EFCC arrests pastor for N1.3bn fraud, duping church members
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, for defrauding church members…
JUST IN: Veteran dramatist, Jimi Solanke dies at 81
Renowned cultural icon, dramatist, folk singer, playwright and poet, Jimi Solanke has died aged 82. He passed on in the early hours of today, Monday, February 5 during a brief…
Ooni of Ife expresses fear EFCC boss may not last in office
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has predicted that chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, may not last long in office. The first-class…
Police rescue eight-month-old baby sold for N800,000 in Ikorodu
The Lagos Police Command has confirmed that it has rescued an eight-month-old baby sold for N800,000 in the Ikorodu area of the state. The spokesperson for the Lagos State…
‘Their bullets couldn’t penetrate my body’, Ekiti monarch narrates how he escaped colleagues’ killers
Oba Adebayo Fatoba, the Alara of Ara-Ekiti, in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State, has narrated how he escaped from the kidnappers who killed his colleagues. Fatoba, along…
Burna Boy, Davido, Tems, Olamide, Asake all lose out at 2024 Grammy Awards
None of the 10 Nigerian artists nominated in five categories in the 66th edition of the Grammy Awards held yesterday, was considered worthy of the global awards that holds annually…
Ekiti pupils’ families paid N15m ransom – Report
Despite warnings by the Federal Government against crowd-funding for ransoms, the practice has continued to gain ground with the abductees and their families raising funds from relatives, friends, and…
JUST IN: Protest in Niger over high cost of living
The residents of Minna, the Niger State capital, have flooded the streets to protest the rising cost of food and living in the state. The protesters, in large numbers,…
S&P Global affirms Nigeria’s credit outlook remains stable at ‘B-/B’
S&P, a global credit ratings agency, at the weekend affirmed that Nigeria’s credit outlook will remain stable in 2024, with short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit worthiness at…
$2.4bn out of $7bn FX backlog invalid, $2.3bn paid – Cardoso
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso has assured that Nigeria will soon clear its backlog of foreign exchange (FX) obligations which stood at $7bn at the…
