The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed 25,225 personnel, 580 patrol vehicles, and 90 ambulances ahead of the 2022 Easter celebrations. According to Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, the deployment of 25,224 Corps Operatives (Regular and Special Marshals) is to ensure free flow of traffic, …
Read More »BREAKING: INEC Removes Over 38 Million Nigerians From Voters Register Ahead Of 2023 Election
At least 38 million Nigerians may not be able to participate in the 2023 General Elections following fresh revelations by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, revealed at a press conference on Wednesday that about 45% of registered voters have invalid registrations and would not be …
Read More »Kanu sues FG, insists on wearing Igbo attire to court for trial
Nnamdi Kanu Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, lodged fresh suit before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, arguing that preventing him from wearing his native Igbo attire, Isi-Agu, for his ongoing trial, would amount to an infringement on his fundamental …
Read More »JUST IN: S’Court affirms six-year jail term for ex-pension director, John Yusuf over N22.9bn fraud
The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Wednesday, in Abuja, affirmed the six years imprisonment imposed on a former Federal Director of Pensions (FDP,) Mr John Yakubu Yusuf and also ordered him to refund N22.9b to government covers. The N22.9b huge sum was part of the police pension fund he admitted …
Read More »Osun guber: INEC releases list of candidates
Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for the upcoming governorship election following the close of nominations by political parties. The nation’s electoral umpire further stated that on March 25, 2022, it published the personal particulars and list of candidates (Form EC9) …
Read More »Flutterwave CEO, Olugbenga Agboola accused of fraud, perjury
Olugbenga Agboola An investigative report has accused Olugbenga Agboola, CEO and co-founder of one of Nigeria’s largest tech unicorns, Flutterwave of “insider trading, fraud, and perjury” occurring over a four year period. Agboola has been accused of using Flutterwave to engage in impersonation, insider trading and inappropriate behaviours in the …
Read More »Nigeria Losing Billions Of Dollars To Poorly Structured Contracts, Says ICPC Chairman
Bolaji Awosanoye, ICPC Chairman The Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye, has said that Nigeria is losing billions of dollars to poorly structed contract agreements. He said this in Abuja during a conversation with the Chairman of the inter-agency committee on stopping illicit …
Read More »Elon Musk Sued By Shareholders For Disclosing Twitter Stake Late
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO Billionaire businessman, Elon Musk, has been sued by former Twitter shareholders over claims that they missed out on the jump in its stock price because he delayed in revealing that he had acquired a 9.2% stake in the microblogging platform. According to Reuters, the shareholders filed …
Read More »Nigeria Needs Me– Tinubu
FILE: Tinubu travels with President Buhari to attend EU–AU meeting in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire in 2017. National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Bola Tinubu, has said Nigeria needs a courageous leader to bring the needed changes that would turn around the economy. Tinubu was speaking at the …
Read More »Police arrest officer for smoking Indian-hemp in public
Babatunde Adebayo, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), attached to the Shogunle divison in Lagos, has been arrested for smoking Indian hemp in public. Adebayo was caught in a photo that went viral on Sunday, puffing on a wrap of cannabis while he was in a gathering. The photo was …
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