Nigerian Man, Others Arrested In Thailand Over Romance Scam How Nigerian Man, Others Arrested In Thailand Over Romance Scam A Nigerian and five That have been detained in Bangkok following a police raid over a romance scam that made at least 200 million baht in a year. A police search of seven locations in Bangkok, Nakhon Sawan, Phuket and Pathum Thani on Monday led to the arrest of the six suspects, Pol Maj Gen Suwat Saengnoom, chief of the Crime Suppression Division, said on Tuesday. The suspects were identified as Ms Punyawee Chusinjiraphat, 46; Mr Ezeneche Uzochukwu Jorome, 44, a…
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NBA Calls For Laws Regulating DNA Testing In Nigeria. The Nigerian Bar Association says there is a need to have laws regulating the conduct of paternity tests across the country, to protect the rights of the Nigerian child. This was made known in a communique issued by the NBA’s Section On Public Interest And Development Law (SPIDEL) at the end of her public interest annual conference which held at Jogor Centre, Ibadan, Oyo state on Wednesday. The communique was jointly signed by Prof. Paul Ananaba, SAN and Monday Onyekachi Ubani, Chairmen of the NBA SPIDEL 2021 Conference Planning Committee. Laws…
Who ‘Killed’ Chief Of Army Staff, Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru? Finally Exposed By Ozodinukwe Okenwa When the pioneer investigative journalist in Nigeria, Dele Giwa, was blown to smithereens by a letter-bomb delivered to his residence in Lagos by two Babangida loyalists, ex-SSS Director, Kunle Togun and DMI’s Halilu Akilu one of the national dailies in Nigeria had asked repeatedly the question: “Who Killed Dele Giwa?”. Though the question was never answered everyone had known all along who masterminded the Dele Giwa assassination and why. Between the dictator in power at that time, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and the mysterious Ms Gloria Okon’s…
REVEALED: Main Reason Why El-Rufai Sacked 19 Political Appointees The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has approved the disengagement of 19 political appointees as part of the ongoing “rightsizing” exercise. El-Rufai disclosed that the 19 disengaged appointees are the first phase of public servants who will depart the service. It was learnt that the affected officials include two Special Advisers, a Deputy Chief of Staff and several Special Assistants, Bala Yunusa Mohammed, Deputy Chief of Legislative Staff (DCOSL), Halima Musa Nagogo, Special Assistant to DCOSL and Umar Abubakar, another Special Assistant to DCOSL, according to a statement from Sir…
80-year-old Catholic Priest Returns Home With Only Two Bags After 53 Years Of Service Father Adolf Poll, who was fondly known as Father Alleluia, served in the Catholic Dioceses of Kisii and Malindi and he returned to Italy for his retirement on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. According to a statement by the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, Malindi, the octogenarian who will turn 81 in the coming week has been serving as a missionary priest in Kenya since 1968. Catholic Priest Returns home Read Also: Yahoo Boy Kills Twin Brother, Found Seated Beside His Decomposing Body The statement indicated: “Today…
BREAKING: Nigerian Footballer Bags Death Sentence For Smuggling N413k Worth Of Drugs A 23-year-old Nigerian man, Theophilus Ugwu, was sentenced to death on Tuesday, May 25 for smuggling nearly six kilos of methamphetamine from Cambodia to Vietnam. According to a local newspaper, Theophilus Ugwu was charged with “illegal trafficking of narcotic substances” by the People’s Court of Western province of Tay Ninh, Vietnam. On March 8 2020, police found Ugwu transporting 12 bags containing meth from Cambodia to Vietnam in Tay Ninh’s Ben Cau District. The meth weighed around 5.92 kilograms. Footballer Bags Death Sentence Read Also: PHOTOS: Be Careful…
BREAKING: Many Feared Dead As 160 Passenger Boat Capsizes About 140 boat passengers are said to be missing in Kebbi State after an overloaded boat ferrying them sank in the Niger River. The tragic incident was said to have occurred on Wednesday. Read Also: WATCH VIDEO: Moment Fulani Suicide Bomber Killed Self In Ebonyi The boat left central Niger state and was heading to northwest Kebbi state when it sank, Abdullahi Buhari Wara, administrative head of Ngaski district said. 160 Passenger Boat Capsizes “A rescue operation is underway but only 22 survivors and one dead body have been recovered,” Wara…
Parents Abandon Their Children For Landlady, Gives Reason. How Parents Abandon Their Children For Landlady Teens Coach and Mentor, Ossai Ogaga Darlington has shared the plight of six children that were abandoned by their parents. Read Also: WATCH VIDEO: Moment Fulani Suicide Bomber Killed Self In Ebonyi The teen mentor had stepped out to get bean cakes from a seller at Ovwian, Delta State when he ran into the children and the landlady that brought them to the police station to report the case. According to their narration, the father of the kids was the first to abscond before their…
BREAKING: We’re Still Waiting For Ibori’s £4.2 Million, Delta Govt Cries Out Delta Govt clear air says We’re Still Waiting For Ibori’s £4.2 Million Delta state government has said that the £4.2 million recovered by the Nigerian government from the money a former governor of the state, James Ibori, looted is not yet in the state’s account contrary to the announcement made by the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. The Accountant General of the Federation, Idris, had on Tuesday disclosed before the House of Representatives Committee on Recovered Assets, in Abuja, that the funds had been released to…
BREAKING: Mali President, Prime Minister Resign, Gives Reason Mali’s transitional president and prime minister resigned during mediation efforts Wednesday after being arrested in an apparent second military coup in nine months, a top junta aide and an international diplomat said. Read Also: Angry Youth Burns Mentally Challenged Caught With AK47 President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a coup last August, had been held since Monday and resigned “before the mediator”, said Baba Cisse, special advisor to junta boss Assimi Goita, adding that negotiations were under way for their release…