A Grade I Area Court in Dei-Dei, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 30-year-old woman, Jumoke Cyril, in Suleja Correctional Centre for allegedly defrauding one Alade Nelson and 12 others of N478,000. Cyril of Machiyadna area of Zuba was charged with criminal breach of trust and cheating. The Judge, Saminu Suleiman, gave the…
No fewer than 5,000 youths in Osun State will be trained on entrepreneurship programmes as the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke partners with Fidelity Bank and Uniprenuer to empower them. The Osun Social Investment Focal Person unveiled the state entrepreneurship programme to empower about 5000 youths, especially entrepreneurs, job seekers, among others in the state….
An Ikeja Sexual offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday remanded a clergyman, Daniel Oluwafeyiropo for allegedly raping two of his church members (names withheld). Justice Ramon Oshodi remanded the founder of “I Reign Christian Ministry” in Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions. Oshodi admitted the defendant to N20 million bail…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has suspended its Resident Electoral Commissioner REC in Adamawa state, Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari from office following his illegal declaration of the All Progressives Congress APC Governorship Candidate, Aisha Dahiru Binani as Governor-elect in last weekend’s rerun election. Consequently, the REC has been ordered to stay away from the office…
The Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola said the Nigerian constitution allows the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as well as Nigerian citizens to have a dual citizenship. Fashola stated this during an interview session on Channels TV on Sunday. According to the minister, having dual citizenship would prevent a citizen from becoming Nigerian…
Under a fortnight ago, Chelsea owner Todd Boehly picked up the phone and called Blues great Frank Lampard to come back and try to steady the ship, with the team in shambles. In another world, it might have been Carlo Ancelotti on the line to the American. Instead, Ancelotti returns to Stamford Bridge dug-out strictly…
A 33-year-old woman, Olaide Adekunle, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State police command for allegedly selling off her 18-month-old baby to a yet-to-be-identified buyer at the rate of #600,000. The suspect was arrested following a complain lodged at Sango divisional headquarters by the woman’s husband, Nureni Rasaq, who reported that his wife,…
ALAT by Wema, Africa’s first fully digital bank, is celebrating its sixth anniversary with the launch of “Sounds of ALAT,” a boot camp and creative workshop aimed at supporting young creatives in the entertainment industry in Nigeria. The event, which will run from May 1 to 5 at Wema Bank, Purple Academy, will equip participants…
Divine Ikubor, also known as Rema, a prominent Nigerian artist, had stated that his first N1 million was given to his mother. In an interview with Z100 New York, Rema revealed that when he was 17, he earned his first million naira and handed it all to his mother. He said that at the time,…
•Numbers of passengers stranded due to no vehicular movement Vehicular movements have been totally grounded as the aviation unions blocked all entrances leading to the Murtala Muhammed Airport. The development came as a follow-up to an earlier notice issued by the unions to embark on a two-day warning strike to among others forces the government…
