By Abimbola Ogunnaike Two employees of Pizzaman, Seidu Karim and Rashid Abdullah have bagged 5 years terms with hard labour for stealing 20 boxes of chicken wings and two gallons of cooking oil from the company’s warehouse located at Nyankyerenease in Kumasi, Ghana. Prosecuting officer, ASP Jonas Newlove Adjei told the court presided over by H/H Fred Obekyere Esq, that on Monday I May, 2023, the complainant who is the executive chef of Pizzaman received a call from his warehouse manager that two cooking oil and eight boxes of chicken wings have been stolen. The chef upon hearing the news…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ahead of the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29, 2023, the presidency has revealed that Nigeria’s seat of power, Aso Rock is currently being renovated. The concrete perimeter fence encompassing the President’s office, official residence, the Council Chamber, press gallery, as well as other administrative offices was being overlaid with new white and green paints. The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Garba Shehu disclosed this on Friday, 5 May, 2023 via his twitter account Sharing picture via Twitter, he wrote, “Painter at work. Villa wearing a new look…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A research published by European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has revealed that talking on a mobile for 30 minutes or more per week is linked with a 12 per cent increased risk of high blood pressure. The findings of the study published in European Heart Journal – Digital Health, a journal of the ESC, was posted on ESC Website on Friday,5 May, 2023. The study authored by Prof. Xianhui Qin of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, said that it was wise to keep mobile phone calls to a minimum to preserve heart health.“It’s the number of minutes people…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A United Kingdom(UK) -based Nigerian student, John Nwadiaju has been sentenced to 11 months in prison for violently assaulting and abusing his wife, Kosisochukwu Echem. Nwadiaju who is a student at Bangor University in North Wales, United Kingdom, was on Friday, 5 May, 2023 handed the sentence, along with 250 hours of unpaid work by the Caernarfon Crown Court. Nwadiaju and Echem got married in Nigeria in April 2022 but separated in August 2022 over domestic abuse and violence, according to the North Wales Chronicle,Echem visited him in Bangor in the hope of reconciliation, but Nwadiaju allegedly…
Former Super Eagles defender, Mike Onyemachara is dead, reports thegazellenews.com. Onyemachara, a member of the silver medal winning Flying Eagles team to Saudi Arabia in 1989, died on Thursday, 4 May, 2023. Though circumstances surrounding his death were still sketchy as at press time, some of his team mates who were very close to him stated that he had always been complaining of back pains in recent time. Onyemachara, a highly skillful defender, played most of his club football with First Bank of Lagos and was an influential member of the Saudi 89 Flying Eagles.
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ibrahim Musa, the son who allegedly stabbed his 50-year-old mother to death at Rimin Kebe Quarters of Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State, is now cooling off in police cell. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, announced the arrest of Musa in a statement issued on Friday, 5 May, 2023. Haruna, who said the suspect was arrested at a criminal hideout in Dawakin Tofa LGA of the State, explained that the suspect, who confessed to the crime, will be charged to court upon completion of investigation. Narrating how the incident happened, the suspect’s elder…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A United Kingdom court on Friday, 5 May, 2023 sentenced former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months in jail for plotting to harvest a man’s kidney for his sick daughter. Meanwhile, Ekweremadu’s wife, Beatrice was handed four years, six months sentence while Obinna Obeta, a medical doctor got a 10 years’ sentence for the same offence. The Prosecutor, Hugh Davies told the jury that the behaviour of Ekweremadu showed “entitlement, dishonesty and hypocrisy”. Recall the trio of Ekweremadu, Beatrice and Obeta were convicted of conspiracy to arrange the travel of a young…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Popular Nigerian Comedian, Oluwaseyitan Aletile, addressed as Seyi Law, has launched a search for an online troll who threatened him over his political affiliation with President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Recall that the comedian had in March 2nd tendered an apology to followers and supporters of opposition parties he offended during his campaign for Tinubu. His apology came after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the All Progressives Congress,(APC), standard bearer as the winner of the just concluded 2023 general election. The comedian, however, in a new post shared on his Instagram page Thursday, 4 May ,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Minister of Mines and Steel, Olamilekan Adegbite, has inaugurated the first gemstone market in Nigeria, just as he disclosed that 2007 Mining Act only recognises families and individuals as rightful owners of acquired mining sites, not traditional rulers. Adegbite who said this during the inauguration of the International Gemstone Market under the Economic Sustainability Plan of the Federal Government on Thursday, 4 May 2023, in Ibadan, Oyo State, also explained that the Mineral and Mining Act 2007 favours individuals and families as rightful owners of mining sites, not traditional rulers. Adegbite was reacting to a question…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has warned about the risk of the retail Central Bank Digital currencies amid a surge of e-Naira transactions in Nigeria. In an interview at the Milken Institute’s 2023 Global Conference in Argentina less than a week ago, Georgieva urged countries to stick to less risky Central Bank Digital Currencies, CBDC options. Georgrieva noted that wholesale CBDCs are a better option than retail CBDCs because of the room for errors. “We think wholesale CBDCs can be put in place with fairly little space for undesirable surprises, whereas…