Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, North West Zonal office, Kano, have arrested a Chinese man with N305,000 in N5 denomination. He was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, en-route Dubai. Addressing newsmen at the anti-graft North West zonal headquarters on Wednesday, the Zonal Head of …
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Qatar offers visa-free entry to 80 nationalities
Qatar, isolated by its neighbours in a diplomatic crisis, announced on Wednesday a visa-free entry programme for 80 nationalities to stimulate air transport and tourism. “The visa exemption scheme will make Qatar the most open country in the region,” tourism department official Hassan al-Ibrahim told a press conference in Doha. …
Read More »PDP will demonstrate its readiness for 2019 on Saturday
Chairman of the PDP Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has said the party will send a very strong message to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and indeed Nigerians on Saturday. The party non-elective convention, slated for Saturday in Abuja is the first in the series …
Read More »Two ICPC Board Members Appointed By Osinbajo Under Investigation For corruption
Two of the 14 members announced to the board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other offenses Commission (ICPC) are being investigated by the anti-corruption agency for alleged corruption in the region of N1billion, the ICIR can authoritatively report. The two proposed members of the board, headed by Bolaji Owasanoye, a …
Read More »Nigerian-born British celebrity broadcaster, Ore Oduba, wins Strictly Come Dancing
Nigerian-born Ore Oduba is a versatile TV presenter who is described as being “comfortable presenting all manner of shows, including the World Athletics Championships on the BBC.” Ore was born in November 1986 to Nigerian parents and was raised with his brother and two sisters in Dorset, United Kingdom. He was privately …
Read More »Ambode presents assistive technologies, mobility aids to 2,000 people with disabilities
Ambode had on May 29, 2016, set up the Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) Empowerment Fund with N500 million for their welfare. Ambode said that the presentation was a clear evidence of a promise kept by his administration to ensure an all-inclusive government in which no individual or group …
Read More »How Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan govts allegedly squandered N11 trillion electricity fund – SERAP
A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has revealed how over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply was allegedly squandered under the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan. According to the report, “The total estimated financial loss to Nigeria …
Read More »Lagos police arrest 7 suspects in new underground kidnappers den
The police in Lagos have arrested seven suspected ritualists following the discovery of an underground kidnappers’ den at Obadeyi in Ijaye area of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, told newsmen at the scene on Tuesday evening that the dungeon was discovered by joint efforts …
Read More »Lassa Fever: LUTH increases surveillance
Activities at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, appeared normal in spite of the two recorded deaths and over 100 people under surveillance for Lassa Fever. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents who visited the hospital report that from the gate, people were seen entering the institution unperturbed. …
Read More »Two suspected kidnappers set ablaze
Obadeyi-Ijaiye end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway was home to a mammoth crowd on Tuesday following the discovery of a suspected kidnappers’ den in the area. Clothes, slippers, bags, among other items, were reportedly found in an uncompleted building at the end of a tunnel in the area. The crowd laid …
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