Category: News
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Hushpuppi’s Lawyers Filed Application of Withdrawal
The ongoing trial of suspected internet fraudster in United States of America , Ramon Abbas popularly known as ‘Hushpuppi’ has suffered a “setback” following the withdrawal of his lawyers from the case. Gal Pissetzky and Vicki Podberesky who filed the application after months of negotiating with the US government, alleged that Hushpuppi stopped communicating with…
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Nigerian Secondary School Student Shines At International Essay Competition
The world has been shown the brilliance of Nigerian students yet again, as Oluwatoni Adesanya, a secondary school student of Greensprings School, Lagos has won the second prize in this year’s Kemper Human Rights Education Foundation (KHREF)’s essay competition. This international competition received about 100 essays from 17 countries. But Miss Oluwatoni’s essay titled Human…
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Alleged Fraud: Court Admits More Evidence In Naira Marley’s Trial
The trial of music artiste, Azeez Fashola who is popularly known as Naira Marley, on an 11-count charge of conspiracy, possession of counterfeit cards, and fraud, continued today with the court admitting more evidence. Trial judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, Lagos admitted a C.D containing the phone analysis of the embattled…
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FG Reveals Processes For Conditional Cash Transfer
The Federal Government says there is no form of corruption and inefficiency in the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programme under the National Social Investment Programme. Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja said any contrary story against the programme was false. Farouq…
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How Tinubu Gave Me N2 Million To Fuel My Car, Sunday Igboho
Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho on Tuesday Shared his encounter with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at Bourdillon and how he got N2 million for fuel. Igboho in a live chat with Dele Momodu on Instagram said he once with Tinubu during…
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Meet the newly appointed service Chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed new Service Chiefs following the resignation of the former officers. Major-General Leo Irabor replaced General Abayomi Olonisakin as Chief of Defence Staff; Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao replaced Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff; Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo replaced Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas…
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Online Class: UNILAG speaks on technical glitches experienced by students
The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has advised its teeming students on what to do to ensure a seamless experience on the online learning platform designed by the ICT Unit of the institution following technical glitches experienced in day one. This followed the observation that many students found it hard to connect with…
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Buhari Sacks Service Chiefs, Announces Replacement
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina in Abuja Tuesday. According to the statement: “Those involved are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi…
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Burnt Properties Worth Noting Less Than N50 Million, Sunday Igboho
Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has said that what was destroyed at his old house set ablaze by arsonists cannot be worth anything less than N50 million. Igboho’s old house in Soka was set ablaze by unidentified men in the early hours of Tuesday just hours after a meeting between…
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Oyo Fire Service Reacts To Fire Incident At Sunday Igboho’s House
The Oyo Fire Service has reacted to the fire incident at one of the residences of Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, in Soka area of Ibadan on Tuesday. It was reported how sources close to the activist said his Ibadan home started burning around 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday. The cause of the fire is unknown…