A former staff of Access Bank in Lagos, Chinonso Akujobi, has been remanded in Ikoyi prison after she was arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N294.5m.Akujobi, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC was arraigned before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the State High Court…
Jorge Jesus is set to be appointed Portugal coach after Roberto Martínez stepped down in the wake of their World Cup exit. The Portuguese manager will succeed Roberto Martínez, who departed after his contract expired following Portugal’s elimination from the World Cup by Spain. Jorge Jesus, 71, joins as a free agent and…
Chilling footage shows the moment a predator posing as a taxi driver kidnapped a drunk woman off the streets before bundling her into his car.Kuldip Chahal was caught on CCTV dragging the lone victim into his white VW Golf after she got separated from friends during a night out.The woman was approached by the…
Oscar-winning actress and Wednesday star Catherine Zeta-Jones has led the tributes to singer Bonnie Tyler, known for hits including Total Eclipse of the Heart and Holding Out for a Hero, who has died at the age of 75. The popular Welsh powerhouse singer died “unexpectedly” on Wednesday night at a Portugal hospital, “as a result…
Bandits attacked an area in Mpape, a community in the Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) where they k!lled a security guard and abducted three persons, including a pastor. Mpape is located a few minutes’ drive from the Abuja highbrow district of Maitama, and also close to a military barracks,…
Israel Joe, a human rights activist based in Delta State, has called out a police officer identified as ASP Mieyebo Victor. The officer is accused of forcing his wife to send him explicit videos of herself and subsequently using those videos to blackmail her. In a statement shared on Facebook, Joe claimed that…
Ghanaian social media influencer Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, has been extradited to the United States to face trial for allegedly running a romance scam that defrauded elderly Americans of over $8m (£5.9m). Kumi has denied all the charges against him. According to US prosecutors, he allegedly used artificial intelligence…
Cab drivers at the Local and international airports in Lagos State have cried out following an alleged new directive from the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria FAAN that only cars from 2020 onward will be allowed to operate at the airports. In a video making the rounds on social media, one of the taxi drivers…
A woman has warned l£sbians who are sending her inbox messages to hit on her.The woman took to Facebook to state that she has nothing against anyone’s sexuality. However, she asked why women would hit on her when she has never given them any green light.She wrote: “I can understand when a man is hitting…
The fourth batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos State, today, July 10. The 282 Nigerians arrived on a chartered Air Peace flight. This brings the total number of Nigerians repatriated from South Africa since the evacuation flights began on June 11 to 1,141. Over…
