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Lagos lost a prominent private figure with the sudden passing of Anthony Adeniyi Adeosun. The sixty-two-year-old businessman died on Wednesday in Lagos State after an active career in private enterprise. He was the husband to former finance minister Kemi Adeosun. The Adeosun family announced his death through a formal statement on Thursday morning. His passing…
Dozens of primary and secondary school pupils alongside their teachers have finally regained their freedom after spending nearly two months in captivity. The hostages were abducted during a highly coordinated raid on three public schools in Oriire Local Government Area on May 15. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy,…
The Nigeria Police have arrested the father of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the individual central to a N1.3 billion fake presidential agency scandal. Law enforcement officers detained the elderly man during a morning raid on the family residence in Ogbomoso. Human rights lawyer Femi Falana confirmed the detention and quickly condemned the action as an unlawful…
A former Secretary to the Benue State Government, Professor David Salifu, has died after sustaining severe gunshot wounds during a highway ambush by suspected bandits. The academic and politician succumbed to his injuries early Friday morning at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital in Makurdi. The attack occurred on Thursday along the notorious Wukari-Zaki Biam…
A federal judge has sent prominent political activist and online publisher Omoyele Sowore back to prison. The Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his immediate remand at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Mohammed Umar handed down the directive following a series of dramatic legal skirmishes regarding the defendant’s compliance with prior court orders. The move…
Bandits have executed Michael Oyedokun, a mathematics teacher abducted from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The terrorists released a gruesome video on Sunday showing the educator being tied up and forced to speak before being beheaded. The footage, which circulated widely on Telegram on Monday morning, has…
A London jury is now deliberating the fate of Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former petroleum minister, after a four-month trial at Southwark Crown Court. British prosecutors allege she accepted high-end property refurbishments, private jet flights, and designer goods from Harrods in exchange for oil contracts. The case marks the end of a decade-long investigation by the…
Nigeria has finally extracted a pound of flesh from the man who presided over its darkness. Saleh Mamman, a former minister of power, was sentenced on Wednesday to 75 years in prison for his role in a N33.8 billion money laundering scheme. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja convicted the former…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman for laundering ₦33.8 billion. Justice James Omotosho found the former official guilty on all twelve counts brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The judgment reveals a systematic looting of funds meant for the Mambilla and Zungeru hydroelectric projects. While…
An electrical fault has turned the Nigeria Labour Congress secretariat in Sokoto into a hollowed shell. The fire started at 3 am on Saturday and erased three decades of trade union history in a single morning. Firefighters arrived an hour after the alarm, but the delay proved fatal for the building’s contents. Every computer, printer,…
