Nigerian Ifeanyi Eke, who was resident in Sandy Springs Georgia, has been sentenced by a New York court to 40 months in prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud, as part of a wide-ranging international business email compromise (“BEC”) syndicate.…
Two motor boys were reported dead while three others sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving two trucks and a motorcycle at Nasfat U-turn on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) Divisional Commander in Mowe/Ibafo,…
Farmers attending a 2-Day training workshop, on Wednesday, in Abuja, on the pesticides application process on rice and groundnut have described it as apt and innovative. The farmers applauded the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) and National Agricultural Extension and…
Friends, relations mourn Kaduna-born actress and TV presenter, Rachel Bakam, who died Tuesday after a brief illness at the age of 38. Popularly called Rachel the Piper, she died at a private hospital in Abuja on Tuesday after a brief…
Former Gov. Segun Oni of Ekiti state has lauded successful conduct of South West congress of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former governor made this known in a statement he personally signed in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday. “The outcome of…
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Makurdi, and six other hospitals in Benue, have won the quarterly best viral load coverage and suppression sites awards of the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). Performing the ceremony on Wednesday, via Zoom…
Muslims Rights Concern (MURIC) says report linking Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami with terrorism is fake news. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Director, MURIC said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. “Our attention has been drawn to a trending report…
The Police on Wednesday arraigned a trader, Abba Shekarau in an Upper Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly receiving stolen drum, belonging to a church. The police charged Shekarau, 42, of Dutse Panteka, Abuja with one count of receiving stolen…
An Islamic scholar, Ustaz Hassan Dikko, on Wednesday admonished foodstuff traders against price hikes and hoarding during the Ramadan fast. Dikko gave the warning at the commencement of this year’s Ramadan lecture at Jama’atu Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah, (JIBWIS)…
Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, has advised Muslims to seek closer relationship with Allah during the Ramadan fast. Abdulkareem, who gave the advice in a statement by the university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, described…
