An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court on Friday ordered the remand of a social media influencer, Ghali Isma’il, at the Keffi Correctional Centre for allegedly spreading false information about President Bola Tinubu’s health. Isma’il, 29, was arraigned on a two-count charge…
A Nigerian man, Abiola Quadri, has been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison in the United States for orchestrating a $1.3 million fraud scheme involving stolen identities to claim COVID-19 pandemic unemployment and disability benefits. The 43-year-old, a…
A suspected vandal was electrocuted in Ezillo, Ebonyi State, while attempting to tamper with Tower 34 along the Nkalagu–Abakaliki 132kV transmission line. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed the incident in a statement, disclosing that security operatives informed the…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was briefly detained by immigration officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Thursday morning while trying to board a flight to the United Kingdom According to report, Senator Natasha who represents Kogi Central in…
All 49 people aboard an Antonov An-24 passenger plane that crashed in Russia’s Far East on Thursday were killed, state media reported, citing emergency officials. The Angara Airlines flight lost contact with ground dispatchers around 1 p.m. local time while…
Controversial street-hop singer, Portable (Zazoo Zeh), has revealed that he has filed a petition with the police against activist Verydarkman (VDM) following their heated online feud. The drama started after Verydarkman released a diss track accusing Portable of stealing a…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Prof Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has emerged the brand new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Yilwatda’s emergence has finally laid to rest the intense speculations over who replaces…
A Concerned Ebonyi Indigenous Group in Diaspora (EIGD) led by a United Kingdom based Ebonyi-born Business Mogul, Azubike Daniel popularly known as Zubitech Global has petitioned the Ebonyi State government under the leadership of Francis Nwifuru to rename some streets…
There is increased security presence at the main gate of the National Assembly over plans by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to resume plenary today,July 22. Videos shared online shows increased presence of security personnel, including armed guards, at the entrance of…
The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian presidency has called on the United Kingdom government to send back British Conservative politician, Kemi Badenoch, for what it described as a “proper re-education” over her recent comments on Nigerian citizenship laws. Bayo Onanuga, the…
