I Collected Millions Of Dollars In Cash For Emefiele, Witness Alleges
The Federal High Court in Lagos, Friday, April 12, 2024, heard that a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele allegedly received millions of dollars in cash, in undocumented circumstances, through a proxy, Mr. Monday Osazuwa.
Osazuwa, a Senior CBN Supervisor, made the allegation while testifying as the first witness (PW1) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
Man accused of knifing UK retiree denied asylum in Germany
A Moroccan who has been accused of knifing a pensioner to death in a UK street apparently in “revenge” for the Israel-Palestine conflict was turned down for asylum in Germany, his housemate told investigators. Ahmed Alid, 45, attacked sleeping Christian convert Javed Nouri at their shared accommodation in Wharton Terrace, Hartlepool. This happened day after […]
Container kills woman inside her car in Lagos traffic
A 40-feet container killed a woman inside her car at the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. Her driver, however, survived the accident unhurt, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has stated. Its Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Mr Taofiq Adebayo, stated that the driver of the articulated truck carrying the […]
PROF OLADELE ADEOTI: A GLORIOUS EXIT FROM LASU
By Toyin Falola On April 16, 2024, Professor Ezekiel Oladele Adeoti will give his Inaugural Lecture, the 95th of such, at the Lagos State University. A few weeks later, as he turns 70, he must fulfil the requirements of mandatory retirement. As someone who has been following his career for so long, it is easy […]
Impeachment: Court to hear Shaibu’s suit against Assembly, others April 19
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed April 19 for the hearing of a suit filed by the impeached Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu, against the state house of assembly and others. The matter, which was before Justice Inyang Ekwo, was on Friday fixed for hearing after a team of lawyers, including Alex […]
Stop hate campaign against your country, lawyer urges Nigerians in diaspora
An Ilorin based legal practitioner, Mr Jamiu Yusuf has urged Nigerians in the diaspora to stop hate campaign against the country. Yusuf, who advised during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ilorin, also urged the diaspora to be patriotic toward the nation. He said that most Nigerians in diaspora […]
Hit-and-run driver injures two on Lagos-Badagry Expressway
A hit-and-run driver on Thursday night wounded two pedestrians, a man and woman, on the Badagry end of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, leaving them hospitalised. The Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, Badagry Unit, Mr William Manga, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry, on Friday that the accident occurred at 8.20 p.m. He […]
Adebanwi, Nigerian scholar wins U.S. award
A Nigerian Scholar, Prof. Wale Adebanwi, has bagged the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship which is awarded based on prior career achievement and exceptional promise. Adebanwi, who is the Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies and Director of the Centre for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, U.S., is among the 188 winners of the […]
Olakulehin emerges new Olubadan
Controversy trailing the installation of a new monarch for the ancient city of Ibadan seems to have faded out today as the Olubadan-In-Council, nominated Oba Owolabi Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland. The Olubadan seat became vacant on Thursday, March 14, 2024, after the death of Oba Lekan Balogun, who reigned for two years […]
I Am A Man, Jail-Bound Bobrisky Tells Court
Bobrisky, who was on Friday sentenced to six months imprisonment without an option fine for abusing the Nigerian currency – naira, ended the controversy about his gender at the Federal High Court in Lagos. He clarified his status just before Justice Abimbola Awogboro sentenced him for naira abuse.
