A 22-year-old lady, who was deceived with a job employment in Lagos, has escaped from a human traffickers den in Kano, while at the verge of being trafficked to Libya. The suspected human trafficker was alleged to be a family friend whom the lady’s parents entrusted her to. This discovery followed the arrest of the…
The management of the University of Benin has approved the indefinite suspension of the university’s Student Union Government. In a statement on Monday by the university’s Registrar, Ademola Bobola, the institution said the suspension was in connection with the attack on the Edo State Labour Party’s candidate, Olumide Akpata, by some students believed to be…
A Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja, on Monday, restrained South African owned Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of Dstv and GOtv from increasing their tariffs and cost of products and services scheduled to begin on May 1. The three-member tribunal, presided over by Saratu Shafii, gave the interim order following an ex-parte…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced two notorious drug kingpins: Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince, to life imprisonment for cocaine trafficking. Director, Media and Advocacy of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who announced this in a statement on Sunday, April 28, 2024, said the sentences bring an…
A yet-to-be-identified lady has reportedly died in Anambra State after allegedly smoking Colorado, a psychotropic drug, popularly known as “Colos” — the eponym for the popular slang “On Colos”. The incident reportedly happened over the weekend in Awka, the State capital, where the lady was said to have repeatedly smoked the psychotropic and acted in…
Nigeria is poised to produce 4,000 tonnes of lithium per day, Vice-President Kashim Shettima said on Monday in Abuja. Declaring open a two-day roundtable on sustainable development of Nigeria’s mining sector, Mr Shettima said President Bola Tinubu would soon inaugurate Nigeria`s largest lithium factory capable of processing 4,000 metric tonnes of lithium per day. He…
Recreational spaces designed for men to relax and relieve physical tension located within Control Post, Owerri, Imo State known as Dis &Dat Hotels were on Monday 29th April,2024 witnessed rowdy session as Owerri Capital Development Authority,OCDA Taskforce raided the hospitality industries. Eye witnesses stated that the OCDA Taskforce who came with men of Nigeria Police…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a directive to four fintech companies, instructing them to halt the onboarding of new customers pending further notice. The affected fintechs—OPay, Palmpay, Kuda Bank, and Moniepoint—have been linked to allegations of accounts being used for illicit foreign exchange transactions. The directive came two days after the EFCC…
Former Governor of Anambra State and flag bearer of the Labour Party LP, in the 2023 Nigeria Presidential Election, Mr. Peter Obi has stepped out to celebrate with Christ the King College, Onitsha on their pyrrhic victory in the World Affairs Challenge 2024 (WAC). Mr. Peter Obi yesterday, paid a courtesy call to the students…
A man in his mid-30s, popularly identified as Baale or Radical, has reportedly committed suicide after he was issued a quit notice from his apartment for not being able to pay his annual rent of N35,000 increased to N60,000. It was gathered that Baale, who lived in a room on Moshalashi Road, Egan, in the…
