Rape Allegation: D’ banj Sues Accuser For N1.5 billion
Musician and Entrepreneur, Oladapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj, has sued Seyitan Babatayo, a twitter user, who accused him of rape for N1.5 billion. This was contained in a suit filed on Friday by his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, his lawyer, and brought before a federal high court in Abuja. In the suit, the singer is […]
Rent agreements, C of O to attract stamp duty payment
Henceforth, stamp duty is to be paid on house rent and certificate of occupancy (C of O), according to the Federal Inland Revenue Service. Abdullahi Ahmad, its director of communications and liaison department, urged all residents to ensure that all rent or lease documents and C of O are subject to authentication with the new […]
Buhari drops Oguntade, Nsofor as ambassadors
President Muhammadu Buhari renewal appointments of 12 non-career ambassadors. In the same breath he has dropped both George Oguntade, high commissioner to the United Kingdom, and Sylvanus Nsofor, ambassador to the United States. The appointments of both men Oguntade, 80, from Ogun State and Nsofor, 85, from Imo State had drawn wide criticisms because of […]
Hushpuppi goes to U.S. from Dubai
Raymond Igbalode Abbas alias Hushpuppi, the cyber fraudster has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the United States. The police in Dubai on its social media page disclosed that he has been flown out of the country to face trial. The police in a statement said the US Federal Bureau of Investigations […]
As air travels begins, WHO seeks better safety measures
As African countries begin to reopen land borders and air space, The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appealed to governments to take effective measures to mitigate the risk of a surge in coronavirus infections. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, made the call against the backdrop of the lift of ban on air […]
Car sex video: UN suspends two employees
The United Nations (UN) has suspended two male staff allegedly seen having sex in its official vehicle in Tel Aviv, Israel. The UN had last week launched a probe after a video of the incident went viral on the internet. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman of the UN secretary-general, said in New York that both workers have […]
N127million Fraud: EFCC Docks Lagos Ex-Scholarship Board Chair.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on July 2, 2020, arraigned Stephen Oshinowo, a former Executive Secretary, Lagos State Scholarship Board, for alleged N127m fraud before Justice O.A. Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State. He was arraigned on amended eight-count charges bordering on criminal conversion to […]
Ondo Health Commisoner Dies Of Coronavirus
The Commissioner for Health in Ondo State, Dr. Wahab Adegbenro, is dead. He died at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo. Adegbenro was said to have died of complications from COVID-19 A government official, however disputed that his death was related to COVID-19. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu had on Wednesday disclosed that he had test positive to […]
2023: Falana, Utomi, Na’ Abba, form new movement
*Agbakoba dissociates self Some 30 prominent Nigerians come together to float a new political movement which they said is “aimed at driving reforms” in the country. The group called the name of the new platform as National Consultative Front. In the run up to the 2015 election, some members of the group also came out […]
Race to succeed Osinowo in Senate begins
*Ambode, Dabiri-Erewa, others in the race There are indications that moves to succeed the late Senator Bayo Osinowo has begun in Lagos. Osinowo before his demise on June 15 represented Lagos East in the senate. He died in Lagos of complications of Covid-19. He was 64. Although the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is […]
