Zero Tolerance for Corruption Vanguard Slams GTBank Over Fraudulent Practices, Calls for Government Intervention In a passionate statement to the press, Richard Aro, convener of the Zero Tolerance for Corruption Vanguard, has condemned the operations of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), calling the financial institution a “fraudulent organisation” and urging Nigerians to avoid using their services. Aro highlighted the severe impact of the bank’s alleged fraudulent activities, especially on rural communities where elderly Nigerians depend on remittances to sustain their livelihoods. According to Aro, many rural dwellers never receive the funds sent to them, or in some cases, do not even…
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NMDPRA Defends Allocation Of Import Licences, Says ‘Dangote Refinery Unable To Meet Demands’ The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says it issued oil licences to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and oil marketers to address petroleum product shortfalls in the country. NMDPRA informed Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, through a counter affidavit filed and deposed to by Idris Musa, a senior regulatory officer in the authority, in response to a suit brought by Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE. According to NAN, Dangote refinery filed the application, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024, against NMDPRA and NNPC as 1st and…
Confusion As Elderly Women Are Willing To Pay $190 Monthly To Stay In Prison Forever The rising level of loneliness among Japan’s ageing population is pushing some elderly women to view life in prison as a better alternative to freedom. At Tochigi Women’s Prison, the largest women’s correctional facility in Japan, inmates aged 65 and above make up a significant proportion of the population. According to Takayoshi Shiranaga, one of the prison officials who spoke with CNN, some of the women prefer the companionship and stability offered within the prison walls as opposed to the loneliness outside the prison. “There…
Deziani Allison Madueke Blasts Nigerian Govt Over $52million Recovered Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani Alison Madueke has declared the government has falsely accused of having links with a recently $52 million from the US. The former Minister stated that the said $52 million was rather recovered from a Nigerian businessman, Mr. Kola Aluko. Responding through her lawyer, Chief Mike Mike Ozekhome SAN, the former minister accused the government and certain forces bent on discrediting her of cooking a “cocktail of lies” aimed at tarring her black. She stated that several unfounded lies and narratives have been cooked up…
BREAKING: Gunmen Storm Church, Kill Popular Nigerian Pastor The spiritual head of Celestial Church of Christ, Eagle Parish, in Idiroko area of Ogun State,Prophet Yomi Adetula, was on Sunday, shot dead by three suspected gunmen. The tragic incident, the Tribune Online learnt during service, when the gunmen were reported to have opened fire on the victim in the full glare of worshippers. Adetula, until his death, was a Commander of the Ogun State So-Safe Security outfit, aged 54. A statement issued by the office of the Ogun State Police Public Relations, had it that the assailants mangled Adetula’s head with…
Fear Grips Notorious Terrorist Kingpin, Bello Turji Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) have reportedly stormed the location of notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji, destroying his food storage facility and killing one of his sons. Counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, confirmed the development in a post via X on Saturday. Makama said the attack on Turji’s hitherto unknown location, was carried out by a combined ground and air troops under the Operation Fansan Yanma which dismantled the bandit’s key hideouts in Fakai, Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, where Turji and his associates…
UK Not Hotel; Won’t Accept Every Immigrant, Kemi Badenoch Blasts Nigerians UK Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch says the United Kingdom is a home to people like her and not “a hotel” for millions of immigrants from Nigeria and other parts of the world. Ms Badenoch, in her first speech of the year on Thursday, said the UK made a lot of mistakes in the past and can no longer afford to open its doors to millions of immigrants worldwide. “We simply cannot take all the millions of people who want to come here from elsewhere. Our country is our…
Trump’s Planned Mass Deportation In US United States president-elect, Donald Trump’s incoming administration plans to launch a major immigration raid in Chicago the day after he assumes office, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal on Friday, which cited four sources familiar with the plans. The operation, expected to begin on Tuesday and continue throughout the week, will involve U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deploying between 100 and 200 officers, the newspaper reported. Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment. However, a source familiar with the administration’s plans said that ICE would…
BREAKING : Scores Feared Dead As Explosion Rocks Abuja Expressway A devastating tanker explosion occurred around 10 a.m. on Saturday at Dikko Junction along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway in Gurara Local Government Area, Niger State, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries. Reports indicate that the death toll was significant due to people gathering to collect the spilled product from the tanker before the explosion. Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander Kumar Tsukwam confirmed the incident but stated that the exact number of casualties was yet to be determined. Reacting to the tragedy, Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, through his…
JUST IN: Leaked Letter: Catholic Priest Fired Over Secret Marriage The Catholic Diocese of Warri, located in Delta State, Nigeria, has officially suspended Rev. Fr. Daniel Oghenerukevwe from the priesthood following his reported marriage in the United States. This is contained in a suspension decree, dated January 16, 2025, jointly signed by the Bishop of Warri, Most Rev. Anthony Ewherido, and the Chancellor, Rev. Fr. Clement A. The decree stated that Oghenerukevwe violated the church’s laws by marrying at the Streams of Joy Church in Dallas, USA. The decree reads: “On November 30, 2024, Rev. Fr. Daniel Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe, who…