Ex-Union Bank staff jailed three years for N450m fraud

Justice S.S Ogunsanya of the Lagos High Court today sentenced Paul Onwughalu, a former Head of Operations, Union Bank Plc, Head Office, Marina, Lagos to three years imprisonment.

Onwughalu was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office on February 24 on a four-count charge bordering on failure to conduct due diligence in financial transactions.

GoFundMe suspends Omoyele Sowore’s campaign to raise $2million

Presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore‘s campaign to raise $2million towards his ‘Take Back Nigeria Movement’suffered a setback on Wednesday.

GoFundMe has suspended his account.
And according to the Sahara Reporters publisher, he has no idea why that happened.

Battle against Oyegun, NWC rages in Lagos, Abuja courts

The battle to nullify the tenure extension granted the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and other national officers by the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) raged in Lagos and Abuja courts yesterday.

The APC’s NEC had, at its February 27 meeting, extended the four-year tenure of the National Working Committee (NWC) due to expire on June 30, 2018, by one year.

Electoral Act: President Buhari’s decision to withhold assent in order – Professor

A professor of law, Osita Ogbu, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to withhold assent to the Electoral Act as amended by the National Assembly is in order.

Both chambers of the NASS had amended sections of the Electoral Act, prominent among which was the alteration of election sequence as fixed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

FG to repay N482bn T-bills debt in second quarter

The Federal Government is planning to repay N482bn of treasury bills in the second quarter and will halve the amount it wants to raise between March and May to lower borrowing costs, according to a debt auction calendar seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

A total of N964bn worth of bills will fall due in the second quarter, of which the government is planning to roll over N482bn.

One injured as teacher accidentally discharges gun in class

At least one California high school student was injured superficially when a teacher accidentally discharged a gun in class during a firearms safety course, police said on Wednesday.

Dennis Alexander, a teacher at Seaside High School in Monterey County and a reserve police officer, fired the semiautomatic handgun as it was pointed at the ceiling, police chief Abdul Pridgen said in a statement.

Mentally Deranged Man Who Killed Ogun Pupils Nabbed

The  mentally deranged man who stormed Saint John’s Anglican Primary School, Agodo in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area  on Monday, March 12th and hacked two pupils to death has been nabbed by the police.

EFCC closes case in ex-permanent secretary’s N14.1 million fraud trial

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has closed its case in the trial of Clement Onubuogo, a former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment at an Ikeja High Court, Lagos.

The EFCC closed its case during Wednesday’s proceedings following the conclusion of the testimony of a fourth prosecution witness.

DPP plays Evans’ confessions video in court

A leg of the trial of suspected kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, continued on Wednesday before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, with the prosecution playing a video which captured Evans’ confessing to kidnapping and armed robbery.

The video clip was played at the request of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Ms. Titilayo Shitta-Bey, who led the prosecution team.

DPP plays Evans’ confessions video in court

A leg of the trial of suspected kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, continued on Wednesday before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, with the prosecution playing a video which captured Evans’ confessing to kidnapping and armed robbery.

The video clip was played at the request of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Ms. Titilayo Shitta-Bey, who led the prosecution team.

Sky suspends Jamie Carragher until end of football season

Jamie Carragher has been suspended by Sky for the rest of the football season.

The suspension comes after Carragher was filmed spitting towards a father and his 14-year-old daughter from his car window.

Scores escape death as tanker falls on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway

Barely two weeks after a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol fell at Owode-Iyana Ilogbo axis along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, another tanker also loaded with the same litres of petrol fell on the road early this morning at Singer Area, Sango-Ota.

The tanker travelling outside Sango-Ota fell at a failed section of the road and crushed a white Hyundai delivery van, which was by its side.

Buhari queries IG, demands full report of police operations

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Buhari seized the opportunity of the encounter to query Idris for flouting his directive that he should relocate to Benue State following the killings recorded in the state.

Senate, House consult as Buhari rejects elections reordering

The Nigerian Senate and the House of Representatives are consulting on whether to override President Muhammadu Buhari's veto to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, which seeks to re-order the sequence of polls in 2019.

The president in a March 8, 2018, letter written to both chambers of the National Assembly said the amendments by the lawmakers were in conflict with existing laws.

Soldiers And Police Clash With Road Safety Officials In Abuja

There is tension in Abuja following a clash which has broken out amongst Nigerian security agencies. It was gathered that the violence broke out after soldiers and policemen attached to The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) tried to serve the Road Safety office in Wuze Zone 7 a violation notice.

Local Hunters And Cattle Breeders Clamp Down On Kidnappers In Adamawa

Tired of the incessant abduction in their region, local hunters alongside Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders nabbed a group of Kidnappers in in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The hunters and cattle breeders reportedly organized themselves and laid an ambush for the suspected kidnappers before apprehending them.

President Buhari queries IG of Police over Benue attacks

President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari seized the opportunity of the encounter to query Idris for flouting his directive that he should relocate to Benue State following the killings recorded in the state.

The meeting was said to have lasted about 30 minutes after which Idris left the Presidential Villa without talking to anybody.

Olisa Metuh arrives court in wheelchair, begs to travel to UK for treatment

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, who is facing corruption charges, on Wednesday, arrived for continuation of his trial before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, in a wheelchair.

Olisa Metuh was wheeled into the courtroom to continue his defence to the seven-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him and his firm, Destra Investment Limited.

“I saw my zip opening by itself” – Imam jailed for defiling 2-year-old girl

The High Court sitting in Mukono, Uganda, has sentenced a 63-year-old Imam with 3 wives, for defiling a two-year-old girl.

Musa Mulo, an Imam at Kibubbu Mosque, was convicted upon his own plea of guilt.

Britain Expels 23 Russian Diplomats Over Chemical Attack On Ex-Spy

Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack on a Russian former double agent in southern England, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday, adding it was the biggest single expulsion in over 30 years.

May told parliament Britain would also freeze Russian state assets wherever there was evidence of a threat and downgrade its attendance at the soccer World Cup this summer.

Former Barcelona Scout Recalls How He Signed 13-Year-Old Lionel Messi On A Napkin

Former Barcelona scout Carles Rexach, has recalled how he signed football star Lionel Messi at the age of 13. The former scout who was in Argentina at the time, was tasked with going to watch the youngster play in South America, but it was decided that Messi would be flown out to Spain instead and put to the test at Barcelona’s legendary La Masia academy.

Unsurprisingly the Barcelona coaching staff weren’t overly optimistic when the tiny youngster, recently turned 13, walked through the door.

Two Women Caught After Hiding Stolen Meat, Other Items In Their Underwear

A video footage currently trending online shows the moment two women were apprehended after stealing food items in a shopping mall. According to reports, the women were acting suspiciously before they were apprehended by one of the staff who alerted security.

Meet The 22-Year-Old Social Media Star Accused Of Forcing Girls Into Prostitution

A sex worker whose own website claims she is the ‘most hated hoe in LA’ has been charged with sex trafficking young girls. Melanie Denae Williams, 22, known on social media as ‘Pretty Hoe’, allegedly solicited two under-age girls to engage in prostitution, the US Attorney’s Office said.

‘Pretty Hoe’, from south Los Angeles, also faces allegations that she ordered one woman who she forced into sex work to strip before she threw bleach at her and beat her with a broomstick.

Lady Blasts ‘Unserious Guys’ As She Weds Her Man 2 Months After Meeting Him

A lady from Awgu, Enugu state who wedded two months after meeting her husband – has taken a swipe at ‘unserious’ guys. According to the beautiful lady identified as Rubby Nebechi Demian, any man that loves his partner will not hesitate in marrying her as she shaded those guys that love studying women as ‘a university course’ before getting married.

She revealed that she met her man on December 2017 and officially tied the knot on February this year.

President Buhari arrives in Maiduguri

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday arrived in Maiduguri as part of the nationwide visit to troubled areas in the country.

The President is billed to visit Yobe to meet with families of 110 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Government Girls Science and Technical School, Dapchi, on February 19.