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  • EFCC Officially Declares Tompolo Wanted In Relation To Conspiracy & Diversion Of Fund

    . EFCC Officially Declares Tompolo Wanted In Relation To Conspiracy & Diversion Of Fund

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared former Niger-Delta militant leader,Tompolo wanted .The anti-graft agency in an advertorial ,carried a photograph of Tompolo, the EFCC described him as a 47-year-old, dark-complexioned man from Okerenkoko, Gbaramotu Kingdom in the Warri South-WestLocal Government Area of Delta State. The pub
  • FREE MEAL! Kaduna Govt Sacks Headmaster For Diverting Food Meant For School Pupils

    . FREE MEAL! Kaduna Govt Sacks Headmaster For Diverting Food Meant For School Pupils

     The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr Shehu Adamu, said at a news briefing in Kaduna on Thursday, that the officials had circumvented laid down procedures of the government’s Schools Feeding Programme, which commenced in January.“A School Support Officer in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area (LGA), Ibrahim Abdullahi has be
  • Nigerian Senators Accuses Buhari's Aide Of Wasting N48bn In 5 Months

    . Nigerian Senators Accuses Buhari's Aide Of Wasting N48bn In 5 Months

    Ahead of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta’s consideration of the 2015 Status Report of the Presidential Amnesty Programme at the Senate today, Nigerian senators have indicated their disapproval of the over N48 billion purportedly spent by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s coordinator of the programme, Brig-Gen. Paul Boro (rtd), since he assu
  • REVEALED! See How 11 Contractors Collected N4bn From FG Without Going To Any Site

    . REVEALED! See How 11 Contractors Collected N4bn From FG Without Going To Any Site

     The Senate Committee on Works yesterday said 11 road contractors collected N4 billion last year from the federal ministry of Works and did not mobilize to sites.The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya disclosed this when the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola appeared before the house committee for the defence of hi
  • 6 Church Members Arrested By Police For Noise Pollution In Ogba, Lagos State

    . 6 Church Members Arrested By Police For Noise Pollution In Ogba, Lagos State

     The police in Lagos have arrested six persons for allegedly disturbing the peace of residents of Olaomibiyi Street, Ogba, during a church service. The members – Ngozichukwu Onyebuchi (44), Clement Eromosele (26), Chukwudi Akwegbu (26), Chibuzor Chukwu (18), Godspower Enudi (21) and Okorie Livonus (36) – were arraigned in a Lagos Magistrate’s
  • YABATECH Students Run Riot Over Suspicious Death Of a Fellow Student

    . YABATECH Students Run Riot Over Suspicious Death Of a Fellow Student

     Report reaching Gistmania has it that aggrieved students of the Yaba College of Technology in Lagos State are currently protesting the death of one of their colleagues. It was gathered that the aggrieved students embarked on the protest to express their displeasure over the lack of attention given to a female student, who recently fell ill and die
  • Photos of How DSS Storm The Abuja Home of Bayelsa Monarch, Seize Cash and Documents

    . Photos of How DSS Storm The Abuja Home of Bayelsa Monarch, Seize Cash and Documents

     The Maitama Home of a Bayelsa first class monarch, King A.J. Turner, was today raided by operatives of the Directorate of State Security (DSS), carting away some documents, and unspecified amount of dollars, pound sterling, naira and Indian rupee. According to reports, the reason for the search has not yet been revealed but it may not be unconnect
  • PROPHESY? FG Are Now Seeking Secret Indoor Trial For Nnamdi Kanu

    . PROPHESY? FG Are Now Seeking Secret Indoor Trial For Nnamdi Kanu

    The Nigerian government has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to conduct a secret trial to cross-examine witnesses in the ongoing case of alleged treasonable felony and other charges against leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.Counsel to the federal government, who is also the Director of Prosecution in the office of the Attor
  • PHOTOS: Fraudster Arrested At Lagos Domestic Airport While Trying To Withdraw Money

    . PHOTOS: Fraudster Arrested At Lagos Domestic Airport While Trying To Withdraw Money

     A young man with a bank account flagged for fraud has been apprehended in Lagos as he tried to make a withdrawal of a large sum of money.A netizen has shared how a fraudster was apprehended at the local wing of the Muritala Mohammed Airport-MM2 today, 9th of January.The fraudster whose name remains unknown came into the FCMB branch at the airport
  • N371m Fraud: EFCC Re-arraigns The Duo Of Saraki’s Cousin, Ope & Olatunji Moronfoye

    . N371m Fraud: EFCC Re-arraigns The Duo Of Saraki’s Cousin, Ope & Olatunji Moronfoye

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 re-arraigned the duo of immediate past Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye, and Ope Saraki, cousin to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and former Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed before Ju
  • Olisa Metuh Bought N500M Banana Island Property Says Witness

    . Olisa Metuh Bought N500M Banana Island Property Says Witness

     The spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh is said to have used some of the funds he allegedly received from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki to purchase a property in the exclusive Banana Island area of Lagos State.The revelation was made today, February 9, 2016, by Junaid Sa’id, a witness in the Eco
  • Nollywood Actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima Fined N10M for Breach of Contract and Cheating

    . Nollywood Actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima Fined N10M for Breach of Contract and Cheating

     The Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court slammed N10 million fine on Nollywood actress and former President Actors’ Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ibinabo Fiberisima in a suit instituted against her and others by former beauty queen, Miss Earth Nigeria 2011/2012, Miss Munachi Chinenye Uzoma. The court presided by Justice Adolphus Enebeli in
  • Man Forcefully Removes Neighbour’s Four Teeth Over Wife In Lagos (Photo)

    . Man Forcefully Removes Neighbour’s Four Teeth Over Wife In Lagos (Photo)

     A 51-year-old civil servant, Babatunde Ojulari, has lost four teeth during fisticuffs with his neighbour, Sunday Akinola. PUNCH Metro learnt that Ojulari’s wife had complained to him that Akinola barged into the toilet in their residence on Akala Street, Idi-Oro, Mushin, Lagos, without tendering an apology when he saw her there.It was said Ojula
  • Nelson Mandela's GrandSon, Mandla Reportedly Converts To Islam

    . Nelson Mandela's GrandSon, Mandla Reportedly Converts To Islam

     The Muslim cleric who performed the wedding ceremony of Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela yesterday, says the 42-year-old converted to Islam last year, South Africa's private IOL news site reports. “I can say that it was an honour for me to perform the marriage ceremony for the grandson of our great leader Nelson Mandela,” sai
  • EFCC Declare 23 Persons Wanted Over Bank Fraud, Other Crimes

    . EFCC Declare 23 Persons Wanted Over Bank Fraud, Other Crimes

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared 23 Nigerians wanted over sundry criminal offenses bordering on bank fraud, conspiracy, forgery and stealing.On the anti-graft agency’s list of those declared wanted are Obi James Chukwudi (Lagos), Adebowale Mutiu Olamide (Lagos), Ogunyemi Paul Yinka (Lagos), Ogundele Babalola (Lago
  • Finally, Presidency Reveals How N5000 Monthly Stipend Will Be Paid To Nigerians

    . Finally, Presidency Reveals How N5000 Monthly Stipend Will Be Paid To Nigerians

     Over the weekend, Laolu Akande, the senior special assistant to the vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, revealed in a statement that beneficiaries of the N5000 monthly stipend will get it directly in their accounts without a second or third party interference, adding that the payment would commence once the budget is approved by the National
  • EFCC Seals off Hospital in Lagos in the on Going Anti Corruption Campaign (PHOTOS)

    . EFCC Seals off Hospital in Lagos in the on Going Anti Corruption Campaign (PHOTOS)

     The clampdown by the anti-graft agency continues. Pictured is a building/hospital which has been sealed off by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The building located at Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, Lagos was recently sealed by the agency.
  • 30 Dead After Speeding Trailer Conveying Them Tumbled On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

    . 30 Dead After Speeding Trailer Conveying Them Tumbled On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

     No fewer than 30 male passengers died in the Adeosun area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday after a trailer conveying them tumbled down the road.Over 50 other people sustained varying degrees of injuries in the crash, while two rams were killed.The accident occurred on the portion of the expressway which had been recently reconstructed.Punc
  • #NigeriansAreNotCriminals : Buhari Stigmatization Of Nigerians As Criminals Causes Outrage

    . #NigeriansAreNotCriminals : Buhari Stigmatization Of Nigerians As Criminals Causes Outrage

     The number one trending topic on Nigerian Twitter this morning is #NigeriansAreNotCriminals, a social media protest against Buhari's statement during an interview with UK Telegraph where he said;"Some Nigerians claim is that life is too difficult back home, but they have also made it difficult for Europeans and Americans to accept them be
  • Yewande Oyediran Now In Prison For Stabbing Her Husband To Death For Having Baby Outside

    . Yewande Oyediran Now In Prison For Stabbing Her Husband To Death For Having Baby Outside

     An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday ordered that a 28-year-old female lawyer, Yewande Oyediran, accused of killing her husband be kept in prison. The accused, a member of staff of Ministry of Justice, Oyo state, was alleged to have stabbed her husband, Oyelowo Oyediran, to death.The Chief Magistrate, Kehinde Durosaro-
  • Buhari Still Acts like a Dictator Fails to Learn From Past Mistakes - Economist

    . Buhari Still Acts like a Dictator Fails to Learn From Past Mistakes - Economist

     The Economist magazine has published a new piece entitled ‘Hope The Naira Falls’. In the article, the magazine says President Muhammad Buhari is failing to learn from his past mistakes as military head of state, where he reportedly barked orders at the markets, including deportation of over 700,000 Ghanaians to try and curb unemployment.“GIV
  • AMCON To Publish Names Of 220 Delinquent Debtors Who Owe N1.1 Trillion

    . AMCON To Publish Names Of 220 Delinquent Debtors Who Owe N1.1 Trillion

     It was reported that the 220 influential Nigerians are in the first batch of delinquent debtors that AMCON will publish in newspapers any moment from now following a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).AMCON was established in the wake of Nigeria’s 2009 banking crisis to take over bad loans from the books of deposit money banks, in
  • Wife Who Stabbed Husband To Death In Ibadan Brought Back To Scene Of Crime By Detectives

    . Wife Who Stabbed Husband To Death In Ibadan Brought Back To Scene Of Crime By Detectives

     The woman in braids and brow kaftan, Mrs Yewande Oyediran, is accused of stabbing her husband, Lowo Oyediran to death at their Akubo estate in Ibadan on Feb. 2nd. She was led back to the scene of the crime by police detectives yesterday February 3rd. She was outside with family members while the police carried out their investigation inside the ho
  • Student Sues Rivers University for N20M for Expelling Him Over "Speech Hearing Challenges"

    . Student Sues Rivers University for N20M for Expelling Him Over "Speech Hearing Challenges"

     A student who was expelled by the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, in 2015, for having “speech and hearing challenges” has sued the institution for damages to the tune of N20 million. Jane Ottah, 28,‎ said the damages were for the trauma, embarrassment, and emotional distress caused by her expulsion.In court papers filed at
  • Arms Deal Saga: Huge Amount of Cash Traced to Military Chiefs' Wives and Kids

    . Arms Deal Saga: Huge Amount of Cash Traced to Military Chiefs' Wives and Kids

     Some of the $2.1billion phoney arms contracts cash have been traced to the accounts of wives and children of some former and serving military chiefs, according to reports.The Economic and Finanacial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is probing how the money was spent, may restrict access to all the identified accounts “this week”, a source said
  • Imo State's NLC Threatens To Destroy Okorocha If He Does Not Re-Employ 3000 Sacked Workers

    . Imo State's NLC Threatens To Destroy Okorocha If He Does Not Re-Employ 3000 Sacked Workers

     Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday insisted that there would be a total shut down of Imo State once the 14-day ultimatum issued to the state government to recall the 3000 sacked workers and tackle their unpaid salaries and other benefits expires.The Imo State government is alleged to be owing workers of the state’ agencies including Imo Sta
  • Court Orders Arrest Of Ex-Ekiti PDP Secretary, Temitope Aluko Over Perjury

    . Court Orders Arrest Of Ex-Ekiti PDP Secretary, Temitope Aluko Over Perjury

     A Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has directed that the former State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti state, Temitope Aluko be arrested with immediate effect with respect to allegation on Perjury.The Chief Magistrate Adesoji Adegboye, gave the instruction to the state commissioner of police on Wednesday, February 3, a
  • In Delta, Pepper Soup Seller Slumps, Dies At The Sound Of Gunshots

    . In Delta, Pepper Soup Seller Slumps, Dies At The Sound Of Gunshots

     THERE was confusion in Kwale, headquarters of Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, Tuesday night, following the sudden death of a 50-year-old pepper soup seller at the sound of sporadic gunshots by police officers.The deceased, whose identity could not be ascertained at press time, allegedly slumped and died after trembling in shock dur
  • Nigeria Immigration Service Deports 6 Britons For Violating Immigration Rules

    . Nigeria Immigration Service Deports 6 Britons For Violating Immigration Rules

     The Nigeria Immigration Service has deported six Britons who were arrested last Saturday for violating immigration laws. “I just arrived from abroad Monday and met this case. As I’m talking, yesterday in the evening, the company that employed those expatriates, after my discussion with them they are to be responsible for their air ticket. As I
  • Former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori Released From UK Prison

    . Former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori Released From UK Prison

     Former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori has completed his prison terms in the United Kingdom and he is now a free man. Ibori jailed 13 years in April 2012 by a Southwark Crown court in London was released by prison authorities on 22 January. He was released from Her Majesty’s Long Lartin Prison in Worcestershire, outside of London, w

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