Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced a 22-year-old man, Abiola Emmanuel, to two years in prison after defrauding residents. The convict was arraigned on one count of retention of proceeds of crime. The charge read, “That you, Abiola Emmanuel, on or about March 17, 2022, in Lagos, within the Ikeja jurisdiction of this honorable court, retained in your control the aggregate sum of $38,000, one HP Elite X2 laptop, one Navy Blue Hublot Fission wristwatch and one diamond encrusted Cartier Santos wristwatch, being proceeds of criminal conduct, deceitfully obtained from unsuspecting members of…
Author: Victor Fola
National Examinations Council, (NECO) has released this year’s Senior School Certificate Examinations, (Internal) results. The number of candidates who made Credit and above in the English language is 889,188 representing 74.89% while the number of candidates who made Credit and above in Mathematics is 929,140 representing 78.23%. The result also shows that the number of candidates who made five credits and above including English and Mathematics is 727,864 representing 60.74%. Total number of candidates who actually sat for the examination is. 1,198,412 out of 1,209,703 actually registered for the examinations.
The Federal Government has warned the stakeholders in Nigerian football to abide by a Sept. 15 order of the Federal High Court not to conduct the proposed NFF Elections. Recall that the Nigeria Football Federation had scheduled Friday in Benin for the elections into the 2022 to 2026 NFF Executive Committee. However, Ismaila Abubakar, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, in a statement, said Federal Government wanted the stakeholders “not to do anything, or take any further steps particularly, as regards the elections.” He said the ministry was not oblivious of recent developments concerning the NFF Elective…
The Federal Government has approved N29.083bn for projects in the Ministry of Works and Housing and Mines and Steel Development. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the weekly council meeting chaired by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). According to Mohammed, N27.23bn and N1.85bn were approved to rehabilitate the 30km Idoani-Otuo Road and construct a 27km retaining wall for the Ebonyi Salt Lakes, respectively. He said, “This is on behalf of the Honourable Minister of works and housing, who presented a memo for the approval of the award of contract…
City Boy Movement, a support group of the APC Presidential ticket has assured that 10 million votes will be delivered for candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the forthcoming 2023 election. Members of the group who are largely youths converged at the Unity Fountain, Abuja for the inauguration of their campaign rallies they hope to expand nationwide in the coming months. It will be recalled that campaigns officially began nationwide on Thursday ahead of the 2023 general elections. Its National Coordinator, Shoaga Francis, said “any mistake” in Nigeria’s choice of President will be “detrimental.” He said, “The main reason we’re here today…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has assured Nigerians that he and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, will lead Nigeria to its best future. Tinubu said this in a statement released on Wednesday. He noted that the the party’s campaign will be taken to every part of the country. He said he will be bringing new thinking, innovative ideas and vision to steer the country to greater heights. The statement read, “Today marks the commencement of the 2023 presidential campaign across the country. I invite all Nigerians to join me and His Excellency Senator…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Dr Babachir Lawal has debunked rumours linking him with the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged attempt to settle scores with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as regards the Muslim-Muslim Presidency in 2023. According to Lawal, he would rather quit active politics on May 29, 2023, when President Muhammadu Buhari would have completed his second term in office. He said in a statement on Wednesday that he would go back to his farm and remain an elder statesman next year. The former SGF clarified that his visit…
American business magnate and internet entrepreneur, Mark Zuckerberg, has dropped from the list of the top ten American wealthiest people after losing $76.8 billion in one year. The 38-year-old Facebook founder who lost more than half his fortune, $76.8 billion since September 2021 dropped from number three to number 11 on the Forbes 400 list of America’s wealthiest people, due to his company’s staggering stock price drop. In October 2021, Facebook officially became Meta. Meta’s Instagram and Facebook are also losing its middle age and teenage customers to TikTok. Facebook reported its first-ever quarterly loss of daily active users in…
Two siblings in Ibadan have been arrested for alleged fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) . EFCC Head of Media, Wilson Uwujaren, announced the operation in a statement on Wednesday. The siblings identified as Lateef Afeez Abiodun and Lateef Abdullahi Olalekan were arrested alongside 24 others suspected of internet-related fraudulent activities in Ibadan, the Oyo capital. They were nabbed at the Apete area based on actionable intelligence received by the commission. Others are Awotunde Joseph Sunday, Ojekunle Ifakorede Apesinola, Oladepo Kayode Samuel, Emmanuel Michael Blessing, Shittu Hassan Taiwo, Olubanji Michael Remilekan, Bakari Ibrahim Oluwatosin. Ahmad Sodiq Adekola, Joshua…
A joint task force in Bauchi State has arrested a fake medical doctor after performing a failed surgery that led to the death of a patient. The suspect, Andrew Godwin from Nasarawa State, was arrested on Sunday for carrying out an unsuccessful operation which led to the death of Joshua Haruna. Haruna, 45, was a resident of Gambar Lere in Bogoro local government area of Bauchi State. According to Daily Post, the suspect has been living in Gambar Sabon Layi in Tafawa Balewa where he carries out his business. The man is alleged to be a medicine store operator and…