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A former Commissioner in Oyo State, Honorable Fatai Abimbola is dead, Newsextra24 Reports. c A source said that Abimbola died in a road accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday. A former Special Assistant (Students Matters) to Ajimobi, Mr. Afeez Mobolaji, confirmed the death of the former Commissioner in a …

According to Newsextra24, the police, yesterday, paraded a nurse, Mrs Ogundimu Monilola, accused of helping a 44-year-old pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Ogo Oluwa parish, Olokuta, Ogun State, Oluwafemi Oyebola, to procure family planning care for his 24-year-old daughter, whom he impregnated three times. Monilola, who claimed to …

Five days after he was unceremoniously removed from office like his predecessors, President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he ordered the suspension of the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Mustafa Magu. This is coming at the time the NFIU office in Aso …

Iran’s Human Rights Organization (IHR) announced on Thursday, July 9, that authorities have executed a prisoner in Mashhad Central Prison for “drinking alcohol.” Citing the prisoner’s attorney, the Norway-based IHR confirmed that the man was hanged early Thursday, without giving his name. Some Iranian activities on social media said his …

Magu ran EFCC like cult – Shehu Sani Senator Shehu Sani who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly has said the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, was running the anti-graft agency like a cult. Sani who is under probe by the …

Ethiopian authorities said on Friday they had arrested two suspects over the killing of a popular political singer, whose death last week sparked protests in which 166 people were killed. The shooting of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, a musician widely revered among his Oromo ethnic group, ignited protests in Addis Ababa and …

Hushpuppi’s lawyer says FBI ‘kidnapped’ Nigerian Instagrammer from Dubai A Nigerian man accused of multimillion-dollar fraud and money laundering by the United States was kidnapped by the FBI from Dubai, his lawyer says. Ramon Olorunwa Abbas – known to his 2.5 million Instagram followers as Ray Hushpuppi – and another …

Newsextra24 reports that the Nsukka Central Neighbourhood Watch alongside the Ede-Oballa Neighbourhood Watch on Thursday arrested one Mr Eze Ejike, popularly known as ESCATO, a suspected notorious assassin who is suspected to be the leader behind the serial killings in Nsukka LG area, Enugu State. Speaking after the arrest, the …

Security officials around the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, have been withdrawn. All vehicles in the official house in Maitama were also driven away, this newspaper understands. Mr Magu was arrested on Monday and has since been facing a presidential investigative panel …

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Friday said it had intensified efforts to curb cases of meter tampering by customers within its operational network. Mr Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate Communications, EKEDC, in a statement issued in Lagos warned that those involved in such nefarious activities would face prosecution. Idemudia …