A Nigerian-born United States citizen, Oladapo Fadugba, risks 27 years imprisonment over his alleged involvement in a $690,000 wire fraud scheme and making false declarations to obtain US citizenship.   PUNCH Metro learnt this in a statement by the US Attorney for the District of Florida, Gregory Kehoe, obtained on ...

No fewer than 40 coaches have completed a week-long ITF National Level 1 Tennis Coaching Course organised by the Nigeria Tennis Federation in Abuja.   The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the participants drawn from the six geopolitical zones in the country, were presented with their certificates at a ...

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), has reiterated the agency’s call for mandatory drug tests for corps members, describing the initiative as a preventive—not punitive—measure.   Speaking during a courtesy visit by the Director General of the National ...

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has assured Nigerians that the former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, will be investigated in response to growing public demand.   This assurance was delivered on Wednesday by Winifred ...

Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered 54 banks to immediately return a total of N9,329,322,870 fraudulently transferred by hackers from an unnamed old generation bank.   The judgment, delivered on April 15, 2025, follows an ex parte motion filed in suit number FHC/L/CS/629/2025.   ...

Casino campaigns play a significant role in attracting and keeping players. These enticements, spanning from welcome bonuses to loyalty schemes, can influence gambling conduct and spending patterns. A report published in 2023 by the Journal of Gambling Studies found that players presented to promotional offers are 30% more apt to ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has summoned top officials of the FCT Administration as well as construction giant Julius Berger over revelations that a section of the International Conference Centre rehabilitation project was subcontracted without his approval.   Wike, who visited the ICC and the N16 ...

The Kano Hisbah Board has demolished the “healing water site” located in Hotoron Arewa in the Kano metropolis.   Recall that the site had attracted thousands of residents and visitors from the neighbouring states, who came seeking divine or spiritual healings.   The Director General of the board, Abba Sufi, ...

The Loogun of Ede in Osun State, Chief Jimoh Kabiru—recently suspended by the Timi of Ede and his chiefs—has said that the allegations of land grabbing against him are currently being investigated by the Timi-in-Council and other prominent individuals in the community.   PUNCH Online had earlier reported that the ...

President Bola Tinubu is meeting the service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police at his official residence in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa.   PUNCH Online confirmed an influx of vehicles conveying heads of the Armed Forces to Tinubu’s residence this afternoon.   Wednesday’s meeting, which began at minutes past ...