Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a suspected fraudster, Olabanji Aluko, for an alleged $17.5m advance fee fraud. Aluko, who claimed to be a driver, was arrested on Wednesday, September 8, 2022, at a popular eatery in Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, where he had arranged a…
The federal government has said the arrest of the publisher of Desert Herald, Tukur Mamu, will not hinder efforts to release the victims of Kaduna train attack. The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingiyadi, said this after the NSC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa,…
The traditional ruler of Isiala Umudi in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State, Joel Nwankwo, has escaped from his abductors. The monarch who was abducted last Friday in front of his office at Tetlow Road in Owerri, the state capital, escaped from Okwu forest in Ikeduru LGA of the state where he was taken to…
Civil servants in Cross River State were again locked out of their offices for arriving late for the second time in two days after being locked out of the Governor’s office on Wednesday. The action was extended to other offices on Thursday, as gates of the Cross River Geographic Information Agency, an agency under the…
The Russian military bombed a reservoir dam in Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown to flood the city, authorities have said. Eight cruise missiles aimed at water equipment hit Kryvyi Rih, a city on the Inhulets River, on Wednesday night, September 14. The dam attacks come after a successful counter-offensive by Ukrainian troops where Ukraine captured…
Olanrewaju James, also known as Baba Ijesha, a Nigerian actor, has pleaded with an Ikeja Special Offenses Court to give him a special bail. On Monday, he submitted the application. In order for the court to grant the convict bail, his attorney questioned whether the defendant had unusual circumstances. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo fixed the date…
Lady Evangelist Grace Akeredolu, the mother of Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has passed on. She died peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of Thursday. She was said to be 90-years-old. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Richard Olatunde, confirmed the passing of the nonagenarian in a statement. “She is survived by…
A grieving family disclosed that they found a snake buried under the tiles in their father’s room which made him ill. The father died after falling sick and the snake was dug out a year after his death. The Twitter user who shared a photo of the snake said the reptile was found in the…
Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, an Islamic cleric with ties to Kaduna, has been ordered to be detained right away by the federal government. The Coalition for Peace in Nigeria (COPIN), a civil society organization, requested that Gumi be detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) due to his suspected relationship with terrorists and bandits….
When the late Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest has been made public by Buckingham Palace. The funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will be held on September 19, according to the palace. GIOTV recall that Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at 96. Many dignitaries, eminent personalities around the world have continued to…