Italy arrests Libyan, Egyptian over death of 26 Nigerians
Two men, one of them an Egyptian and the other a Libyan,have been arrested and charged in Italy as investigators look into the deaths of 26 Nigerian women and girls, who are suspected to...
Yearly Archive: 2017
Plane makes emergency landing after woman discovers husband’s affair
A Qatar airways flight headed to Bali, Indonesia, was forced to make an emergency landing in India, after a woman on board discovered her husband was having an affair. According to Sky News, the...
Arms deal probe: EFCC says DSS operatives refusing to honour invitation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have failed to honour its summon concerning the arms deal probe. It also described as “specious” reports that...
Breakdown of 2018 budget estimates
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented an appropriation bill of N8.612 trillion for 2018. While presenting the document before the joint session of the national assembly in Abuja, the president said the budget was...
Bosso’s Faux pas
“…I thank God for making this possible. I have been with the club (FC Ifeanyi Ubah) for the past three years in an unofficial capacity…..Today I join them officially as coach. …” —- coach...
Police confirm escape of 4 kidnap suspects
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Ebonyi Command, Mr Titus Lamorde, said on Friday that four kidnap suspects escaped from the command’s custody in Abakaliki. He named the suspects as Ogonna Alioke, Friday Nwangbo, Emeka...
On BVN and dormant accounts – by Ebuka Nwankwo
The bill to mop up over N3 trillion from dormant accounts – especially funds deposited by deceased folks which their next of kin aren’t aware of — in Nigerian banks and an estimated N100...
Atiku disowns video of 2019 presidential ambition
Former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has disowned an online video in which he purportedly declared his presidential ambition in 2019. Reacting to the video, Atiku said it was the handiwork of his detractors...
Twitter deactivates Trump, Twitter-in-chief
U.S. President Donald Trump’s @realdonaldtrump Twitter account was “inadvertently deactivated” due to human error by a Twitter Inc employee on Thursday. The account of the American leader that political opponents deride as Twitter-in -chief,...
Newswatch directors: Jimoh Ibrahim trying to own shares of a company he never paid for
Four non-executive directors of Newswatch magazine are maintaining their stand that Jimoh Ibrahim, billionaire businessman, never paid the N510 million share purchase price of the company. Ibrahim has been having a long-running battle with...
