Over 40 Suspected ‘Yahoo Boys’ Storm Abuja Estate
No fewer than 40 suspected internet fraudsters dressed in white were prevented from entering Mab Global Estate in the Gwarinpa area of the Federal Capital Territory. It was reported that security personnel stationed at the estate’s gate barred them from entering around 11:45 p.m. on Friday. According to residents, the suspected fraudsters claimed to have […]
UNICEF Estimates 4.16m Nigerian Girls, Women Risk Facing Genital Mutilation
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has stated that approximately 4.16 million girls and women are at risk of genital mutilation, despite the fact that two million cases of female genital mutilation will be recorded globally as a result of COVID-19 disruptions by 2030. Mrs. Maureen Zubie Okolo, planning, monitoring, and evaluation specialist, UNICEF Field […]
PDP Warns Matawalle Against Impeaching The Deputy, Says It Is Undemocratic
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cautioned Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle yesterday against instigating the impeachment of the state’s deputy governor, Mahdi Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, saying it would be a direct attack on the people’s will, which they would vehemently oppose. The PDP, which accused Mattawalle of conspiring and manipulating the state House of Assembly […]
Michael Avenatti Convicted Of Wire Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft For Stealing From Stormy Daniels
Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing from Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors alleged that Avenatti — who helped negotiate the $800,000 advance for Daniels’ October 2018 book “Full Disclosure” — defrauded his former client by instructing her literary agent to send two of the installments of the advance totaling nearly $300,000 […]
US Identifies Bad Governance, Corruption As Motivations For Coups In Africa
The United States of America has condemned as unacceptable and out of vogue, any change of government in Africa except as constitutionally enshrined through elections and popular ballot as coups undermine democracy and development. The US, apparently responding to the four recent coups in the continent, assured therefore that any regime which gains power through […]
Rayan: Moroccan Rescuers Inch Nearer To Boy Stuck In Well For Days
Rescuers who are desperately trying to reach a five-year-old boy who fell into a deep well in Morocco are entering the final stages of their operation. They worked through the night to reach the boy, named by local media as Rayan, who plunged 32m (104ft) through the well’s narrow opening four days ago. The complex […]
Trump Was Wrong To Seek To Overturn Biden Win, Says Mike Pence
Former US Vice-President Mike Pence has dismissed claims by Donald Trump that he could have stopped Joe Biden becoming president last year. In his strongest rebuttal yet, he said Mr Trump was wrong to suggest he had had the right to overturn the election. Separately the Republican Party censured two of its top lawmakers for […]
Buhari Appoint Olatunji As National Commissioner Of A New Agency, NDPB
Dr. Vincent Olatunji has been appointed as the National Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, NDPB by President Muhammadu Buhari. Prof. Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy requested the appointment, which was approved. The appointment is with immediate effect, according to a statement issued by the minister’s spokesperson, Uwa Suleiman, […]
World Bank Blames FG For Inflation Shock That Has Pushed Nigerians Below Poverty Line
Despite inflation shock putting an estimated eight million Nigerians below the poverty line, the World Bank says the Federal Government of Nigeria did not take any significant measures to reduce inflation in 2021. This was stated by the Washington-based bank in the most recent edition of its ‘Nigeria Development Update’ report 2021. It said, “Double-digit […]
EFCC Releases VON DG Detained Over An Alleged Fraud Of N1.3bn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, who was held for suspected fraud. This came as the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, a civil society organization, challenged the anti-graft agency to either free Okechukwu or charge him in court. According to the PUNCH, Okechukwu was […]
