Forgery: Innoson Motors Boss, 4 Others Faces Criminal Charge
A Lagos Federal High Court, has fixed May 31, 2016, for the arraignment of Mr. Innocent Chukwuma, and four others over alleged offences bordering on forgery. The court presided over fixed the date after ordering the Attorney-General of Federation (AGF),…
NIMASA Fraud:Akpolobokemi’s Aides Changed N111m To Dollar Through Unlicensed Bureau De Change Operator
An unlicensed Bureau De Change operator, Mallam Sulaiman Oseni, on today, Monday, narrated before a Lagos Federal High Court, how he changed the sum of N111 million to United State of America Dollar for an official of Nigerian Maritime Administration…
FG Alerts Nigerians On Over Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
The Federal Government yesterday raised fresh concerns over the Stevens-Johnson syndrome and called for greater alertness to curb the ailment. Stevens-Johnson syndrome is described as a rare, serious disorder of the skin and mucous membranes. Officials said it is usually…
See First Muslim Mayor in UK After Saturday’s Election
A Labour Party leader, a former human rights lawyer and a son of a bus driver from Pakistan, Sadiq Khan has been declared the winner after a protracted count that extended into Saturday in London. He has emerged the first…
Shocker: Why I Won’t Endorse You, America’s Top-ranked Republican Tells Trump
The highest-ranking elected Republican in the United States, Speaker Paul D. Ryan has said he was “not ready” to endorse Donald J. Trump as Republican standard bearer in the country’s forthcoming presidential election. Ryan said on Thursday he was “not…
Western Union Fraud: Court Orders Skye Bank To Pay Writer N10m As Damages
An Igbosere High Court of Lagos state has ordered Skye bank Plc to pay N10 million as general damages to a Nigerian writer, Odafe Atogun over his missing €6,000 Western Union Money Transfer sent to him from Ireland. The court…
Illicit Drugs: Senegalese Woman Jailed 4yrs
A Lagos Federal High Court, on Monday, sentenced a 43 year old Senegalese woman, Sall Fatou the act four years-jail term over drug trafficking. The convict, who is from the Senegal capital, Dakar, according to the anti-drugs agency, the National…
Remembering African Butcheries Of The Past, A Case Of Rwandan Genocide: In Honour Of Late Agathe Uwilingiyamana and Victims Of Regime Atrocities In Africa
Witten By Emeka Umeagbalasi “The killings have stopped, not because of changing of heart, but because there are few people left to be killed” (Brig General Paul Kagame (as he then was), leader of the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF), responding to…
UK Telegraph: Buhari Using Britain’s Money to Fight Opposition Not Boko Haram
Hundreds of millions of pounds of British foreign aid given to Nigeria to help combat Boko Haram terrorists is instead allegedly being used to fund a witch-hunt against opposition politicians, UK Telegraph reports. In a publication on Tuesday, Con Coughlin,…
EgyptAir Flight Hijack Suspect Arrested, Passengers Freed
A man claiming to be wearing an explosive vest hijacked an EgyptAir plane on Tuesday, forcing it to land in Larnaca, on the southern coast of Cyprus, before he was arrested, according to the Cypriot government. “It’s over,” the Cypriot…
Suicide Bomber Detained In Cameroon Says She’s One Of Chibok Girls
A suspected suicide bomber intercepted in northern Cameroon on Friday before she could blow herself up claimed to be one of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok in 2014, military and local government sources…
