Author: David Great

In a determined crackdown by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority an individual posing as a LASTMA officer was arrested on Oshodi Bridge for extorting motorists. The suspect, identified as Mr. Adewunmi Taiwo, a 45-year-old from Ilesha, Osun State, had been using a white Hiace Coaster bus with license plate KJA 724 YJ to intimidate drivers and collect illegal fees. LASTMA officers conducted a thorough search of the vehicle and discovered an official LASTMA uniform, including a branded raincoat, confirming Mr. Taiwo’s intent to deceive unsuspecting motorists. During interrogation, Taiwo admitted to extorting both commercial and private drivers, earning between…

Three journalists have been killed, and three others injured, following an Israeli airstrike on their accommodation in Hasbaya, southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health confirmed the development on Friday. As violence escalates along the Israel-Lebanon border, the Lebanese Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, denounced the deaths as an “assassination” and a “war crime”. In a statement on his X account, Makary asserted that “the Israeli enemy waited for the journalists to rest at night in order to betray them in their sleep”. He added that the journalists had been actively covering ongoing conflict, alleging that the strike was a…

Mr. Yaqob Sule, a witness in the ongoing trial of four bloggers charged with defamation and cyberstalking against Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) as well as its chief executive, has described one of the bloggers, Precious Eze, as a ‘serial blackmailer’. Sule, an Investigating Police Officer, IPO, and first prosecution witness, disclosed this while testifying before Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court, Lagos. Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Chief Ajibola Aribisala, SAN, Sule told Justice Ayokunle Faji that during the investigation, it was discovered that the first defendant, Eze, had been arraigned before an Ebute Meta…

Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba Nation activist, has refuted claims that a Lagos Federal High Court has issued an arrest warrant against him due to an alleged breach of contract. Ighoho, in a statement dated October 23, 2024, issued by his lawyer, Akinlolu Oyebamiji, a principal partner at AOC Solicitors & Attorneys, described a publication by Citynewsng as false and intended to damage his reputation. The statement titled “Rejoinder on the alleged allegations of fraud levelled on Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Sunday Igboho, published by citynewsng” added that there was no iota of truth in the publication.…

The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has said there is no going back on the planned October 26, 2024, Local Government election in the state. This is coming despite a Federal High Court judgement voiding the poll over what it termed “having card-carrying NNPP members as executive officers of the election commission.” Yusuf made the assertion while presenting NNPP flags to the 44 chairmanship and councilorship candidates at the Sani Abacha Indoor Stadium on Thursday evening. He said, “At this moment, the state will not allow anybody to destabilize the existing peace being enjoyed by the citizenry.” According to him,…

Kamala Harris held a star-studded rally Thursday in swing state Georgia, where former US President Barack Obama and rock superstar Bruce Springsteen joined her final push for voters ahead of November’s close race. Harris is ramping up the celebrity wattage at a series of battleground state concerts, including one with Beyoncé in Texas on Friday, according to reports, in an attempt of pulling away from competitor Donald Trump. Springsteen and Obama both threw digs at the Republican as they addressed thousands in Clarkston, just outside Atlanta. “Donald Trump is running to be an American tyrant,” Springsteen said, echoing concerns by…

The 10th Prosecution Witness (PW10), Stephen Salau Gana, in the trial of former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed before Justice Hamza Mu’azu of the Federal Capital Territory’s (FCT) High Court Maitama, Abuja, that the company, April 16 Investment Limited, belonging to Sa’adatu Ramalan Yero, a staff member of the apex bank, was awarded a contract for the supply of vehicles to the CBN, valued at N99.9 million by direct procurement without a competitive bidding process. Led in his testimony by prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo SAN, the witness who was head of CBN’s Procurement…

Elon Musk, a tech magnate and leading Trump supporter, has maintained a regular conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a minimum of two years, according to a new report. Numerous current and former officials from the United States, Europe, and Russia told The Wall Street Journal that Musk has engaged in discussions regarding personal matters, business, and geopolitical matters. Putin once requested that Musk refrain from activating his Starlink satellites and providing internet service over Taiwan. The report disclosed that the Kremlin exerted public and private pressure on the world’s wealthiest individual in 2022. “In May 2022, Russia’s space…

Roberto Mancini has left his role as coach of Saudi Arabia after his contract was ended by mutual agreement, the national team announced on Thursday. The 59-year-old Italian took the helm of the Saudi national team in August 2023, replacing Herve Renard. Under Mancini, the Saudis were knocked out of the Asian Cup in the last 16 earlier this year after losing in a penalty shootout to South Korea. “The Saudi soccer federation’s Board of Directors and the national team coach, Italian Roberto Mancini reached a joint agreement on Thursday to end the contractual relationship,” the national team posted on…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has altered the seven-count charges against the former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, and advanced additional evidence against him. Agunloye is facing prosecution by the EFCC before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory’s (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, on charges bordering on official corruption and the fraudulent award of a Mambilla Power Project contract to the tune of $6 billion (six billion US dollars). At the last court proceedings, prosecution counsel, Abba Muhammad, SAN, drew the attention of the court to some amendments in the seven-count charges and additional proofs…