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THE Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. Mompha, who was arrested on Monday, is currently standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, on an […]

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the country was in the process of being reborn. He made the point at the interdenominational Church Service to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the National Christian Centre, Abuja. According to the Vice President, the battle against insecurity and other criminalities threatening the country’s […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked President Mohammadu Buhari to reconsider his stance on the release of its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The group said Buhari was about making a mistake capable of adversely affecting Nigeria, if he failed to free Kanu. The President had promised a delegation of Igbo elders of […]

In the same week that President Muhammadu Buhari claimed that Nigerians are more secure under his administration than that of his predecessor, at least 218 people were killed by non-state actors across the country. The president in an interview on Channels television insisted that his administration had largely succeeded in tackling the country’s security woes. The president’s […]

General overseer of the Rapture Proclaimer Evangelistic Church (RAPEC) in Ota Ogun state, Evangelist Olufunmilayo Adebayo popularly known as Mummy G.O says most of the viral videos about her are not real and have been edited. Mummy G.O shot into limelight after viral videos and memes of her surfaced on the internet. In the videos, […]

The Intelligence Response Team (IRT), a special police unit fighting kidnapping, has arrested a woman who allegedly supplies women to bandits at Galadimawa forest in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.  Maryam Abubakar, a housewife and resident of Rugar Hanwa in Sabon Gari Local Government, who was arrested on December 21, confessed that she […]

Although influential personalities were at the Bauchi wedding of the daughter of Alhaji Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were the cynosure of eyes. Both men, who are believed to be gunning for the APC presidential ticket for the 2023 election, […]

Nutrition experts have warned Nigerians against consuming poorly preserved yoghurts, especially those stored under the sun, noting that they could cause serious health complications including food poisoning. According to the experts, while yoghurt consumption is often encouraged because of its nutritional benefits, consuming those stored in the sun, as commonly found in local shopping marts and […]

The Lagos State Government says it will seal schools that failed to comply with the stipulated academic calendar in the state. The government said the compilation of the names of schools that failed to comply with the directive of the state’s Ministry of Education that private and public schools should resume on Tuesday, January 4, […]

A lady whose name was simply given as Oluchi has, reportedly, set fire on her ex-boyfriend for abandoning her for another woman. The incident happened within the Obiohia, Ndiegoro axis of the commercial city. It was gathered that the jilted lover committed the crime when she found out that her boyfriend whose name could not be immediately […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), may lose the 2023 presidential election to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or another opposition party if the ruling party does not put its acts together. Mr Buhari stated this in an interview with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Thursday. He spoke against […]

Police authorities in Lagos State on Friday said the 12-year-old student of Dowen College in Lekki, Sylvester Oromoni, died a natural death. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, disclosed this while briefing reporters at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja on the investigations conducted into the death of the boy. He stated that […]

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said President Buhari was persuaded and pressured by Nigerians to run for president. He was reacting to some comments delivered by the President on his plans for the 2023 presidential election. Buhari had, in an interview aired on NTA, on Thursday, said […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the desire to conclude his tenure successfully because “age is telling on me”. Buhari, who clocked 79 on December 17, 2021, said this while reacting to a question during an interview on NTA, on Thursday. “About my age, I see my colleagues, they are now resting, and I assure you […]

The Africa Centre for Disease Control, on Thursday, said Nigeria had experienced a 249 per cent increase in new deaths as a result of COVID-19 just as a tally of epidemiological reports issued by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed that no fewer than 25 persons died in five days. Data from the NCDC […]

President Buhari has said he has given his best to Nigeria. This is as he said he expects his efforts to be acknowledged by Nigerians after he has left office. Buhari who said this during an interview with NTA on Thursday said he plans to take a rest after he leaves office in 17-months time. -Punch

The Federal Government has formally declared bandit groups operating in the country as terrorists. After weeks of footdragging, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), gazetted a court judgement that ordered the government to declare bandits as terrorists. States in the North-West geopolitical zone including Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he is absolutely aware of the suffering and pains Nigerians go through to feed themselves and their families under his administration. The President who stated this during an exclusive interview with Channels Television, however, encouraged the people to see agriculture as an option. “I’m absolutely aware of it (the suffering […]