Former police captain Eric Adams cruised to victory to become the next mayor of New York as voters across the United States picked new city leaders from candidates defined mainly by their stances on police and crime. Adams, who will become the second Black mayor of the nation’s largest city, …
Read More »Ajetunmobi’s N22b scam: Court threatens to jail bank executives
A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Osborne area in Ikoyi has threatened to jail executives of banks who fail to disclose the amount to the credit of Imagine Global Holding Company Limited, Imagine Global Solutions Limited and the Nigerian couple, Bamise and Elizabeth Ajetunmobi. The two firms and …
Read More »Why we are still detaining Obi Cubana — EFCC
The interrogation of socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cabana, entered the third day on Wednesday, without any hint of when he would perfect his bail and leave the anti-graft agency in Abuja. An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission official confirmed to Vanguard that the businessman was still being …
Read More »2023 presidency: Northern elders make a U-turn, to work with other regions
Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed The Northern Elders Forum on Wednesday made a U-turn on its earlier position on northern presidency in 2023 with a promise that the North would work with other ethnic groups in Nigeria to produce a competent leader that would restore confidence in the system. The organisation …
Read More »UNIABUJA abduction: NBA calls for increased security surveillance
University of Abuja main gate The Vice Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Gwagwalada Branch, Abuja, Ebosetale Aigbefoh, has called for increased security surveillance in the Federal Capital Territory to help address security challenges. Aigbefoh made the call on Thursday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gwagwalada, to …
Read More »Abductors of UNIABUJA lecturers, family members demand N300m ransom
Gunmen who kidnapped six persons from the University of Abuja Staff Quarters on Tuesday have demanded N300 million ransom. It was gathered that the gunmen contacted the mother of one of the kidnapped boys and asked for N50 million each for the abductees. A source in the university said that …
Read More »UBA’s Abiodun Coker buries grandmum in Lagos
R-Ll: Mrs. Bosede Coker, Mother of Abiodun Coker; Christopher Tokunbo Peters; Francis Tokunbo and Abiodun Coker at the burial ceremony in Lagos, recently. Share on FacebookShare On WhatsappShare On Twitter Eminent personalities from all walks of life, on Friday 22nd October, 2021, converged in Lagos, for the burial ceremony of …
Read More »Death toll from Ikoyi collapsed building rises to 36
Rescue operations at the site of the 21-storey building collapse. PHOTO: Sylvester Okoruwa The death toll from the 21-storey building that collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday has risen from 22 to 36. Out of the 36 deaths recorded so far, three are females while the remaining 33 are males. …
Read More »IG: Heavy Security Deployment in Anambra not to Intimidate, but Reassure Voters
Reels out election guidelines David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr Usman Alkali Baba, has said that the heavy deployment of security to Anambra for Saturday’s election is not meant to intimidate voters, but to reassure them. Baba, who was speaking to stakeholders in the state …
Read More »I had disowned him long ago – Slain Boko Haram leader, Shekau’s mother
Slain Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau’s mother, Falmata/SOURCE: DailyTrust Falmata Abubakar, mother of the slain Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, says she had disowned her son long ago. Falmata, who said this in an interview with Daily Trust TV, maintained that whether dead or alive, there is nothing between her …
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