FG slams Sowore with treason, money laundering, conspiracy

Omoyele Sowore, detained activist and convener of the RevolutionNow Protest, has been slammed with a seven-count money laundering and conspiracy charges by the Federal Government, before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. Equally cited as a defendant in the charge marked FHC/ ABJ/CR/235/2019, is one Olawale Adebayo Bakare (aka Mandate). In the statement of offence that was attached to count-one of the charge, FG alleged that the defendants committed conspiracy to commit treasonable felony, contrary to section 516 of the criminal Code Act Cap C38 Laws of the…

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Fatoyinbo urges court to dismiss Busola Dakolo’s suit, fine her N50m

Biodun Fatoyinbo, the Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, has reacted to the suit accusing him of raping Busola, wife of inspirational singer, Timi Dakolo. In his preliminary objection he filed against the suit on September 20, 2019, Fatoyinbo told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja where the suit was instituted that the prayers contained in the case should not be granted. Apart from seeking the dismissal of Busola’s suit, Fatoyinbo asked the court to award the cost of N50m against her and her solicitor…

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FG disappointed over UN report of violence in Nigeria

THE Federal Government on Friday, expressed dissatisfaction over the United Nations Rapporteur Report of violence in Nigeria, describing the report as disappointing.  The Federal Government said some of the displaced people in the country was as a result of communal and ethnic crisis. Expressing disappointment on the report, the Federal Government through the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said that the report did not take into consideration the ethnic clashes. According to him, “We have read press reports of the UN rapporteur…

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Union Homes Savings & Loans in trouble over customer’s N757m deposit

An Ijebu -Ode based business man in Ogun state, south west Nigeria, Afolorunsho Yinusa, has dragged Union Homes Savings and loan before a Lagos high court over the failure of the finance house to pay him N757,499,795.57 being the outstanding balance of his fixed deposit with the mortgage banking institution. Meanwhile the Claimant has also filed a winding up petition against the Union Home loans and saving Plc before a Federal high court in Lagos urging the court to wind up the company over the inability of the company to…

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Woman kills three-day-old stepson in Niger, blames evil spirit

Harela Uba, a 22-year-old housewife, has confessed to killing her three-day-old stepson in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. She revealed that an evil spirit drove her into killing her stepson with an insecticide known as ‘Ota Pia-Pia’. It was learnt that the suspect’s husband, Saidu Uba of Shakodna village in Shiroro, reported the incident to the police. He told the police that his second wife, Fa’iza, of the same address, went into the bathroom and left her three-day-old baby boy in her room. Saidu explained that when…

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25 LAUTECH students arrested for Internet fraud

25 students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, have been arrested by operatives from the Advance Fee Fraud Unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, for alleged involvement in cybercrime, including romance scam, possession of forged documents and obtaining money by false pretences. The students, aged between 18 and 29, were arrested in their off-campus hostels following raids carried out between Monday and Thursday by the operatives. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement in Abuja on Thursday that the raids were based…

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Reactions trail MC Oluomo’s invitation to UNILAG event

Criticism has trailed the invitation of a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, to an event at the University of Lagos, Akoka, on the social media. Many Nigerians on Twitter criticised the decision to invite MC Oluomo to the event, saying it would pass the wrong message to students of the institution. The event, which was organised by the National Association of Geography Students, UNILAG chapter, held on Tuesday. A snapshot of the event’s banner was posted on Twitter by a user. The user…

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Man arrested for Port Harcourt serial killing explains how he killed victim

Gracious David West, suspected Port Harcourt serial killer, has told the Nigerian police that he used pillowcases to tie a victim before killing her in a hotel room in Rukpokwu, about 18 kilometres from Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital city. 26-year-old West, whom the police said is a cultist, was arrested on Wednesday on East-West Road en route to Uyo from Port Harcourt. West said in a video the Nigerian police posted to its official Twitter handle he had transactional sex with a nameless victim. Hours later, the victim…

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Celine Dion Begs Drake Not To Tattoo Her Face On His Body

Canadian rap artist, Drake’s body art is a collection of intricate designs, muses and OVO signs. The latest inspiration that Drake wants to commemorate with ink is singer Céline Dion. But, she’s not a big fan of the idea. Apparently two years ago, Drake allegedly told Celine Dion at the Billboard Music Awards that he was planning on adding her face to his burgeoning tattoo collection. During an iHeartRadio Canada interview, Dion made a passionate appeal to the rapper in hopes of making sure he avoided what she deemed an…

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Court orders forfeiture of P&ID assets to Nigeria

Irish firm, Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), yesterday described as fraudulent the ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordering the forfeiture of all its assets to the Federal Government. “Today’s (yesterday’s) sham trial in Nigeria is entirely illegitimate and follows a systematic campaign of harassment, intimidation and illegal detention of a number of individuals associated with P&ID or the GSPA (Gas Supply and Purchase Agreement) contract. The individuals detained have not been afforded due process and have instead been pressured and intimidated by the government into making false statements,”…

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