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The Pastor of Temple International Church, Harry Uyanwanne, and his wife, Oluwakemi Odemuyiwa, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing N52m, which belongs to one late Odemuyiwa Janet Adeola by the Lagos State Special Offenses Court sitting in Ikeja. The couple was arraigned by the Economic and…

By Didimoko A Didimoko Hundreds of travellers and motorists are currently stranded around the Okwoejeba section of the Benin – Warri road section of the East-West Highway due to the deplorable state of the road. Many travellers have taken to social media sites, including Facebook and WhatsApp, to lament their…

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo By Deborah Nnamdi Gunmen suspected to be internet fraudsters (popularly called Yahoo Boys) have allegedly shot a collaborator over a disagreement arising from the sharing of N94 million proceeds from an online scam. The shooting incident reportedly occurred on Sunday at Okhoro Road in Egor…

Photo: Justice Muhammad Lawal Shaibu A presiding judge of the Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division, Justice Muhammad Lawal Shaibu, on Monday, tasked anti-corruption agents to focus on larger figures involved in corrupt practices rather than targeting cyber-fraudsters aka Yahoo boys. Shaibu made this call during the opening of the Northwest…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended Ezeokoli Sylver, a 59-year-old businessman based in Brazil, for attempting to smuggle 700 grams of cocaine into Nigeria. Sylver was arrested on Friday, November 29, 2024, at the E-Arrival Hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, upon arrival from…

Nigerian author and social media influencer, Reno Omokri has taken a swipe at Afrobeat singer David Adeleke (Davido), over his perceived disparaging comment on Nigeria during a recent interview. Omokri, the self-acclaimed Table-Shaker’, was reacting to the recent feat achieved by Davido’s archrival, Wizkid (Ayodeji Ibrahim, who recently set a…

Photo: DESOPADEC MD Festus Ochonogor, and Executive Director, Social Services, Favour Izoukumor, with a beneficiary By Deborah Nnamdi, Special Correspondent The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) Skill Academy has presented multi-million naira worth of startpacks and N500,000 start-up capital each to 200 entrepreneurs in the 5th edition…

By Deborah Nnamdi A woman, Wuraola Surajudeen, on Wednesday, prayed to an Area Court in Ilorin to grant her divorce two weeks after her marriage to her husband, Surajudeen Iya-Onitasi, on the grounds of “lack of love and affection.” “I was introduced to my present husband, and we got along…

The fitness community in Ashaimam, Ghana, has been hit by a shocking scandal, as a local gym instructor has been accused of impregnating at least three of his female clients. The allegations, which have sparked widespread outrage and debate, claimed that the instructor engaged in consensual relationships with the women…

File Photo: Ibekie as seen in a 2018 post on his Facebook page Two Nigerians, Anthony Emeka Ibekie (59-year-old) and Samuel Aniukwu (50), living in Chicago, Illinois, USA, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for online frauds, including inheritance and love scams. A U.S. District Judge Steven C. Seeger…