Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced one Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress, to six months imprisonment for spraying and stepping on the new Naira notes at a social event in Lagos. Her conviction and sentencing was reported by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
The Federal High Court, Enugu, has remanded a lawyer based in Anambra State, Mike Ikegbunam, in the Correctional Centre over an alleged land scam amounting to N77 million. Ikegbunam was retained by the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI) of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi chapter…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has issued a clarification regarding recent revelations made by its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, about a religious sect’s involvement in money laundering activities for terrorism. Contrary to speculations, the EFCC has stated that the religious organization in question is neither a church nor a mosque. During a one-day dialogue…
Ado- Ekiti High Court, has jailed a young man aged 20, Seun Olarewaju to 30 months imprisonment for defiling a child. The convict was arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on June 6, 2022, on a one-count charge of rape. According to the charge, ”Olarewaju, on August 6, 2021, at Ado Ekiti within the jurisdiction of…
Kobbie Mainoo scored a 97th-minute winner as Manchester United beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 at Molineux in a Premier League classic. Mainoo curled his first Premier League goal past Jose Sa, just seconds after Pedro Neto appeared to have snatched a point for Wolves. Wolves pulled themselves level having been 2-0 down at half-time and 3-1…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has made some tactical and operational deployment to Ekiti State following the killing of two monarchs and kidnapping of school pupils and teachers in the state. Disclosing this on Thursday, the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the IGP has deployed Assistant Inspector General of Police…
Issa Sy from Senegal will be the referee at the centre, when Nigeria play Angola in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final on Friday. Sy will work alongside his compatriots Djibril Camara and Nouha Bangoura. Camara and Bangoura are assistant referee 1 and assistant referee 2 respectively, alongside Mauritanian official Abdel Aziz Bouh as…
Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami suffered a heavy 6-0 defeat by Al-Nassr in a friendly in Saudi Arabia. The game had been billed as a clash between Messi and old rival Cristiano Ronaldo but the latter was ruled out for Al-Nassr because of injury. There was nothing Messi could do about the result as he only…
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has urged the German government not to deport about 12,000 illegal migrants into Nigeria, saying such a move will aggravate security challenges in the country. Akpabio made the call on Wednesday when the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Annette Gunther paid him a visit in Abuja. Gunther, in her…
A new study has revealed that the Moon is gradually shrinking, leading to a growing number of landslides that may threaten future astronauts. The study disclosed that the Moon’s core has cooled which made it lose as much as 100m in circumference over the last few hundred million years. Researchers from the University of Maryland,…
