Author: David Great

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazak of Kwara state on Thursday declared March 17 as a work-free day for civil servants in the state. In a statement communicated and signed by the Kwara Head of Service, Mrs. Susan Oluwole, the governor noted that the public holiday will allow civil servants to prepare to vote in polls. According to Oluwole, the work-free day is to enable workers in the state to travel to their respective local governments and places of voting for the gubernatorial and state Houses of Assembly elections, slated for March 18. Gombe, Kwara sensitive INEC materials recovered from the dump in…

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 16, 2023, re-arraigned one Portia Emilia for an alleged N110m fraud before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos. EFCC re-arraigned Emilia alongside her company, Savanah Crest Investment Limited, on an amended five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal, contrary to Section 411 and punishable under section 287 (5) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015; obtaining money and property by false pretence, contrary to Section 1(1)(2) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Fraud Offences Act…

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 16, 2023, arraigned one Prof. Uche Chigozie Edwin for an alleged N1.4bn fraud before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Edwin was arraigned alongside his companies, Visionary Integrated Consulting Limited, NEMAD Associates Limited and Revamp Global Enterprise, on an 11-count charge bordering on conspiracy, retention and conversion of funds to the tune of N1, 473,367,046.04 (One Billion, Four Hundred and Seventy-three Million, Three Hundred and Sixty-seven Thousand, Forty-six Naira, Four Kobo). One of the counts reads: “ That you, Professor…

In a bid to recover their monies, some Nigerians who were scammed in the OBA Global eCommerce fraud have petitioned the Canadian government. In one petition against OBA Global which was sighted by Chronicle NG, they are seeking government intervention to recover their funds and to arrest those who perpetrated the crime. Chronicle NG had reported that a White lady, simply identified as Lynn, is the front for the scam that deceived hundreds of Nigerians most of whom are based in Canada. A screenshot of phone numbers received by Chronicle NG reveals that most of the masterminds are Nigerians and…

The United States military has conducted its first maritime drills with Nigeria, Ghana, and Ivory Coast forces in the West Africa region. The maritime drill in Ghana’s Volta river on Saturday was carried out during the first ever maritime exercises organised by the US military under its long-running Flintlock programme to bolster the skills of West African forces. The sea-based training in the first half of March culminated with soldiers holding their guns aloft as they braved neck-high waves before storming a beach resort to defuse a staged hostage crisis. Military bigwigs and diplomats watched from nearby. Admiral Milton Sands,…

Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 35, will be offered 220m (£193m) euros per year to move to a Saudi Arabian club when his Paris St-Germain contract ends in the summer. (Marca – in Spanish) Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez, 23, is set to sign a new contract which would keep the Argentina World Cup winner at the Etihad until 2028. (Mail) France midfielder Paul Pogba wants to stay at Juventus next season, despite the 30-year-old only playing 35 minutes of Serie A football this season because of injuries. (90min) Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has already spoken to German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, 32, about a transfer. Gundogan’s deal at Manchester City runs out…

Oba Saheed Ademola (Kusenla III), the traditional ruler of the Ikate-Elegushi Kingdom in Lagos, Nigeria has declared a three-day Oro festival including on March 18, 2023, spreading fear among women and non-indigenes who plan to participate in governorship and state assembly elections. In an announcement circulated to residents, Oba Elegushi said there would be a restriction of movement to perform the Oro rite in the community from Wednesday to Saturday from from midnight to 5:30 a.m. Residents have claimed that the festival has a political undertone aimed at disenfranchising women and non-indigene voters whom they claim make up for a…

Napoli forward Victor Osimhen struck either side of the break to steer the Italians to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday and into the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time. The 24-year-old Nigeria international, who also scored in their 2-0 win over Eintracht in Germany, scored with a header in first-half stoppage time. Osimhen bagged his 23rd goal in 28 matches in all competitions this season with a tap-in after a quick four-pass Napoli combination in the 53rd minute before Piotr Zielinski converted a penalty to secure a 5-0 aggregate win. Napoli are the third Italian…

Real Madrid cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals as Karim Benzema’s second-half goal secured a comfortable 1-0 win over Liverpool in their last-16 second leg that wrapped up a 6-2 aggregate victory on Wednesday. Bidding to win back-to-back Champions League titles and a record extending 15th European crown, a disciplined Real seemed content to sit back against a tame Liverpool who carried little threat for most of the game. Real spurned several opportunities to open the scoring as they looked to exploit Vinicius Jr’s speed on the counter-attack but could not break the deadlock until late in the second half.…

Justice K. A Lewanya of the Imo State High Court, Owerri, Imo State, on Tuesday March 14, 2022 convicted and sentenced one Prince Laseberry Okafor Anyanwu, aka Laseberry Okafor, a former commissioner of Transport in the Rochas Okorocha administration of Imo State, to 3 years imprisonment on a four count charge that bordered on abuse of office and fraudulent diversion of N180, 000,000 (One Hundred and Eighty Million Naira only). He diverted the said sum from the account of the Imo Transport Company to Oma Oil & Industries Ltd, a company in which he has interest through phony contracts. One…