The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Hakeem Odumosu, has instructed operatives to stop  societies, under whatever disguise, from staging rallies or protests on October 1. He read the riot act on Wednesday during a security meeting with the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Department at the State Headquarters in Ikeja. Odumosu warned that the command will not allow gatherings against the sovereignty of Nigeria. The Police boss advised parents and guardians to ask their children and wards to stay away from demonstrations against the federal government. “Anyone arrested for such actions will be prosecuted”, the commissioner warned. He implored  the public to be law-abiding and desist from acts capable of disrupting the sovereignty of the nation. Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Information and Communication Technology, Celestine Okoye, on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, told police officers to maintain law and orde...

Senator  Elisha Abbo A Federal High  Court   in Abuja has Monday directed   Senator   Elisha Abbo PDP, Adamawa North who slapped a woman repeatedly at a sex toy shop on May 11, 2019 to pay the sum of fifty million naira (N50), to Osimibibra Warmate for assault. The senate member  was reported to have entered a sex toy shop around 6pm, with three young ladies to purchase adult toys. While shopping for the toys, one of the three girls started throwing up. She vomited multiple times, the shop owner passed a comment that the woman should have vomited outside and not inside her shop. Abbo, who was upset by the sudden illness of the girl accused the shop owner of poisoning the store’s air conditioner, but t he shop owner’s difference of opinion was said to have angered Abbo,  The   senator   was said to have called a policeman who he then ordered to arrest the shop owner. The shop owner quickly called her father to inform him that Abbo had cal...

  The Nigeria Labour congress chapter in Lagos State has said all sectors including aviation, banks and others would be shut as workers would  gather together  to protest on Sept. 28.  The Union also echoed   its position to carry on with the strike action in a closed-door meeting between its leaders and Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila. Comrade Ayuba Wabba said the proposed strike by the organized labour will still go ahead unless the federal government decides to quickly address the pending issues. The Deputy Vice President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Amaechi Asogwuni, said  at a news conference on Sunday in Lagos ahead of the  protest march. “No airport will be in operation in Nigeria; banks are not expected to function, so no business owners should risk himself for Nigerian workers have taken that decision. " “We are the workers and we are withdrawing our services; we have the right to do so because pr...

                                            Babagana Umara Zulum  Jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State group on Friday killed several security personnel in an ambush on the convoy of the Borno State governor, the Agence France Presse (AFP) reported Friday night quoting sources.  Sources told AFP that eight policemen, three soldiers, and four members of a government-backed militia were killed in the attack on vehicles carrying Borno governor Babagana Umara Zulum near the town of Baga on the shores of Lake Chad. The revolters opened fire with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades as the convoy was passing through a village close to the headquarters of the Multinational Joint Task Force, a military coalition of troops from Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon. “The governor escaped unhurt but 15 security men on the convoy were killed in a fierce battle with th...

Video Credit - KOIKI MEDIA Chief Sunday igboho determined to go on a Rescue mission on 22nd September 2020 to support the people of Kishi in Oyo State with the Nigeria army, Civil defense, police, and Vigilante group. The herdsmen have been disturbing the people of Kishi town and killing them with no justification. Kisi is located at the northern part of Oyo state and is the headquarters of Irepo local government. Drovers have been disturbing the peace of the people of Kishi town in Oyo state. Chief Sunday igboho said that he really appreciates all those in support of this mission most especially the Oyo state governor Seyi Makinde, the Nigeria Army, Civil defense, police, Vigilante groups, and those that volunteer their lives to face the herdsmen. Igboho also said those herdsmen are very much dangerous and their fighting weapon is much powerful. He also disclosed that he is not working for money and nobody gave him money to fight for the peace of the people.

  Oba Abdilrasheed Adewale Akanbi  Iwo kingmakers has petitioned Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola to dethrone their monarch, Abdulrasheed Adewale, the Oluwo of Iwoland over his alleged unlawful activities  , They stated that Abdulrasheed was convicted in the United States of America in 1998 and Canada between 2006 to 2007. In the petition addressed to Governor Oyetola dated 9th September, 2020 titled, “Petition for removal of Oba Adewale Abdilrasheed Akanbi (Oluwo of Iwo) from the throne of Iwo land” signed by the kingmakers ,they alleged that Oluwo concealed his criminal past which does not qualify him to be on the throne from them. According to the concerned kingmakers, Oluwo Akanbi concealed his conviction for securities fraud by a United States of America District court. They alleged that Alamni was convicted for securities fraud in 1998 by the U. S District of Massachusetts. They added that the court convicted him for 15 months imprisonment, and barred him from e...

The Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has already started the investigation of  Felix Osilama Okpoh , an alleged fraudster on the watchlist of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI, for his involvement in a $6 million internet fraud, the agency said in a statement . Okpoh,  Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode and Nnamdi Orson Benson, had been previously declared wanted by the FBI  in 2019 for their alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise, BEC, scheme that defrauded over 70 businesses in the United States, of over $6,000,000. The suspect allegedly provided over forty bank accounts to his conspirators, which were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers from their victims totaling over $1,000, 000. He was, on August 21, 2019, indicted in the United States District Court, District of Nebraska, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The EFCC said Okpoh, on Friday, September 18, 2020, ...

  Video Source- The Rochas TV. Former Imo state governor, Okorocha, said there is no more APC, saying what is left of the party is respect for President Buhari - The Imo West senator made the statement after the party's unsuccessful political failure in the just concluded Edo governorship election - Okorocha blamed the crisis in the party to the alleged forcing out of the founding members to the background. The senator described the loss suffered by his political party in Edo as a “revolution of the masses against injustice." He added that President Muhamamadu Buhari is the only factor keeping the APC together. “There is no more APC, what we have is the respect for President Muhammadu Buhari," Okorocha was quoted as saying by Punch. The former governorship candidate in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, also blasted Oshiomhole for the party’s defeat in Edo. “All he did was to try to muzzle people to accept a candidate they never wanted.

Image Credit- U.S  Customs and Border Protection   A woman suspected of having mailed an envelope containing ricin to the White House was detained this weekend while trying to enter the United States from Canada by  the  U.S  Customs and Border Protection agents.  She  was also carrying a gun ,according to the law enforcement official.    No further information about the suspect was immediately available.

Former Kogi State lawmaker, Dino Melaye, has ridiculed Kano State governor, Umar Ganduje and Oshimhole following the re-election of Godwin Obaseki as Edo State governor. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Sunday declared Obaseki winner of the governorship election. He won by a convincing 84,235 point margin against Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, with 223,622 votes. Reacting sarcastically to Obaseki’s re-election, Melaye on his Twitter page shared a video singing a new song . “Obaseki pepper them oh, Wike pepper dem oh.”

  Image  Courtesy WTOL U.S Government confiscated an envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin, a law enforcement agent announced to the The Associated Press  on Saturday. The letter was intercepted at a government facility that screens mail addressed to the White House and President Donald Trump, investigation determined it tested positive for ricin, a poison found naturally in castor beans, according to the official. I nvestigation is  ongoing.

                  Jide Ijadare A former United States of America army officer, Major Jide Ijadare (retd.), kidnapped in Ekiti State has won back his freedom after spending four days in bondage. Ijadare was kidnapped about 2.05p.m on Tuesday at his palm oil producing factory on Tuesday in company with  one of his staff.  Also, a contractor working with the factory was also shot dead by the gunperson. Although the family source did not revealed the amount of money paid to the kidnappers as ransom. Meanwhile, another  family member on Wednesday disclosed that the abductors called a few hours after the kidnapping and demanded N20m as ransom. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Sunday Abutu, confirmed that the victims had been freed,  but said that the police were not aware of any liberation money   being paid before the release. “We are not aware of any ransom being paid. ” We believe he was releas...

A Texas woman who collected almost $2 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic was arrested Tuesday by federal authorities on fraud allegations. Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali, of Houston, was charged with making false statements to a financial institution, wire fraud, bank fraud and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions, according to a U.S. Department of Justice statement. But, a Nigerian woman Lola Kasali response is contrary to the news, according to her facebook post. She said  the young lady mentioned and picture attached to the crime was due to the same first and last name . "I would like to address and clarify a serious matter of an article that was recently published with my first and last name along with my picture concerning fraud. Many of you think that it is me but it is a matter of mistaken identity. A young 22-year-old lady who lives in Houston Texas and is named Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali ...

A 33-year-old agent of the  Department of State Services  (DSS), Sadiq Abdullahi Bindawa, has been killed by his suspected abductors after receiving the sum of N5 million as ransom from his friends and relatives in  Katsina State . The former officer who until his death, worked with the DSS intelligence in Abuja.  According to credible family sources, Bindawa and his four-year-old son were in Katsina last Friday to spend the weekend with their relatives.  The assailants in a commando-style operation were said to have trailed the victim to his house located behind the Federal Secretariat Complex, Dandagoro area, Katsina, at about 10:30p.m. The kidnappers first attacked the private security guards at the entrance of the building before rushing in and drove Bindawa to an unknown destination. A family member said that the hoodlums demanded a ransom barely 48 hours after his abduction. He said the kidnappers earlier demanded N13 million as ransom, but ...

In July 2019, we announced the imposition of visa restrictions on Nigerians who undermined the February and March 2019 elections. Today, the Secretary of State is imposing additional visa restrictions on individuals for their actions surrounding the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa State elections and in the run up to the September and October 2020 Edo and Ondo State elections. These individuals have so far operated with impunity at the expense of the Nigerian people and have undermined democratic principles. https://bit.ly/32vD96M We're committed to working with the Nigerian government to strengthen democratic institutions and processes. Nigerians deserve free, fair, transparent & peaceful elections.  

Hours after his arrest, the most wanted Rivers State criminal and notorious killer, Honest Digbara, aka Boboski is dead. He died following multiple gunshot injuries and machete wounds sustained during the crossfire that led to his arrest this morning. The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, CP Joseph Mukan, announced that Boboski was arrested early hours of Saturday in a sting operation assisted by vigilante in the Ogoni neighborhood The police boss said the arrest of the criminal followed credible information by members of the public. To Mukan, Boboski and his gang members were responsible for the kidnapping and killing of one Barrister Emelogu after collecting ransom. He is also responsible for the killing of a Divisional Crime Officer Afam Division, SP Moses Egbede, as well as the killing of a soldier and personnel of Civil Defence at Gio pipeline in Ogoni last year, killing of two Policemen at a Federal Highway at Botem among others,” he said.

                                                                                                        Video Credit - SkyDrive Inc. Japan The first public demonstration for a flying car in Japan was conducted by Sky Drive Inc.  on August 25, the company said in a news release, at the Toyota Test Field, the location to the car company's development base. The car, named SD-03, manned with a pilot, took off and circled the field for about four minutes. "We are extremely excited to have achieved Japan's first-ever manned flight of a flying car in the two years since we founded SkyDrive... with the goal of commercializing such aircraft," CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa said in a statement. "We want to realize a society where flyin...

The Nigerian Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, yesterday turned over a suspect with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The command said the suspect was nabbed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, while attempting to board an Emirates evacuation flight to Dubai. Deputy Controller of Customs, MMIA Area Command, Abdulmumin Bako, who made this revelation while handing over the suspect to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Lagos, said the suspect was detained during outward screening of passengers. “At about 11:45a.m. on August 22, at the departure hall gate ‘B’ of the MMIA, Abubakar was intercepted with 2,886 ATM cards and four SIM cards by our officers on duty. The ATM and SIM cards were carefully concealed in a noodles’ carton by the suspect. " The suspect claimed that one Mr Musliu was assigned to him to facilitate his movement through the checks at th...

Daddy Freeze has finally responded to the viral-video which indicated that he insulted Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church . The OAP and leader of the Free Nation in Christ, in an about 10 minutes video posted on his Youtube channel on Monday, September 7, noted that he never insulted the renowned clergy as demonstrated by Pastor David Ibiyeomie, the General Overseer of Salvation Ministries in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Source - DaddyFreezeFreeNation

                                                              Terwase Akwaza The operation AYEM APKATUMA III of the Nigerian military has explained how it killed Benue most wanted gang leader Terwase Akwaza popularly known as Gana.  He was killed during a gunbattle with military men along Gbese-Gboko-Makurdi road, on Tuesday. Addressing reporters on Tuesday night in Doma LGA of Nasarawa state, headquarters of the 4 Special Forces Command where the lifeless body of Gana was paraded, the Commandant, Major General Moundhey Gadzama Ali said: “I invited you this evening to witness another breakthrough by troops on operation AYEM APKATUMA III “At about 1200hrs today, we received strategic information on the movement of the dreaded bandit named Terwase Akwaza Agbadu AKA Gana along Gbese-Gboko-Makurdi road “Troops on operation AYEM APKAT...

                                  Kolapo Oduwole Kolapo Oduwole, an employee of Union Bank has been  indicted   by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  [EFCC] for an alleged N80m Fraud. Oduwole was alleged to have forged signatures of the Relationship Manager of the bank on three fixed deposit certificates, presented same to some customers and later got customers to deposit their funds in deposits accounts managed only by him. He was   arraigned  before Justice Musa Danladi of the Katsina State High Court by the Kano Zonal Office of the EFCC on six counts bordering on forgery and fraud. According to  Dele Oyawale, Head, Media and Publicity, in a statement by EFCC said in one of the charges said: “That you, Kolapo Oduwole, on the 3rd March, 2020, at Katsina, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, forged a certain document to wit: Re: Invest...

                                                     Chief Afe Babalola The founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, has advised the Federal Government of Nigeria to negotiate with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities and fix up public universities  for reopening. In the message made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti yesterday, the ABUAD founder recommended that “private universities should be given the first consideration for resumption”. He said,  “on account of the moral and physical discipline, quality and functional education, hygienic and safe environment, predictable academic calendar, absence of trade unionism, committed teachers, modern teaching equipment and laboratories, and adequate preparation to prevent COVID-19 as well as fully residential status of private universities.” Babalola added, “...