A Nigerian, Adedayo Akinwunmi Agbayewa has been sentenced to prison by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The 45-year-old resident of College Park in Georgia will spend five years behind bars for an international fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced the convict was ordered to pay $7,784,415 in…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has revealed that he will dialogue with agitators if he wins the elections and becomes president. Speaking on Wednesday when he was interviewed on Arise TV’s ‘Prime Time’, Obi said there is a need to restructure the country but added that constitutional restructuring will take time….
Nigerians have been urged not to panic when they see various Nigerian Airforce aircraft and paratroopers on rehearsal flights in and around Abuja. NAF said the rehearsal is being done ahead of Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Anniversary on October 1st. The Airforce authority, in a statement by Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations & Information, Nigerian…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has given an insight why it increased the Monetary Policy Rate. According to NAN, CBN says its Monetary Policy Committee’s took the decision to control rising inflation. CBN’s Director, Monetary Policy Department, Hassan Mahmoud, said this on Wednesday at a post-MPC briefing tagged: “Unveiling Facts behind the Figures’’. The MPC,…
A 24-hour curfew has been declared by the Edo state government in Obazagbon to Ogheghe areas of Irhirhi-Arogba-Obazagbon-Ogheghe Road. The curfew which would begin from 12:00am Thursday, September 29, 2022 to 12:00am Friday, September 30, 2022, would make way for a security exercise to be carried out by the government in the affected areas. The announcement was…
Unknown gunmen attacked Igangan police station in Ibarapa North Local Government area of Oyo State, killing Divisional Crime Officer, DCO, and a suspect who was in detention. A top senior police officer confirmed that the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, an Inspector, and some suspects were shot during the attack which occurred on Tuesday night, September…
The co-founder of the popular Lagos eatery, Bukka Hut, Laolu Martins has allegedly committed suicide. This was disclosed on Twitter by journalist, Eniola Daniel. ”Founder of Bukka Hut, commits suicide. The founder of Bhukka hospitality limited, Laolu Martins was said to have committed suicide around 3.a.m today in Lekki, Lagos. So sad. A friend of…
A 53 -year old civil servant identified as Oyawoye R. Olajumoke Fafemi has been arraigned by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC, for allegedly defrauding 23 church members seeking employment. Fafemi, a staff of Kwara State Ministry of Finance, was arraigned before Justice Mohammed Sani of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin on…
5 University of Calabar lecturers have died amid the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Recall that on February 14 this year, ASUU announced a one-month warning strike due to the Federal Government’s refusal to meet their demands. Since then, the public universities’ gates have been closed. ASUU and three other university-based…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stated that in the last three months, the Buhari-led government has dealt with the worsening insecurity. Lai Mohammed said the North East is again accessible because of the government’s efforts. The Minister disclosed this in Calabar at a joint press conference with Professor Ben Ayade,…