More than 400 golfers are set to compete in the Nigeria @ 65 Independence Golf Tournament at the Tukur Yusuf Buratai International Golf Resort and Country Club, Abuja. The week-long tournament, organised to mark Nigeria’s 65th independence anniversary, will also honour retired and serving officers of the Nigerian ...
Read More »Man stabs grandparents to death over food dispute
A 30-year-old man, Mutawakilu Ibrahim, has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his grandparents to death during a heated argument over food at their residence in Kofar Dawanau Quarters, Dala Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued by the ...
Read More »Nigeria recorded zero oil investment for 10 years before Tinubu – Lokpobiri
The Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has disclosed that Nigeria went over a decade without attracting any new investments in the oil sector until the advent of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. According to the minister, the stagnation crippled growth and weakened confidence in the industry, but ...
Read More »Fire on board forces Lagos-Atlanta-bound aircraft diversion to Ghana
A Delta Airlines flight en route from Lagos, Nigeria, to Atlanta, United States, was forced to make an emergency diversion to Accra, Ghana, following a fire incident in the aircraft’s oven. According to the spokesperson for the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Michael Achimugu, on Thursday, the incident occurred ...
Read More »Aare Adetola EmmanuelKing Celebrates Olubadan Ladoja at 81
Aare Adetola EmmanuelKing Celebrates Olubadan Ladoja at 81 The Aare Apesinola of Ibadanland, Sir Aare Adetola EmmanuelKing KOF, has joined the sons and daughters of Ibadanland, Yorubaland, and well-wishers across Nigeria in celebrating His Imperial Majesty, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, FNSE, on the auspicious occasion of ...
Read More »Singapore sets Meta September 30 deadline to end govt impersonation scams
Singapore said on Thursday it had given Meta until September 30 to clamp down on the growing number of scammers pretending to be government officials or face hefty fines. Meta’s Facebook is the top platform used by fraudsters to carry out the scams, which have cost victims tens ...
Read More »Ex-French president Sarkozy found guilty in Libyan money scandal
A Paris court on Thursday convicted former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of criminal conspiracy but acquitted him of corruption and accepting illegal campaign financing in his trial into accusations late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi helped fund his victorious 2007 presidential run. The trial is the latest ...
Read More »Police foil car snatching, child abduction attempts in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has foiled a car snatching, diversion of trucks and also recovered stolen items in separate operations across the state. According to a statement issued on Thursday by the Spokesman for the state police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, three suspects were arrested during ...
Read More »FBI places $10,000 bounty on Nigerian wanted for bank fraud
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Nigerian, Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, wanted in the United States for multiple fraud offences. According to a statement on the FBI’s website on Wednesday, Adediran faces charges of bank ...
Read More »NSCDC arrests 19 suspected vandals in Kano
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested no fewer than 19 suspected vandals across the state within three days. The state NSCDC Commandant, Bala Bodinga, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen at the State Headquarters of the command on Wednesday. ...
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