A 14-year-old survivor of sex trafficking in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State has revealed that she slept with at least 10 to 12 men daily while in the camp. The survivor (name withheld), a native of Akwa Ibom State, was trafficked into Ogun State on 29 January, 2024. It was gathered that the Ogun State Amotekun Corps, at about 6:15 am on Wednesday, 12 February, 2025 raided the sex trafficking camp in Ifo local government area of the state, leading to the arrest 15 suspects and their boss identified as Idem Joy. The victims, between the age of…
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The world football governing body, FIFA has suspended one of their employees, Jack Edward Coles, after he was arrested on charges of underage sex while on a work trip in Miami. According to the Miami Herald, Coles was detained at a hotel near FIFA’s offices in the Coral Gables neighborhood on Friday, 7 February, 2025 by federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations The 39-year-old Briton is alleged to have met a 14-year-old boy through a dating app last October. Coles allegedly tried to meet with the teenager again last week. The boy reportedly lied to the FIFA staffer he was 16…
Barely 24 hours after Nigeria’s telecommunications giant, MTN, commenced implementation of a 200 percent tariff hike for the 15G data bundle alongside other data plans, it has quickly reversed the decision, saying it was a mistake. thegazellenews.com reports. The company disclosed this in a statement through its official X account on Thursday, 13 February, 2025. On Tuesday,12 February, 2025 MTN MTN commenced implementation of a 200 percent tariff hike for the 15G data bundle alongside other data plans. The hike had contravened the 50 percent telecom tariff hike approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission. Meanwhile, in an update on Thursday, 13 February, 2025, the firm…
The Senate and House of Representatives have passed the N54.9 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill presented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. At the House of Representatives, the bill was passed after a clause-by-clause consideration by the Committee of the Whole on Thursday, 13 February, 2025 It was presented earlier by the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Rep. Kabir Abubakar Bichi, at the plenary and later considered by the Committee of the Whole for passage. The budget was passed after the House reverted to plenary and a voice vote put by the Speaker, Abbas Tajuddeen. The passed budget reads, “A Bill for…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has reduced the petrol pump price from N960 to N945 per litre at its retail stations.The price adjustment, which took effect on Thursday, 13 February, 2025 followed instructions from the company to its retail outlets.The change in price was confirmed at an NNPC filling station in Ejigbo.“Yes, this morning (Thursday), we received instructions from the head office to reduce the price from N960 to N945. You can already see the level of patronage and the long queues,” a petrol attendant at the station disclosed.However, not all consumers are optimistic about the price reduction. As reported…
The Central Banks of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks across the country to ensure they have enough cash for customers’ withdrawals from their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), thegazellenews.com reports. The directive was issued to the banks by the apex banks on Thursday, February 13, 2025, in a ‘Question and Answer’ explainer released in its recent review of ATM withdrawal fees. The CBN also warned the banks against pegging ATM withdrawals below N20,000 per transaction, especially when the customer have enough funds and asking for higher amounts. “Any bank that compels a customer with sufficient funds in their account to withdraw…
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has dismissed rumours making the round that he intends to contest in Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election. In a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday, 13 February, 2025, Adesina explained that his recent comments during an Arise TV interview were misinterpreted. “A segment of my recent interview has been both misinterpreted and misrepresented in several Nigerian media outlets, For clarity and for the record, I did not say that I am running for the office of President of Nigeria,” he said During the interview on Monday, 10 February,…
The President of the Centre for Human and Socio-economic Rights (CHSR), Comrade Alex Omotehinse has said that the Lagos State House of Assembly must be allowed to exercise its freedom in conducting its legislative duties, reports thegazellenews.com Thus, according to Omotehinse, the choice of Rt Honourable Mojisola Lasbat Meranda by the lawmakers after the removal of Mudashiru Obasa, must be allowed to stay because the process followed the dictates of democratic principles. The group thus stated that it will be an act of treachery and insensitivity for Obasa to return as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Omotehinse,…
A leader of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and Managing Director of Muslim Television Ahmadiyya, (MTA) International Nigeria, Munir Ud Din Shams, has said that Islam is a religion that believes in and uphold the principles of peace and justice, reports thegazellenews.com Shams also said world is presently in a state of crisis and the solutions to it is for everybody to imbibe the principles of peace and justice as stated by the Holy Quran. He also quoted from the book of His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, global Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on recipe to achieve world peace. Shams spoke on Wednesday,…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has intensified efforts to make Hajj more affordable for Nigerian pilgrims while also fostering interfaith harmony and cooperation. In two separate engagements held at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, NAHCON Chairman, Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman, met with the Sub-Technical Committee on Hajj Fare Packages and later hosted the Chairman of the National Christian Pilgrims’ Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, on a courtesy visit. Efforts to Reduce Hajj Cost The Sub-Technical Committee on Hajj Fare Packages, a sub-committee of the Committee on Muslim Pilgrimage of the National House of Representatives, paid a fact-finding visit…