A man has admitted killing a woman and her two-year-old daughter and burying their bodies.Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her two-year old daughter, Jellica, were found under the floor of Andrew Innes’s home in Dundee in March, 2021.He is currently on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh accused of murdering the …
Read More »Osun Tribunal: I Didn’t Forge Certificate, School Made Mistake – Adeleke
Against the backdrop of a ruling by the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal nullifying his election, Governor Ademola Adeleke has dismissed claims that he forged his school certificate. Adeleke, in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Tuesday, maintained that he didn’t forger his certificate, adding that rather, his …
Read More »EFCC To Raid Lagos, Kaduna, Port Harcourt Currency Hawkers
The commission indicated this on Tuesday when it disclosed that it had arrested members of a syndicate of currency racketeers trading in the redesigned naira notes at Zone 4, Wuse and Dei-Dei axis of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Abuja suspects were nabbed according to findings by SUPERS.ng during …
Read More »Banks will still accept old notes after February 10 – Emefiele tells Reps
Nigerians with old notes can still deposit them at commercial banks even after the February 10 deadline, this is according to the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele.Emefiele stated this on Tuesday while appearing before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee.It would be recalled that the lawmakers had accused Emefiele …
Read More »Landlord Puts Up Tenant’s Underwear For Auction For Owing Him Rent
A Kenyan landlord has put up his tenant’s underwear for auction to recover the rent the tenant owes him . According to the auction notice seen on the local dailies on Monday, January 30, 2023, Nyaluoyo Auctioneers said they were instructed by the landlord of Zachariah Sichenje Masika, to auction …
Read More »2023: I Am In Talks With Kwankwaso, Obi & one of them may possibly come – Atiku
People Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has said that he is in touch with the presidential candidate of New Nigerian People Party (NNPP) Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso for possible support. In an interview with BBC Hausa service, Atiku said he is also holding talks with the Labour Party (LP) …
Read More »President Putin Threatened To Blow Me Up With Missile, Says Ex UK PM, Boris Johnson
President Vladimir Putin threatened to personally target Boris Johnson with a missile attack just before ordering Russian forces into Ukraine, the former UK prime minister has claimed. The apparent threat came in a phone call just ahead of the invasion on February 24, according to a new BBC documentary to …
Read More »Obasanjo wanted to roast Atiku like goat meat — I rescued him, says Tinubu
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says he “rescued” Atiku Abubakar from former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Abubakar, former vice-president and now standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had a running battle with his former principal for years. Both men reconciled in the build-up …
Read More »Cashless System Helps In Tracking Election Financing— Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says a cashless policy, when effectively operated in Nigeria, can help stem the surge of illicit election financing by making it possible to track funds. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the vice president received a delegation of the EU …
Read More »Emefiele Has Weaponised The CBN – Femi Fani-Kayode
Emefiele Has Weaponised The CBN And Is An Enemy Of Democracy – FFKFormer Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has slammed the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over the new monetary policy . The CBN in December 2022, introduced the newly redesigned N200, N500, and N1000 notes and …
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