By Abimbola Ogunnaike The ally of the notorious scammer, Hushpuppi, Woodberry is said to face a 14-year jail term over an $8 million scam. According to reports, the US Federal prosecutors on Thursday, 29 June, 2023, told the judge to sentence internet fraudster, Woodberry to 14 years in jail for defrauding multiple US companies.Hushpuppi and his friend, Woodberry pleaded guilty to count one of the eight counts brought against him in the US court. After he pleaded guilty, Woodberry agreed to surrender $8 million in proceeds of wire fraud as well as luxury cars and watches to the foreign government.…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Makurdi Upper Area Court in Benue State, on Friday, 30 June, 2023, has ordered a 39-year-old man, Idris Abdullahi to be remanded for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint. The Magistrate, Mrs Dooshima Ikpambese, ordered that the defendant, a resident of 39, Eri St., North Bank, be kept at the Maximum Correctional Centre, Makurdi, pending advice of the state director of public prosecutions. The magistrate did not accept the plea of the defendant for want of jurisdiction and she adjourned the case until July 20 for mention. According to the prosecutor, Insp. Veronica Shaagee, the case was…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Port Harcourt-based pastor and founder of Omega Power Ministries (OPM), Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere reportedly collapsed at the airport on Thursday, 29 June 2023, and was quickly rushed to the hospital. Chinyere, has been hospitalized over an undisclosed illness. Apostle Chinyere, who confirmed the development on his official Facebook page, shared a photo of himself on a hospital bed and asked his followers to pray for him.“Please put me in your prayers,” he captioned the photo.Fans and followers have since stormed the comment section of the pastor’s post to pray for his quick recovery. ReplyForward
By Abimbola Ogunnaike After four previous bids were rejected, Manchester United and Chelsea have finally agreed terms for Mason Mount to move to Old Trafford in a deal worth up to £60 million. The two clubs re-opened negotiations on Thursday, 29 June, 2023 and settled on a fee of £55 million plus £5 million in add-ons after United had offers rejected by Chelsea, who initially demanded £70 million for Mount. The 24-year-old England international will undergo a medical next week before signing a five-contract worth £250,000-a-week with the option of another year. Mount was one of Erik ten Hag’s main…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Thursday, 29 June, 2023 in Lagos said he could have chosen to maintain the hitherto multiple foreign exchange systems and benefit from it, but instead opted to unify the official and parallel market rates to save the country from financial hemorrhage. Speaking at a civic reception organised in his honour by the Lagos State Government at the Lagos House, Marina, President Tinubu said he took the decision in the nation’s best interest just like he did with fuel subsidy removal. “I could afford to share the benefit by participating in the arbitrage, but God forbid! That’s…
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, 29 June, 2023 descrubed his visit to Ogun State as home coming, even as he said that he invoked the spirit of freedom during his electioneering in the State. It would be recalled that the President made some pronouncements during the campaign season, which resonated with some Nigerians. The former Lagos State governor said the hardship that accompanied the Central Bank of Nigeria cash swap policy during the electioneering period forced him to invoke the spirit of freedom in the South West state. “I invoked the spirit of freedom in Ogun,” the president said while…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has promoted 7, 000 officers across different ranks and departments in the service as approved by its Board. A statement from Acting Public Relations Officer of NIS, Kenneth Kure, disclosed that the promotion was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary of the Immigration, Civil Defense, Correctional and Fire Service Board, Alhaji Jafaru Ahmed. Kure said: “The number of promoted officers and men included both senior officers who sat for the regular exams as well as junior staff who were upgraded as a result of acquiring additional qualifications.” The Acting Comptroller General, Wuraola…
By Prince Dapo Adelabu The swearing in of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the 16th president of Nigeria on May 29th, 2023, brought a ray of hope that things would change for the better very soon. Nigerians were waiting with bated breathe to see whether or not the new administration would be a marked departure from what they had become used to – dashed hopes. Happily, there are great signs that there is light at the end of the tunnel after all. In fact, the way it is going, we may not wait to get to the end of the tunnel…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Massive congratulations are pouring in like a torrential rainfall for a Nigerian woman, Chidinma Amaechi, as she welcomes a set of quintuplets after nine years of marriage. Chidinma took to TikTok to share the wonderful news of the birth of her children, and the post has gone viral on the video-sharing platform, amassing over two million views.The excited new mother shared a video of herself with her massive baby bump alongside a beautiful video of her five babies.She captioned it, “My nine years pain have turned to joy, am forever grateful Lord. I’m forever grateful Lord”. ReplyForward
Kwara State Governor and Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Chairman AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday, 29 June, 2023 joined the royal train of the Emir of Ilorin Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari for the #IlorinDurbar, the annual sociocultural festival of the emirate involving colourful horse riding and other local displays. The Governor had earlier paid homage to the Emir, after which his delegation went back home to mount their horses as part of the cultural ceremony that attracted leading traditional title holders and thousands of Ilorin sons and daughters. Mounted on the back of his hugely decorated horse alongside his brother the Mutawali of…