Justice M.A Onyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has jailed a beautician, Williams Kingsley, over internet fraud. Kingsley was arraigned by the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a lone-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents. The lone-count charge reads: “That you, Kingsley Williams “M” sometimes in 2022, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did possess documents containing false pretences and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud- Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
The Kogi State Government has given the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr. Ado Ibrahim, 48 hours to re-submit his response to a recent query given to him with the appropriate title of the stool as recognised by the Kogi State Chieftaincy Law 2006 and his letter of appointment. The monarch was issued a query for his alleged untoward conduct during the recent visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state. He had, in his response letter marked: “Ref. No. ETC/CHI/35/VOL.II/33”, dated January 6, 2023, addressed himself as “Atta Ebira” instead of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. Declaring that the Atta Ebira title is…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend busted a warehouse in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos belonging to a tramadol cartel, arresting two of its kingpins, seizing millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over N5 billion. This is even as anti-narcotics officers of the agency also uncovered and dismantled a clandestine skuchies laboratory in a remote part of Sagamu, Ogun state where several equipment and various quantities of illicit substances used to mass produce the dangerous new psychoactive substance were recovered on Saturday, 14 January, 2023. In a statement on Sunday, 15 January, 2023,…
The People Republic of China has reiterated her commitments towards strengthening bilateral relations with Nigeria for common developmental goals. The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun said this while answering questions from journalists at the weekend during the celebration the Lunar New Year of Rabbit in Nigeria by the Chinese Embassy in Abuja. He noted that the people-to-people exchanges between the two countries had bridged cultural differences and fostered a sense of community and harmony. The envoy said that the celebration would help the Chinese community in Nigeria to mark the upcoming Spring Festival and offer an opportunity for Nigerian…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has rolled out the enhanced e-Passport Central Production Centre for Duste, Jigawa state and Dawakin-kudu in Kano state, in continuation of the efforts aimed at bringing improved passport processing services closer to Nigerians. Commissioning the facility at Farm Centre passport office Kano, the Governor of the state, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, congratulated the Service for the many achievements recorded in recent times especially for being the first country in Africa to roll out the enhanced e- passport. The Governor, who was represented at the event by the state Commissioner of Budget, Alhaji Danazumi Grazo, appreciated NIS…
The Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Isah Idris, has charged men of the service to remain apolitical and ensure non-Nigerians are not allowed to participate in the forthcoming election exercise. The CGIS gave the charge on Saturday at the graduation ceremony of 1,800 personnel of the Service trained at the Immigration Training School Kano (ITSK) and Customs Training College Kano (CTC). The personnel who recently went through the 23rd Pre-Basic Course, passed out at an event held at ITSK. The Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Isah Idris, while congratulating the graduands, urged them to remain guided by the trainings they…
Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday, 15 January, 2023, in Abuja met with Governorship and National Assembly Candidates of the party ahead of the upcoming General Elections. Tinubu who said he had been eager to meet with the party’s candidates urged them to ensure they do not disappoint members of the party who elected them to fly the party’s tickets at the polls. With the many unproductive years of the former Peoples Democratic Party’s government, he said Nigerians and indeed members of the APC are expecting a new lease of life from the…
The Founder/Ceo of GistHouse Afrocentric Drop-In Conversation platform has announced the introduction of a Video Feature into its previously all audio drop-in conversation platform currently available in all app AppStores globally. With the emergence of Clubhouse Audio app in 2021, during the height of the COVID Pandemic, there has been a huge revolutionary growth in the social audio conversation industry as more and more audio conversation apps like Twitter Spaces, GistHouse, Wisdom, Spoon, Green Room etc spang up to take advantage of the exploding global interest in dropin audio conversations which allows anyone across the world to drop in, and…
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has praised former Interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, for his courage and extraordinary leadership on the occasion of his 84th birthday. The former Lagos State Governor commended Chief Akande for his helpful contributions to Nigeria and dedication and commitment to progressive politics and good governance. He noted the unblemished public service record of Chief Akande from the start of the Second Republic when he was a member of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1979 constitution, Secretary to the Government of old Oyo State and Deputy Governor…
Wema Bank Plc’s stocks emerged as the best-performing financial stocks on the Nigerian Exchange during the 2022 financial year. In a report titled “The Best Performing Stocks in Nigeria in 2022,” Nairametrics compiled and analyzed the best-performing stocks in 2022, comparing their share prices as of December 31st, 2021, and December 30th, 2022. The analysis considered all 159 publicly listed companies during the period. According to the report, Wema Bank’s share price appreciated by a whopping 441.7 percent. This helped it to close the 2022 year at N3.9, down from the 72 kobo recorded at the end of 2022. The…