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Nigerian bags six life sentences, 129 years imprisonment for human trafficking in South Africa
Six life sentences and an additional 129 years imprisonment was meted out to a Nigerian national for human trafficking and related charges after he kept three young girls hostage to work as sex slaves.Judge Natvarlil…
How EFCC report quickend Oyo-Ita’s removal by Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari last night (Wednesday) removed the embattled Head of Serive of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, from office and named Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, as her replacement as the Head of Service of…
Couples flogged for public affection
A trio of canoodling couples was publicly flogged in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday, charged with breaking local Islamic law that outlaws public displays of…
Former Berger Paint, RT Briscoe Chairman, Clement Olowokande Dies At 76
A former chairman of Berger Paint and RT Briscoe, who was the largest majority shareholder in Berger Paints, Chief Clement Olowokande is dead. The successful businessman died in the…
Osinbajo presides over National Economic Council
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is currently (Thursday) presiding over the monthly National Economic Council (NEC) at the State House.In a tweet by Mr. Laolu Akande, the spokesperson to Prof. Osinbajo, NEC is the…
BREAKING: Court orders forfeiture of P&ID assets to FG
The Federal High Court has convicted the suspects arraigned on allegations of fraudulent involvement in the 2010 contract between the Nigerian government and an Irish firm, the Process and…
Malawi evacuates its citizens from South Africa
The Malawian Government announced that it had hired two buses to repatriate nationals, who were displaced, following xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa. The buses left…
BREAKING: P&ID directors plead guilty to economic sabotage
The Nigerian government on Thursday arraigned persons it said were representatives of the Process and Industrial Development Company (P&ID) before a Federal High Court in Abuja on…
United States calls attack on Saudi ‘act of war’
Tensions between the United States and Iran ratcheted up Wednesday as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decried the weekend attacks on the Saudi oil industry as an “act of war” and President Trump ordered a…
Army dispel news of planned Boko Haram attack in Maiduguri
The Nigerian Army has assured residents and people living in Maiduguri and environs to disregard rumours and insinuations being peddled in certain quarters of planned attacks by Boko Haram terrorists which is causing…
Six things you should know about the new Head of Service
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday 18th Sept appointed Dr Mrs Folasade Yemi-Esan as the new acting head of service of the federation replacing Oyo-Ita. Since 2012, Yemi Esan…
Gbajabiamila warns against outrageous electricity bills
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has warned electricity distribution companies (Discos) against giving outrageous bills to consumers. Gbajabiamila, who gave…
2023: North under fire over presidency
Prominent Nigerians and groups have lambasted the North for plotting to retain power and produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. On Tuesday, Daily Sun…
6 million metres coming – DisCos
THE 11 DisCos said they would install about six million meters between 2019 and 2022. Fears about whether there are enough testing stations to handle the huge numbers were…
Security vote: Cesspool of corruption or safety net for peace?
“The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government…” – Section 14 (2) (b), 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). How…
Cashless policy: LCCI seeks more time, enlightenment
THE Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has asked for more time for the implementation of the cashless policy. In a statement, its Director- General, Muda Yusuf said…
Is There Anything Wrong? Man Angry With His Girlfriend, For Using His Towel And Toothbrush
A man has unleashed his anger on his girlfriend, for making use of his towel and toothbrush, in his interaction with the said girlfriend, he said he has warned her several…
$9.6b judgment: House summons Malami, Sylva
ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami and Minister of State Petroleum Timipre Sylva have been summoned by the House of Representatives over the…
No Need To Apologize To Nigeria Over Xenophobia – Mayor Of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba
Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba has revealed that he feels that apologizing to Nigeria over the xenopobic attacks was unnecessary. Speaking on CNBC Africa’s Political Capital on Tuesday…
Renounce LGBT or leave Nigeria – Group tells Bobrisky
THE National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) have advised controversial transgender personality, Idris Olarenwaju, aka…
Customers to pay more for PoS transactions
BANK customers are to pay more for Point of Sale (PoS) transactions. This follows a Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive to banks to charge N50 Stamp Duty on individual transactions. The…
Igbo presidency: Ngige, Sagay disagree on zoning
THE Igbo must negotiate with other zones to get their support for the presidency, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said on Wednesday. He said the Igbo…
Sanwo-Olu gives N20K each to 315 returnees from South Africa
Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Wednesday gave N20,000 to each of the second batch of 315 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa. The fresh batch of returnees arrived a week after…
419 Cases, Other Scams in Nigeria Date Back to the 1930s
Financial crimes, notoriously called 419 in Nigeria, have their ancestry in the colonial days, as far back as the 1930s Operatives of the Federal Bureau of…