UPDATE: FAMILY, LAWYER URGE EFCC TO RELEASE CBEX PROMOTER
By Aishat Momoh. O. The family and lawyer of one of the alleged promoters of the CBEX investment scheme, Adefowora Abiodun, have urged the Economic...
WORLD NEWS: SEVEN KILLED, SCHOOL CHILDREN MISSING IN S’AFRICA FLOODING
Seven people died in flooding caused by severe winter weather lashing eastern areas of South Africa and school children are missing after a minibus was...
EKITI COURT THROWS 33-YEAR-WOMAN IN PRISON FOR ENGAGING 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN STREET HAWKING
Agency Report An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, sentenced one Moradeke Adeoti, 33, to three years imprisonment with hard labour for child abuse. The convict...
TRAGIC: POLICE CONFIRMS DEATH F LADY IN EKITI HOTEL
Agency Report The police command in Ekiti says a lady allegedly slumped in a popular hotel in the city on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti and died. The...
COURT JAILS 74-YEARS-OLD BUSINESSMAN FOR N360M FRAUD, DUD CHEQUES
By Aishat Momoh. O. A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ajah has sentenced a 45-year-old businessman, Chukwudi Goodness, to 74 years imprisonment for stealing...
STRAY BULLET KILLS 20-MONTH-OLD CHILD IN IMO, FAMILY DEMANDS JUSTICE
By Aishat Momoh. O. Tragedy struck in Umuoba-Uratta, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, on Monday night as a 20-month-old child, Emmanuel Eleweke,...
US RESTORES SOME MEDICAL RESEARCH GRANTS, SAYS TOP TRUMP OFFICIAL
Agency Report A senior US health official on Tuesday admitted President Donald Trump’s administration had gone too far in slashing biomedical research grants worth billions...
KIZZ DANIEL REGAINS MASTERS TO ‘NEW ERA’ ALBUM, EARLY HITS AFTER YEARS OF LEGAL BATTLE
By Aishat Momoh. O. Nigerian Afrobeats star, Daniel Anidugbe, popularly known as Kizz Daniel, has successfully reclaimed the master rights to his debut album, New...
ENTERTAINMENT: NETFLIX TO INVEST 1 BN EUROS IN SPAIN PRODUCTIOS TO 2029
By Agency Report Streaming giant Netflix said on Tuesday it was going to invest more than a billion euros ($1.1 billion) in productions in Spain,...
AKINOSI COMMITS N700M TO SCHOOL REHABILITATION, URGES SPECIAL STATUS FOR ADO-ODO/OTA CONSTITUENCY
By Aishat Momoh. O. The House of Representatives member representing Ado-Odo/Ota federal constituency, Engr. Tunji Akinosi, has pledged N700 million from the newly increased zonal...