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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authourity (LASTMA) has debunked reports that it fined a driver N60,000 for letting his car run out of fuel. LASTMA stated through Filade Olumide, the assistant director, public affairs, that the report was being peddled in an attempt to solicit public sympathy. The traffic agency said that it did not act illegally by impounding a vehicle abandoned on the road which has caused obstruction. The statement reads: “Re: LASTMA asks Lagos driver to pay N60,000 after his car ran out of fuel “The online publication of the above subject matter is at best mischievous and…

Kingsley Moghalu, who was a presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, has revealed that not less than six political parties are set to collaborate to form a new party ahead of the 2023 presidential elections. The former presidential candidate stated this as he hosted Nze Akachukwu Nwankpo, the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the November 6 governorship poll in Anambra State. It can be recalled that Kingsley Moghalu recently defected to ADC. Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, appealed to Nigerians to complete their voter registration so that they be eligible to…

Naira fell significantly against the dollar at the official market on Wednesday as it exchanged for N415.10 to $1, the lowest rate ever recorded in recent times. This implies a N0.80 or 0.20 per cent devaluation from N414.30 per $1 rate it exchanged on Tuesday. The black market rate appears to be dropping as well. The naira exchanged for N570 to $1, five naira lesser than the previous day. The drop comes barely two days after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to have a “rethink” of its foreign exchange management policy. The Vice President…

The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday October 12, 2021secured the conviction and sentencing of three internet fraudsters: Obioma Chinomso (a.k.a Trieu Nguyen), John Urum (alias Catherine Wilison George) and Okechukwu Kendrick (a.k.a Nazil Comak), before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River state on separate one count charge for internet fraud. The defendants were among the internet fraud suspects popularly known as ‘yahoo-boys’, arrested by operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the EFCC on Wednesday September 29, 2021 at World Bank Estate Umuahia, Abia state.…

Justice Iyabo Yerima of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has ruled as proper, the action of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in investigating and detaining one Amos Olugbenga Olaniyan, aka Crime Alert, in a case of investment fraud. She was delivering judgment in a fundamental human right enforcement suit filed against EFCC by Olaniyan in the aftermath of his arrest in May, 2021 by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC. He was apprehended following a series of petitions by victims who alleged that Amos through his company, DHIL Nigeria…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, arraigned one Toluwalade John Olateru Olagbegi before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court one sitting in Ibadan on one count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of Thirty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N35,500,000:00). The Owo Prince, Ondo state, who resides at Bodija, allegedly collected the sum from the complainant on the pretext of trading in forex. The charge reads: “That you, Toluwalade John Olateru-Olagbegi on or about 4th of March, 2021, at Ibadan within the Ibadan…

Following their abduction 48 hours earlier, the three Catholic seminarians abducted on Monday have regained their freedom. The victims were kidnapped from Christ the King Major Seminary in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Their release was disclosed by the Chancellor, Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Reverend Father Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo, on Wednesday night. Recall that bandits on Monday night, attacked seven seminarians at the school chapel. They succeeded in kidnapping three, while others escaped. According to him, “with hearts filled with joy, we raise our voices in a symphony of praises as we announce the return of our Three Major Seminarians,…

Newcastle’s new Saudi owners plan to look to Germany in an attempt to mirror the success of Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel in England. Chelsea’s Germany striker Timo Werner, 25, is a top target, along with Bayern Munich and Germany centre-back Niklas Sule, 26, Barcelona’s Brazilian midfield flop Philippe Coutinho, 29, and a German manager such as ex-Dortmund boss Lucien Favre. (Bild – in German) The Magpies have contacted the representatives of Leicester City’s French centre-back Wesley Fofana about the possibility of making a move for the 20-year-old in January. (RMC Sport – in French) Juventus’ France midfielder Adrien Rabiot has also been linked with Newcastle, with the Serie A club open…

A Catholic priest of St Theresa Catholic Church, Umuahia, Rev Fr Godfrey Mark Chimezie has been reportedly abducted by a group of armed men in Abia state. It was gathered that the priest was kidnapped along Enyiukwu Road in Ohokobe Afaraukwu community, Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of the state. The Enugu-born clergyman was waylaid by the assailants shortly after leading a morning mass at St Gabriel, Okpururie on Wednesday morning. Reports say that he was dragged out of his Toyota Corolla into their SUV after which the kidnappers sped away to an unknown location. The Abia state police command was…

President Muhammadu Buhari has formally welcomed the Deputy Governor of Anambra, Nkem Okeke, who defected last week from the All Peoples Grand Alliance (APGA), into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo, who is also the Chairman Anambra Gubernatorial Campaign Council, confirmed this to State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Buhari at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. He said Okeke was presented to the president by the Chairman of the Interim National Committee of the APC and Governor of Yobe, Mala Buni. According to the governor, many prominent politicians are defecting to…