The EFCC has arraigned controversial influencer Blessing CEO over a property fraud case tied to a Lekki duplex transaction. Blessing CEO has been arraigned by the EFCC over alleged fraud involving ₦36 million linked to a Lekki property deal. Prosecutors claim she collected money for a duplex she allegedly had no authority to lease. The…
Street artiste and ZaZoo crooner, Habeeb ‘Portable’ Badmus, suffered his first defeat in celebrity boxing on Friday night as social media comedian, Carter Efe, outclassed him across three rounds to win by unanimous decision at the Chaos in the Ring 4 event held at the Balmoral Hall, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. All three…
An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Ain Saadeh, east of Beirut, late Sunday killed a local official of a Christian political party, deepening internal tensions in Lebanon as the conflict with Hezbollah widens across the country. The strike, which hit a residential building in the predominantly Christian town in the hills east of the…
Distribution of sensitive materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun in Ekiti State ahead of the governorship election and a series of senatorial and federal constituency by-elections scheduled for Saturday, 20th June 2026. Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) were at the Central Bank office in Ado Ekiti sorting the sensitive…
Devastating floods in the Nepal-Tibet border region have killed at least 616 people, Nepali police said Saturday, three days after the disaster. Chinese state media had earlier confirmed seven dead, taking the total killed to at least 623. Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after…
The suspect, identified as Hadiza Ibrahim, was captured on CCTV footage at Katsina Green House, where she was seen stealing various items from a shop. The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old woman who specializes in shoplifting in marketing environments within the Katsina metropolis, for allegedly stealing goods worth ₦10,102,000. She was arrested…
The Federal Government has commenced a marathon trial of 500 terror suspects arrested in connection with the series of deadly attacks in the country. The suspects were alleged to have participated mainly in the Northern parts of the country, where more than 2000 Nigerians have been killed and properties destroyed. Others were accused of aiding and…
Their protest is against the continued inclusion of the Nigeria Police Force in the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), which they described as fraudulent, illegal, inhumane, and obnoxious. Some retirees of the Nigeria Police Force under the aegis of the Police Retired Officers Forum of Nigeria (PROF) have staged a protest at the Presidential Villa in…
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, Bishop Prof. Stephen Adegbite, has announced the lifting of the ban on Christian pilgrimage to Israel. The ban was suspended by the Commission in February this year following the commencement of the US-Israel-Iran conflict. Bishop Adegbite made the declaration at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on…
The United States Department of State has designated a Nigerian, two others and six entities as financiers of ISIS. The three individuals and six entities, the United States Department of State said, cut across Europe, the Middle East and West Africa, where they have enabled ISIS to move money across borders. The spokesperson, United States Department…
