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How Flood caused 228 prisoners’ escape in Kogi

Oct 29, 2019 topnews

Cree Torrential rain that fell on Monday morning in Koton-Karfi, Kogi Local Government council of Kogi State, according to reports, is responsible for the escape of about 228 prisoners from the medium federal prison after the collapse of some parts of the building while many houses were submerged by the flood. The rain which started at about 2:00 a.m. on Monday, wreaked havoc, leading to the destruction of some parts of the prison building, which paved the way for the inmates to escape. According to one of the residents, it…

UNICEF: Nigeria leads in global open defecation index

Oct 29, 2019 topnews

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that Nigeria is currently the number one country in the world with the highest number of people practising open defecation. With 47 million people still defecating openly, the country has overtaken India, which left the position early this month. UNICEF Chief of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Said Jurji, disclosed this at a two-day workshop on Private Sector Engagement and Collaboration in WASH Forum organised by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, in Abuja. He said…

Senate Committee Clerk Chases Journalists Out of Budget Defence Session

Oct 26, 2019 topnews

On Friday 25, 2019 evening, journalists were chased out of the budget defence session that the committee had with management of the North East Development Commission and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs. The man at the centre of the barring of journalists was the Clerk to the Senate Committee on Special Duties, Kabir Yaba Umar. Umar had earlier in the morning extended invitation to the Senate Press Corps to cover the Committee’s budget defence session with the two Commissions at Senate Committee Room 211 by 2p.m.…

Access Bank’s profit rises by 44 percent in nine months

Oct 26, 2019Oct 26, 2019 topnews

Reflecting the positive impact of its merger with former Diamond Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc has reported a significantly improved performance for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The bank posted a growth of 44 per cent in profit after tax (PAT) to N90.7 billion in 2019, up from N62.9 billion in the corresponding period of 2018. The breakdown showed that Access Bank Plc ended the period with net interest income of N210 billion, compared with N123 billion in 2018, while non-fee income rose from N37 billion to N56…

Sick boy dies after dad lavishes £130,000 treatment money on prostitutes

Oct 26, 2019Oct 26, 2019 topnews

João Miguel Alves, a toddler who suffered from a rare disease has died following allegations that his father spent all the money raised for him on partying at hotels with prostitutes. The toddler suffered from spinal muscular atrophy but lost his fight for life on October 17. His dad Mateus Henrique Leroy Alves, 37, was found in a luxury hotel where he had been staying for two months after his wife Karine Rodrigues reported him to police. He is alleged to have spent the cash on prostitutes, designer clothes, watches,…

N100billion pension fraud: Maina, son remanded in prison

Oct 26, 2019 topnews

Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before a Federal High Court in Abuja alongside his son, has been remanded in prison, pending the hearing of their bail applications on November 19 and 6 respectively. . Maina and his 20 year-old son, Faisal are facing 12-count charges and three-count charges respectively of money laundering and concealment of proceeds of the unlawful act. Following the defendants’ plea of not guilty defence counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN)…

Bridegroom slumps, dies during wedding ceremony

Oct 21, 2019Oct 21, 2019 topnews

It was sorrow, tears and uncontrollably wailing for young Miss Onyinyechi Amadi Ugbor as she lost her groom in an unusual manner, on a day that should have been her happiest day. According to reports, it all happened in Amasiri, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Saturday as the bridegroom, Chukwuemeka Onwuka, slumped at the reception venue and later died in hospital. Onwuka, an ophthalmologist who hailed from Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, was at the venue of the wedding reception, bubbling with life, but…

Death Toll From Afghan Mosque Bombings Jumps to at Least 62

Oct 19, 2019 topnews

At least 62 people were killed by a blast inside an Afghan mosque during Friday prayers, according to officials, a day after the United Nations said violence in the country had reached “unacceptable” levels. The attack – the year’s second most deadly to date – took place in the eastern province of Nangarhar and also wounded at least 33 people, the provincial governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told AFP. The blast was carried out with “explosives that were placed inside the mosque”, Khogyani said, though other sources – including the Taliban…

FBI suspect, Oyediran sentenced to one year imprisonment

Oct 18, 2019 topnews

Joseph Oyeniran, a Nigerian mentioned by the US Federal Bureau of Intelligence(FBI) as one of the internet fraudsters on its suspect list has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for cheating and impersonation by Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. According to Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar who sentenced the convict, he said that pieces of evidence presented before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were overwhelming and uncontroverted. The judge held that the testimonies of the prosecution witness, the pleas of the defendant and documents presented were…

Awosanya to EFCC: Stop raiding nightclubs, investigate Tinubu’s bullion van story

Oct 18, 2019 topnews

EndSAS activist, Segun Awosanya, took a swipe at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the failure of the anti-graft body to go after All Progressives Congress chieftain, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu despite picture evidence of bullion vans laden with cash allegedly at Tinubu’s Bourdillon, Ikoyi home. It was the EFCC post on Twitter that triggered the response of the social media activist, Awosanya alias Segalink. The EFCC tweeted, “Section 7(1) of the EFCC Establishment Act, 2004 gives us the power to investigate properties of any person if it appears…