The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested three suspects at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano while attempting to smuggle 1,144 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards out of the country, according to SaharaReporters. The suspects were identified as Abdullahi Usman, Musa Abubakar and Abdulwahid Auwalu. They trio were arrested between November…
A woman identified as Sheila Andayi Okwomi has been arraigned in court for attempting to kill her husband’s alleged sidechick by pouring petroleum substance on her. The woman, identified as Sheila Andayi Okwomi appeared before Milimani Court’s Chief Magistrate Wendy Micheni and denied the offence. “You are charged that on April 8, 2021 at about…
A man has been arrested for for allegedly ”turning two children into yam tubers” on Friday, December 3, in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to report, the man allegedly dropped a certain amount of money on the ground which the children reportedly picked and ”turned into two tubers of yam.” The man told TVC News in…
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has stated that the poverty level would increase if Nigerian breaks up. Osinbajo said this while receiving a delegation of the Muhammadu Buhari Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday December 2. Maintaining that the security challenges in the country would be resolved in due course…
Some Nigerian woman have protested at the Ikoyi residence of Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, saying they lost their loved ones at the October 20, 2020 Lekki Tollgate shootings. According to Vanguard, the protest followed claim of various inconsistencies identified by Lagos State Government in the report of of the Judicial Panel of…
Online Comedian, Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola, has been freed from detention by the NIgerian Navy. Naval spokesperson, Commodore Suleman Dahun, confirmed the development. Cute Abiola was said to have been missing on Monday, November 15, 2021, when his colleague in the comedy industry, Debo Adedayo aka Mr Macaroni, raised the alarm that he was…
In what will come across as a really startling development, a poultry farm has dragged Hybrid Feeds Limited to court over the sale of poisonous poultry feeds in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Daily Post reports that the farm, Redi Foods had last year bought alleged poisoned poultry feeds from Hybrid Feeds. It was, however,…
The trial of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, also known as Baba Ijesha, has been adjourned by an Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos State. Baba Ijesha was charged with alleged defilement. The matter has, however, been adjourned to December 15. According to the defence counsel, Prince Kayode, the court adjourned the case due to a…
The Federal Government has stated that Nigerians are reluctant to report corrupt practices to relevant agencies for prosecution due to fear. Speaking at the public presentation of the report of a survey on five years of whistle-blowing policy in Nigeria carried out by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, Executive Secretary, Presidential Advisory…
The Yobe State Government, through the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has confirmed the death of one person in a bush fire that gutted farmlands in some communities in the Gulani Local Government Area of the state. SEMA, via its verified Facebook page, confirmed its response team carried out an assessment visit to the affected…