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Alleged $340,000 Fraud: Court Adjourns Mercy Chinwo’s Ex-Manager’s Case till May 14 Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has adjourned the alleged $340,000 fraud case involving Ezekiel ThankGod, the former manager of gospel artiste Mercy Chinwo, to May 14, 2025, for a hearing. The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and…
…Says FG Recently Approved Daily Feeding of Inmates from N1,125 The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has described it as false, misleading, and a gross misrepresentation of the realities within its facilities, as well as the publication alleging poor feeding of inmates in the country. The NCoS’s reaction was contained in a statement on Sunday signed…
President Bola Tinubu has presented a budget proposal of ₦58.1 trillion for the 2026 fiscal year to a joint session of the National Assembly, with capital recurrent (non‑debt) expenditure standing at ₦15.25 trillion. Tinubu presented it on Friday, pegging the capital expenditure at ₦26.08 trillion and putting the crude oil benchmark at US$64.85 per barrel….
By Barikui Felix The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, has called on indigenes of the Niger Delta and all coastal communities to protect the mangroves in their domain. Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Professor Nenibarini Zabbey, gave charge in a a statement to mark this year’s World Mangrove Day. Zabbey, who noted that mangroves play a…
…Demands Empathy from Mothers and Society Prince Woke The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Rivers State Chapter, has expressed profound dismay over the stigmatisation of a deaf and mute child by women, particularly mothers, who were present at the Azikiwe Police Division when the child was brought in for safety. In a strongly worded…
FG Established Youth Desk to Tackle Challenges Affecting Young Nigerians The Minister of Youth Development, Oyedele Olawande, has announced a collaborative effort with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to establish a Youth Desk Office to tackle issues affecting young Nigerians. Speaking during the International Anti-Corruption Day event, the minister emphasized the…
Court Orders Final Forfeiture of $1.4m Linked to Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, March 6, 2025, ordered the final forfeiture of $1,426,175.14 ( One Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand, One Hundred and Seventy Five United States Dollars, Fourteen cents) linked to a former…
Trump’s Reintroduction of Sanction Labels Him an Imperialist, says Cuba. Cuban Government has condemned the reintroduction by US President Donald Trump of strict economic warfare measures against Cuba, stating that it “proves the aggressiveness of US imperialism against the sovereignty, peace, and welfare of the Cuban people.” A statement by the Cuban Revolutionary Government read:…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 31, 2025, arraigned one Olabode Rasheed Wale on a two-count charge bordering on stealing before Justice Mojisola Dada of Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. He was arrested, following an intelligence report received by the Commission linking…
Edo Council Chairmen Sacked Over N96B Fraud by Gov. Okpebholo Tracy Ohovwore, Benin City According to the report of the administrative panel of inquiry set up by Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo on December 18, 2024, to monitor the financial dealings of the impeached 18 local government chairmen in Edo from September 4, 2023, to…