A 19-year old internet conman, Tobechukwu Igbokwe, has been sentenced to 37 years’ imprisonment for defrauding an American of $40m in an inheritance scam. The pair, while pulling off an elaborate internet fraud, lied to M. Sila that they had a huge inheritance, which they wanted to move to a foreign account for safekeeping. Sila... Read More
An agent of the Department of Security Services on Tuesday, killed Paul Hezekiah, a 24-year-old final year student of computer engineering at the University of Jos. . Paul was observing his three-month Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) with Johnson Sky Phones and Company, at the Central Business District of Jos, when he was murdered.... Read More
The news of Patience Paul Adaji, a 15-year-old teenager’s abduction came on the heels of the furor over the kidnap of Ese Oruru, hence the relevant authorities took immediate action and Patience was rescued on March 4. Patience, who’s from Ochobo in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State, was abducted in Sokoto state and... Read More
The verification committee setup by Bauchi State Government to expose ghost workers, on Monday, revealed that eight-year old children, listed as ‘teachers’ were discovered to be on the payroll of the government. The State Accountant-General and also a member of the committee, Alhaji Abubakar Gabi, revealed this in an Interview with the News Agency of Nigeria... Read More
Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has refuted claims that the delay in payment of salaries of workers is due to the state government’s support for the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki in his ongoing trial at the Code Of Conduct Tribunal. The governor disclosed this on Monday, in a statement issued on his social... Read More
According to the tradition of Ile Ife, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi on Saturday, tied the knot to new wife, Wuraola Otiti Obanor. Sources from Ile Ife say the monarch, upon ascension to the throne, is expected to take a new wife. The wedding is a two-legged ceremony- with the first leg... Read More
The High Court sentencing of Nollywood actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, to five years imprisonment for manslaughter, has been upheld by the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command had in 2005 charged the ex-beauty queen to the magistrate court on a two-count charge of dangerous and reckless driving along... Read More
28-year-old phone thief expert, Babatunde Ibrahim, told the police after his arrest that he enjoys what he does, illegal or not. The suspect, in a confessional statement, said he had been partaking in the act right from childhood and had stolen over 100 phones. Ibrahim was arrested on Sunday just after robbing a house in... Read More
41-year-old Prophet, Benjamin Bernard, has been arrested and is in prison custody without bail, for allegedly raping his seven-year-old daughter. According to reports, the pastor took carnal advantage of his own child on January 26, 2016 but pleaded not guilty to the charge of one count of defilement preferred against him. In a confessional statement... Read More
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