A former Aviation Minister, Sen. Stella Oduah, and others on Friday pleaded not guilty to a N5 billion fraud charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Oduah and eight others were arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, by the EFCC. The News Agency of Nigeria…
A former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, faces a risk of a fresh 10-year jail term over money he is expected to pay following his conviction in a UK court in 2012. The court is set to order the seizure of more than £100 million ($129 million) from the former governor, Channels Television reports….
…As police parades ex-convict, 2 PHCN staff, 17 others for sundry crime A 54-year-old murder suspect, Mr Nkeruewen Etuk, who allegedly beat his girlfriend to death few days ago has revealed that he did that because the lady carelessly burnt his food (rice) and almost set their apartment ablaze. The suspect made the revelation on…
President Bola Tinubu has however promised that his administration will deploy the entire machinery of state power to ensure adequate security of the lives and property of the Nigerian people. He said this on Friday in a speech delivered at the graduation ceremony of the Senior Course 45 of the Command and Staff College in…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and the National Commissioners on Friday met to review the post-2023 general elections review meeting in Abuja. The meeting was held at the Abuja Continental Hotel, Abuja. In attendance were collation and returning officers in the February/March general elections. The collation and returning…
The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has advised female lawmakers in the National Assembly to be teachable and not fight a man who does not see gender when fighting for power. Busola Kukoyi, a media aide to the First Lady, said Mrs Tinubu gave the counsel when female senators and members of the House of Representatives…
The newly sworn-in Commissioner for Environment and sanitation, Hon. Mayowa Adejoorin has disclosed that under his leadership, he is going to mechanize refuse disposal in Osun State. Hon. Adejoorin made this disclosure while featuring on a popular television programme in Osogbo, the state capital. He stated that dredging of waterways are ongoing at Iwo and…
A popular Twitter doctor based in the United Kingdom, Olufunmilayo Ogunsanya has been exonerated by UK’s Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service from rape allegations levelled against him by his former girlfriend, Dr Bolanle Aseyan. Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who is also Olufunmilayo’s lawyer in Nigeria, disclosed this in a post with screenshots of the judgement…
A US based social media influencer, Tierra Young Allen, has been detained in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (The U.A.E.), for over two months after being charged with “the crime” of screaming and is now facing jail time. The issue began in April, after Young, 29, got into an altercation with a car rental company….
Men of the FCT police command have arrested three students of Bingham university in Abuja over the death of a Bolt driver identified as Obasi Okeke. Parading the suspects before Journalists on Thursday, the FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Haruna Garba, said on June 5, the deceased bolt driver was discovered lying in his pool…
