An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 55-year-old man, Benjamin Adegbola, to three years imprisonment for defrauding two families of N2.5 millon while pretending to obtain a land survey plan for them. Adegbola, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, was convicted on a three- count charge of stealing, fraud and obtaining under false…
Chief Bisi Akande has submitted that there is a difference between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He emphasized that the PDP was formed by people with military backgrounds or those who benefited from the military regime and were seeking ways to remain in power when Nigeria transitioned to democratic…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arrested 273 suspects and also seized 6,911.2kg of illicit substances in Kogi State between January and December, 2023. Olusegun described the feat as “very remarkable and steady progress” in the fight against drug abuse and trafficking in Kogi. The Kogi NDLEA Commander, Mr Adeyeye Olusegun, made the disclosure…
Former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has described a former Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, as a pathological liar. He also accused Amosun of disloyalty, saying that he abandoned his leader, Muhammadu Buhari, in the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)….
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has implemented a nationwide questionnaire to enable a better statistics on Naira scarcity in Nigeria. Ekweanaedo News reports that the apex bank, in the survey made available on its X handle, confirms from Nigerians on the availability of the Naira notes in their various locations. In the online Google…
India’s top drug controller has banned an indian made anti-cold drugs combination for use in children below the age of four, after being linked to the death of some infants in the Gambia and Uzbekistan last year. In India, at least 12 children died between 2019 and 2020 allegedly after consuming a similar medication Manufacturers…
Purple is the colour of joy and happiness as leading fintech platform PalmPay teams up with Nigerian pop star Teni to set the tone for holiday-goers to experience this year’s Christmas holiday like never before. The PalmPay Purple Christmas aims to add extra colour to the Christmas celebration by serenading and rewarding Nigerians who are…
The Anambra State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has accused Governor Charles Soludo of being Insensitive to the plight of the people. Speaking via a statement by its State Chairman, Ugochukwu Emeh, the LP alleged that the government diverted palliatives sent to Anambra State to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. LP made…
Anambra State chapter of the Nigerian Red Cross Society has elected a lecturer Prof. Charity Emelie, as its new chairman, she majors in the Law Faculty of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State. Emelie’s election, which took place at the Red Cross office in Amawbia Awka, on Wednesday, saw the exit of the former…
Musa Salihu Iyimoga, a former member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has officially registered with the All Progressives Congress, (APC). The seasoned politician, who represented the Doma North Constituency in the 6th Assembly, declared his allegiance to the APC in a gathering of supporters and officials at his Sabon Gari ward in Doma…
