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I Collected Millions Of Dollars In Cash For Emefiele, Witness Alleges

April 12, 2024

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

April 12, 2024

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,

Container kills woman inside her car in Lagos traffic

April 12, 2024

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

PROF OLADELE ADEOTI: A GLORIOUS EXIT FROM LASU

April 12, 2024

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

Impeachment: Court to hear Shaibu’s suit against Assembly, others April 19

April 12, 2024

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

Hit-and-run driver injures two on Lagos-Badagry Expressway

April 12, 2024

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

Adebanwi, Nigerian scholar wins U.S. award

April 12, 2024

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

I Am A Man, Jail-Bound Bobrisky Tells Court

April 12, 2024

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.

Naira Abuse: Court Jails Bobrisky Six Months Without Fine Option

April 12, 2024

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Friday sentenced controversial cross-dresser Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky to six months imprisonment without an option fine for abusing the Nigerian

Nollywood mourns Junior Pope

April 11, 2024

Some Nollywood stars have continued to mourn the death of Nollywood actor, John Paul Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the late

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