EFCC Grills Actress Over Spraying, Stepping On New Naira Notes Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress and cosmetologist, for allegedly tampering with the redesigned Naira notes, an offcence contrary to Section 21 (5) of …

Oyo Police Command Confirms One Dead as Hoodlums Invade Apata to Loot, Fuel The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed death of an individual identified to be a member of a vigilante group following an invasion by some hoodlums who besieged Apata axis of the Oyo State capital, Ibadan, under the …

In the last few days, three major things happened that are quietly changing the direction of the presidential race: Three unanticipated, barely perceptible, but nonetheless significant and potentially seismic shifts are happening in the presidential race, which are confounding attempts to predict the outcome of the presidential election. The shifts …

Police Operatives serving in Igbo-Eze South Division of Enugu State Command, on Thursday, February 2, arrested one Joseph Chinenye aged 39 and Onyeka Kenneth Ezeja aged 29, both male and respectively of Iheakpu-Awka in Igbo-Eze South LGA and Onicha Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North LGA, for allegedly being in possession of suspected counterfeited …

Nigerian billionaire Dozy Mmobuosi is ‘closing in on a £90m takeover of Sheffield United’ with the promotion-chasers under a transfer ban after struggling to keep up with payments to Liverpool for £23.5m Rhian Brewster *Sheffield United are reportedly close to being bought by a Nigerian billionaire*But the takeover is believed …

Two people have been feared dead and over 40 others suspected to be trapped under the rubbles of a two storey suspended building which collapsed on Thursday at 7th Avenue, Gwarinpa in the nation’s capital, Abuja. At least, seven people were said to have been rescued. Director, Department of Development …

The outburst of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) last week in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital is already yielding positive results, party leaders informed DAILY INDEPENDENT on Thursday. Tinubu while speaking during the presidential campaign had alleged that the current fuel scarcity in …

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl. The convicts, Salau Adams (21) and Odeleye Tobi (21), were arraigned on May 13, 2022, on one count of rape. The charge read, ?The defendants on February 28, 2022, at Awo Ekiti in …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross River State, Gertrude Nnanjar Njar, in Calabar. An eyewitness, Samuel Okon, told the News Agency of Nigeria that she was forcefully taken out of her official car by masked young men on Wednesday, February 1, 2023.  According …

Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, says the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “is hurting Nigerians” and needs to be reviewed. The apex bank has fixed February 10 as the new deadline for the swap of old naira notes. It initially fixed January 31 as …