Biden in Washington DC, on Wednesday, December 14. Photos shared by the Presidency show the President in a meeting with Biden and the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the White House on the sidelines of the US-Africa Leader’s Summit. The US-Africa summit, which began…
A Nigerian lady has died two weeks to her wedding. The lady whose wedding was scheduled for 27th of December, 2022 died in a fatal accident. According to reports, Blessing Ebodo, a nurse from Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, lost her life this week in a terrible car accident along Calabar-Ikom Highway…
The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has talked about the importance of the NIN. The NIMC stated that its enrollment, verification, and other identification systems are working optimally. It also noted that the National Identification Number (NIN) has become mandatory to access all government services. It further reassured Nigerians of the provision of top-notch identification…
Gunmen, on Wednesday, invaded the Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo community, in the Ikwo Local Government Area of the state and attacked the popular Nwakpu Market in the area, shot a motorcyclist in the head, and set a vehicle ablaze. A community source, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said the gunmen stormed the market…
A man identified as Atumu Treasure aka Oluwa Benz Richer, has been accused of beating his ex-girlfriend, Peace, for refusing to marry him. GIOTV reported that the couple went their separate ways six months ago in Irri, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State. According to an activist, Israel Joe, who shared the story on…
Human rights activist, Comrade Israel Joe, on Wednesday, December 14, posted a video of a yet-to-be-identified man allegedly beating his aged mother in the Delta community. Joe said he and his friends made sure they dealt with the man thoroughly so that such an does not repeat itself. “Last week, I was returning from school…
A male commercial tricycle operator has been raped by three suspected ‘yahoo plus’ boys in Awka, Anambra state capital. The boys took turns in raping the tricyclist whose services they hired, after luring him into their house at Okpuno, a suburban town in Awka. Anambra police spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga who confirmed the incident which happened on…
Cambridge Dictionary has been called out on social media after it changed the definitions of “man” and “woman” genders. The new definition was adjusted to include people who identify as a gender other than their biological s3x. The definition of woman, which previously was about the s3x a person was born as, according to the…