Olalekan Jacob Ponle, a known accomplice and ally of Nigerian internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas fondly known as Hushpuppi, has pleaded guilty to fraud charges levelled against him in a US court. Popularly known as Mr Woodberry, he agreed to forfeit $8 million in proceeds of the fraudulent scheme known as business email compromise (BEC). It…
A United States man, Moses Gibson, has undergone surgery to add some inches to his height in an attempt to boost his self-confidence. Gibson, according to a report in the Daily Mail, had suffered from an insecurity about his stature since he was 15 years old and struggled with talking to women due to self-doubt…
A report by the International Organisation for Migration says no fewer than 400 migrants died between January and March 2023 while attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean. The Central Mediterranean route – stretching overseas from North Africa to Italy and, to a lesser degree, Malta – is the world’s most dangerous maritime crossing. IOM, in…
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. has announced a phased corporate name change of its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Sub-Saharan Africa. Mrs Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, said this in a statement in Lagos. The statement said that the name change was implemented to align the subsidiaries with the parent…
The first female democratically elected Deputy Governor in Nigeria, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has raised an alarm that her life is under threat over the election of former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the President-Elect. The former Deputy Governor under Sir Michael Otedola between 1992 to 1993 also declared that she had…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday nullified and set aside the Ward and Local Government congresses purportedly conducted on February 7 by the All Progressives Congress APC in Kogi for the purpose of nominating its governorship candidate for November governorship election. The court voided the two congresses on the grounds that they were…
The All Progressives Congress in Kano State has filed a petition before a Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, challenging Independent National Electoral Commission for declaring Abba Kabir Yusuf of New Nigeria People’s Party winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship poll. In a five-volume petition filed by APC, the petitioner is alleging that Yusuf was…
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has remanded a man, Bitrus Wurawa, for allegedly stabbing one Ezekiel Yohana to death with a jackknife at Kara Market, in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. The defendant was arraigned on April 10, before Magistrate P. E Nwaka on one count of murder. Yahana, 23, was…
The National Population Commission has postponed indefinitely, the training for Enumerators and Supervisors earlier slated for April 13. Dr Ipalibo Harry, Chairman Census Committee told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. Harry assured that the postponement would not affect the conduct of the Population and Housing Census scheduled to hold from May…
● Ordered Closure of Road for Three Weeks Osun state government has ordered for the immediate closure of Ife-Ede Road in view of construction activities at Eleweran area of Ile Ife. In a statement issued on Tuesday, signed by the spokesperson to the governor, Mallam Olawale Rahseed noted that the directive followed the inspection of…
