The Economic and Financial Crime Commission(EFCC) has allegedly arrested the former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha. Rochas Okorocha was said to have been arrested at his Unity House private office around 4pm on Tuesday, April 13th, Premium Times reports. It was reported that the senator was arrested after a five-hour standoff with EFCC personnels…
Ex-President of Nigeria. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that the reason behind the annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election which was supposedly won by late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola was “bad belle”. The election held on June 12, 1993 was annulled under the regime of General Ibrahim Babaginda. Obasanjo made this revelation shortly after…
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip has died at the age of 99. He was the husband of Queen Elizabeth for 73 years. This heartbreaking news was confirmed by the Royal family through an official statement released on it’s official statement on April 9, 2021. The Duke of Edinburgh, was admitted in the hospital for…
The official driver of President Muhammadu Buhari, Chief Warrant Officer Sa’idu Afaka, is dead. The late Afaka died at the clinic of the State House, Abuja on Tuesday, April 6 after an extended illness. A statement published by the presidential aid, Garba Shehu, declares that President Buhari extends sincere condolences to the family of the…
There were strong indications last night that some commercial banks may have yanked off their USSD, airtime purchase, and other online services from MTN network because of the disagreement between the financial institutions and the telecommunication company on the amount to be charged. THISDAY gathered that the bank Chief Executive Officers had at a recent…
According to SaharaReporters, the numerous inhabitants of Kubwa, Giri, Zuba and Durumi territories in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are right now enduring water shortage. They are experiencing difficulty getting water supply and are being compelled to manage with grimy water sources. SaharaReporters saw that while a couple of inhabitants swarm around wells in the…
The global media company and American business magazine, Forbes has frowned at reports that American rapper, Kanye West is that the richest African-American . Newsmen report that Forbes focuses majorly on listing and ranking in areas like business, investment, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and marketing. The magazine took to its official Twitter account @forbes on Friday….
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has ranked Nigeria 16th among the countries most stricken by internet crime within the world in 2020. The IC3 since its establishment in 2000 has received a total of 5,679,259 complaints and a mean of 440, 000 complaints per annum. it has recorded a total of 2,211,396 within…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that all Nigerians will now pay a charge of N6.98 for every Unstructured Supplementary Service (USSD) code generated for mobile banking transactions. The collection of the new charge will commence from today, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. This directive from CBN was contained in a statement, which read that…
Following the increasing insecurity, banditry, violent riots and kidnappings in Nigeria, the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has given orders to security agents that anyone found with an AK-47 machine gun illegally in the country must be shot by the military. The president gave this directive on Thursday, March 11, at…
The federal government of Nigeria has announced on Thursday, March 11 that the new price for petrol for the month of March is N212. This news was delivered by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency( PPPRA) on, Thursday, March 11. The Agency stated that the new retail price of petrol now stands between N209.6 1…
No fewer than six persons travelling from Wukari to Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State have been abducted by suspected bandits in the early hours of Tuesday. The acting Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Leha Reform, confirmed the incident via a telephone interview. According to him, the incident took place at Chanchanji,…
Men of the Ondo State Security Network , Amotekun Corps have arrested two men caught having sex. The duo, Seyi Balogun aka Amunidara, 42, and Tosin Arifalo,18, were arrested at Kajola in Ijoka area of Akure. Speaking to newsmen, Balogun, a native of Isua Akoko, claimed that it was Tosin that lured him into the…
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission on Tuesday, March 2nd, placed a ban on further congratulary messages for it’s newly appointed chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa. The agency said that the increasing number of congratulary messages for it’s newly appointed chairman are gradually turning into a distraction and a ban had to be placed to stop it….
The Department of State Security (DSS) has denied any attempts by its operatives to arrest Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemo, a Yoruba activist. Speaking of behalf of DSS, public relations officer, Paul Affunanya described the news as ‘misinformation and fake’. In a statement released on Friday, February 26th, Afunanya told Nigerians to disregard the news of any…
Controversial Yoruba Activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has warned the federal government of Nigeria to end further attempts to arrest him. The Yoruba activist also advices the federal government to go after the leader of notorious terrorist group, Abubakar Shekaur. Sunday Igboho made this statement on Friday, February 26th, after a foiled attempt by…
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has demanded an independent medical evaluation of President Buhari’s physical and mental capacity to govern Nigeria. The Former Minister made the demand while reacting to the abduction of 317 students from the Government Girls Secondary School GSSS Jangena, Zamfara state. Her tweets read, “Yesterday I woke to the news…
US president Joe Biden on Wednesday, February 24, revoked Donald Trump’s suspension of many green card applicants from entering the United States. The now revoked order (Proclamation 10014) had suspended the entry of certain immigrants and non-immigrants into the U.S. since late April 2020 on grounds of protecting the U.S. labour market in the wake…
Some Fulani herdsmen have demanded for N495b compensation over lives and propertieslost during the #EndSARS and Shasha crisis. The herdsmen who stressed that they have the right to live and do business anywhere in Nigeria as enshrined in the constitution, claimed that they have sent in photo and video ”evidence of herdsmen killed” during both crisis to Nigerian and…
The US government through FBI has found traces that link Ramon Olorunwa Abass, popularly known as Hushpupi to a bank theft organised by North Koreans. According to reports, the hackers are said to be the biggest in the world. This information was delivered by the Justice Department through a statement read on Saturday, February 20….
