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A woman who lied about being groomed by a gang of Asian sex traffickers has been jailed for eight and a half years yesterday. Eleanor Williams, 22, published pictures of her injuries and an account of being groomed, trafficked and beaten, on Facebook in May 2020, in a post which was shared more than 100,000 times. Her […]

No fewer than 43 Nigerian nurses in the United States are currently facing criminal charges over certificate forgery. The 43 Nigerians are among the 75 persons being probed by the Texas Board of Nursing for false educational credentials. According to information on the Board’s website about the probe, tagged ‘Operation Nightingale’, the individuals who acquired […]

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old woman, Ifeoma Ossai, for killing her 50-year-old landlord, Monday Oladele, after grabbing his manhood. The police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement on Tuesday that the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Sango Ota divisional headquarters by the deceased brother, Olaleye Taiwo. Oyeyemi […]

No fewer than 12.9 million cyberattacks have been recorded from within and outside the country during the just-concluded Presidential and National Assembly polls. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, disclosed this on Tuesday, saying over 6.9 million attacks were recorded on election day alone. According to Pantami, the attacks were successfully […]

A wedding proposal nearly ended in tragedy after a Kenyan woman swallowed an engagement ring that was placed in her food as a surprise. Accordung to The Nation Kenya, Ms Jessica Hawayu and her family had gathered on Sunday March 12, at her home in Gongoni, Tana River County, for a family party.  Unknown to […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed commercial banks to dispense and receive old naira notes as legal tender across the country. The CBN gave the directive at a Bankers’ Committee meeting held on Sunday, according to a statement by the acting Director, CBN Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, on Monday. This is coming hours after […]

Beatrice Ekweremadu, the wife of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has denied involvement in the search for an organ donor for their ailing daughter, Sonia. Beatrice was last year arrested alongside her husband in the United Kingdom for allegedly trafficking a young man into the country to harvest his kidney. She denied the allegation […]

The United Kingdom government is developing plans to relax immigration procedures that will combat prolonged shortages in the construction industry. According to Business Standard, the easy visa policy will address labour shortages as encouraging Britons to return to work will not be enough to bridge the gaps. The Migration Advisory Committee, which advises the government […]

The Department of State Services, DSS, has said there are plans to cause a total breakdown of law and order in the country. The secret police said the plot was designed for execution after the governorship and state assembly elections. In a statement released on Wednesday by Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesperson, the DSS decried the […]

The reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) will go on, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) held yesterday. It rejected the request by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from tampering with information on the February 25 presidential election stored on […]

The legal tussle between the Labour Party, Peoples Democratic Party and the ruling All Progressives Congress over the outcome of February 25 presidential election has taken a new dimension following report that a combined team of 89 Senior Advocates of Nigeria have been engaged. Sources within the camp of the warring political parties said that […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed governorship and state assemblies elections earlier scheduled for Saturday to March 18. The commission took the decision at its management meeting in Abuja, which was convened on Wednesday after the Court of Appeal gave it the go-ahead to reconfigure   Bimodal Voter Accreditation machines. The meeting, which started at […]