San Diego Freeway Frenzy After Armoured Van Spills Money
A spillage from an armoured van sparked a mad scramble – and police arrests – on a US freeway on Friday morning. Videos on social media show money raining down as people scramble to pick up dollars strewn across the road. It happened on the Interstate 5 highway in California’s San Diego county. Police said […]
Kyle Rittenhouse: Biden Angry After Teen Cleared Of Shootings
US President Joe Biden has said he is angry after a teenager who shot dead two men during racial unrest last year in Wisconsin was cleared by a court. The president expressed dismay at the verdict in a written statement although earlier he said he stood by the jury. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, sobbed as he […]
Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict: Teen Found Not Guilty On All Charges In Kenosha Shootings Rittenhouse Case
Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S. Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up, fell forward toward the defense table and then hugged one of his attorneys as he heard a […]
Hidden N19.3bn Kogi Salary Bail-Out Funds Returned To CBN-EFCC
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has acknowledged the receipt of the sum of N19, 333,333,333.36 (Nineteen Billion, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Million, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Naira, Thirty-six Kobo) recovered by the EFCC from the Kogi State Salary Bail-out account domiciled in Sterling Bank Plc. Head of media and […]
Sport Betting Agent, Ten Others Jailed For Internet Fraud In Oyo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command, secured eleven convictions on Thursday, before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State. Thats according to Wilson Uwaren, EFCC head of media and publicity. The convicts are: El-muqsit Shola Folorunsho, Olatubosun Tomiwa (a.k.a Scott Belinda), Idowu Abolaji Olajide, Akintunde Micheal (a.k.a […]
Joe Biden Removes Nigeria Off Radar For Religious Violations
The removal of Nigeria off the blacklist of religious violators by the Biden-led US administration in the run-up to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit is a triumph of diplomacy and astuteness against the hate-driven foreign policy, which is based on false misinformation. President Muhammadu Buhari is thrilled by the United States’ decision to remove […]
Criminals, Regardless Of Origin, Should Not Be Protected By Any Ethnic Group – Lawan
Senator Ahmed Lawan, the Senate President, has stated that criminals should face the full force of the law and should not receive special treatment from any ethnic group. He said this in a speech given on Friday at the Federal Palace Hotels in Lagos, where he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Telegraph. To […]
Lagos Fourth Wave Of COVID-19 Expected To Hit By December – Prof Abayomi
Prof Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic’s fourth wave might hit Nigeria by December. During a press conference on Friday, Abayomi stated that people arriving in the country from high-burden countries might further spread the virus. “Many Nigerians living overseas would be going home to enjoy Christmas […]
DA Calls Out J. Edgar Hoover As Men Exonerated In Murder Of Malcolm X
One of the men convicted in connection with the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X appeared in court Thursday where a judge cleared his name. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance moved to throw out the convictions of Muhammad Aziz, 83, and Khalil Islam, who died in 2009, based on “newly discovered evidence and the failure to disclose […]
House Moves Toward OK Of Democrats’ Sweeping Social, Climate Bill
Democrats brushed aside months long divisions and approached House passage of their expansive social and environment bill Friday, as President Joe Biden and his party neared a defining win in their drive to use their control of government to funnel its resources toward their domestic priorities. Final passage, which had been expected Thursday, was delayed […]
