POPULAR comedian and activist, Adebowale Adedayo, better known as Mr Macaroni, has called for the release of #EndSARS protesters who are still languishing in detention three years after the mass protests. Mr Macaroni spoke in Lagos on Friday while leading a peace walk to commemorate the third anniversary of the …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the N35,000 wage award for civil servants to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. This was disclosed in a memo issued by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo U. O. Nta. The memo said all …

A Magistrate’s Court in Oshodi has handed down community service sentences to nineteen individuals apprehended for indiscriminate waste dumping.     The proceedings, presided over by Magistrate Ademola Adesanya, saw a total of 24 individuals brought before the court. After careful consideration, 19 were ordered to carry out community service, involving …

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Command, on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Shehu Khalifa before Justice Abdul Dogo of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State. He was jailed after pleading guilty to one – count charge bordering …

THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyode has called on Nigerian youths to shun internet- related fraud and all forms of economic and financial crimes in the country. He made the call on Thursday,  October 19, 2023 when a delegation of students from People’s …

THE Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC,  on Tuesday, October17 and Wednesday October 18, 2023 secured the conviction  and sentencing of  26 internet fraudsters before Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court, Benin City. The convicts are Pius Innocent Joel, Dortimi Obiagullu Abariowei, Okocha …

NIGERIAN Businessman, Philanthropist Tunde Folawiyo, a distinguished Nigerian businessman, has joined the Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS) as a featured speaker. Taking place from November 30 to December 1, 2023, in Dubai, GBIS aims to promote Black excellence while uniting the global Black community. As a speaker, Folawiyo will share …

FORMER Chief of Staff to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari and top diplomat, Professor Ibrahim Gambari has revealed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo almost became the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) in 1991. Speaking at the public presentation of the biography of the first African UN Secretary-General, the late Boutros Boutros-Ghali, …

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has revealed its expectation after the Supreme Court released the date to hear the petition by its 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar on the outcome of the presidential election in the country. It would be recalled that the Supreme Court has picked Monday, October 23 to hear the …

Washington, London and Berlin on Thursday advised their citizens to leave Lebanon as border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah intensify over Israel’s war with Hamas. “We recommend that United States citizens in Lebanon make appropriate arrangements to leave the country; commercial options currently remain available,” a statement from the US …