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…
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani bandits have abducted a 30-year-old Mohammed Jubril, a resident of Ago Igbira, a settlement under Ila, Osun State. Speaking on the incident, a resident who pleaded anonymity said, 30-year-old Jubril was abducted and whisked away to an unknown location by 8 fully armed men in the early hours of Wednesday….
••• warns public, students to desist from act of jungle justice Two persons has been arrested by Osun State Police Command in connection with the death of a 500l Civil engineering student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Okoli Ahize Chizoputam, who died on Tuesday. Okoli was beaten to death by mob on campus after he…
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 students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife on Wednesday protested the death of a 500-level Civil Engineering student of the institution who was lynched late on Monday. A report said “Vehicular Movement Restricted as Students Protest Colleague’s Death. The protesting students who made their way to the Students’ Union building on Wednesday morning as gathered…
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…
An agent of LAPO Microfinance Bank, Eichioya Osaretin Gideon, has been dragged before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Akure, over alleged fraud. Gideon, was alleged to have fraudulently converted the sum of N63,000 into his own use, being the property of Lapo Micro Finance Limited, entrusted into the care of one Aghaferokhan Constance. The police…
A 41-year-old tailor, Tajudeen Olajide, has been sentenced to three-year imprisonment by an Ondo Magistrate Court, for punching the eye of one Olamiposi Oluwatobi, with a key Tajudeen was found guilty of the one count charge of assault preferred against him. He however pleaded not guilty to the charge. Police Prosecutor, Suliaman Abdulateef, said that…
