By Abimbola Ogunnaike An African-American woman who makes $144,000 (approximately N108 million) annually driving a truck while her husband stays home to raise the kids says she is out to challenge stereotypes about gender roles. Clarissa Rankin, 36, who is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, says she has hauled various items, including tyres, diapers, auto parts and TVs, over the course of five years as a female truck driver. Clarissa, who is married to Joey Rankin with whom she has two boys, said that prior to becoming a truck driver, she found it hard to make money. The owner of…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike In response to reports that her son’s fortune had been transferred into her name, Achraf Hakimi’s mother, Saida Mouh, has finally opened up saying that she was not aware of any such transfer but stressed that if her son hadn’t done it, he would be unable to get rid of Hiba Abouk. Mouh disclosed this in response to reports that her son’s fortune had been transfered into her name. She told Moroccan media that Hakimi had not disclosed anything to her about the situation, and that “if he has taken any action to protect himself, I’m unaware of it.” …
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Munkai’la Abubakar before Justice Daruis Khobo of the State High Court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State on a seven count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence and forgery. The defendant sometime in January, 2018, allegedly sold four plots of land to one Umar Iskil for N4, 800,000 with forged titled documents. One of the count charges reads: “that you, Munka’ilu Abubakar sometime in January, 2018 at Kaduna within the Judicial Division of the High Court of Justice of Kaduna state with intent to defraud…
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday, 17 April, 2023, arraigned one Joseph Victor Ndubuka before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on a two count charge bordering on romance scam and non- disclosure of assets. The defendant allegedly used the false identity of Caucasian gay to defraud unsuspecting victims of their hard-earned money. One of the counts reads, “that you, Victor Joseph Ndubuka “m” sometime in March 2023 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court knowingly failed to make full disclosure of your assets by deliberately refusing to declare your…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has assured that the Kano-Kaduna Road project will be completed and inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari before he leaves office on Monday, 29 May, 2023. Fashola, however said work on the section one of the project, covering Kaduna-Abuja, would continue even after Buhari’s administration as there won’t be interference in its funding. The Minister made this known in Zaria, Kaduna State on Monday, 17 April, 2023 when he led the Federal Government delegation on an inspection tour of the section II and III road. “We have promised to…
By Abimbola Oguunaike Hamisu Shamdozhi, the abducted son of the traditional ruler of Bukpe in Kwali Area Council of the FCT, Alhaji Hussaini Shamdozhi, and three other residents, David, Shekwomwaza and Isaac have regained their freedom after 10 months in captivity. The kidnappers on March 25, 2023 freed the monarch’s wife, Sadiya Shamdozhi and one of his sons, Osama after N2.5 million was reportedly paid to them, leaving behind the monarch’s remaining son, Hamisu Shamdozhi and three other residents in their captivity. The monarch, who confirmed the release of his remaining son and three of his subjects through telephone to…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under probe over whether he clearly declared his wife’s shareholding in a company that stands to benefit from a recent budget. The Parliament’s Commissioner for Standards began the investigation over a “declaration of interest” on April 13, according to a list of open inquiries on its website on Monday, 16April, 2023. The probe relates to shares Akshata Murthy holds in childcare agency, Koru Kids, which is set to benefit from support for the childcare sector announced in March’s budget. Sunak did not mention Murthy’s shares in the firm at…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) generated N715.09 million in revenue from passengers in Q3 of 2022. This is contained in the NBS Rail Transportation Data for Q3 and Q4 2022 released on Tuesday, 18 April, 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The report showed that the figure dropped by 60.52 per cent compared to the N1.81 billion received in Q3 of 2021. Similarly, it showed that N101.84 million was collected in Q3 2022 as revenue from goods/ cargos, this dropped by 7.04 per cent from N109.56 million received in Q3…
By Abimbbola Ogunnaike Unless the unexpected happened, the Federal Government will commence payment of the planned increase in civil servants’ pay by the end of this month (April), an OgunState based national newspaper report The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, retd, is expected to give his final assent for disbursement any moment from now. If the proposal sails through, it means the increase will be coming about two months to the June date proposed for the removal of petrol subsidy. Officials of the Federal Government told the newspaper exclusively that the fresh pay increase, tagged consequential allowance, would lead to…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has maintained majority in the House of Representatives after winning 17 of the 31 seats in House of Representatives supplementary elections. The repeat polls were conducted on Saturday, 15 April, 2023, in 14 states spread across the country. With the 17 additional seats, the ruling party now has 179 members-elect in the House of Representatives. Trailing the APC is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with 115 members-elect. The opposition party secured 10 out of the 31 seats contested. The Labour Party (LP), which won a seat at the supplementary election, raise the number of its…