OOU Law Student Declared Missing

Abiola Okanlawon has been missing for over a month now, according to a family member. He is a diploma student at Ogun State university, studying Law. His brother said; According to friends, he left school on the 2nd of April 2016 and till now we've not heard from him. Thinking he was at his friends place we felt he'll go back to school when school resumes on the 3rd of May but he hasn't and nobody knows his whereabouts. Anyone with info should call 07053722609 or 08166183764 or the nearest police station

FG To Re-evaluate Foreign Exchange Policy – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the country is substantially re-evaluating its foreign exchange policy, adding that a flexible approach should be expected soon.

“We expect that with a more flexible policy, we will be able to attract more capital into the system and ease business,” Osinbajo said at an investors’ conference held by Renaissance Capital in Lagos on Wednesday, adding, “We expect that very soon we will see a more flexible approach to the currency.

Nnamdi Kanu: "Buhari Influencing Judges To Convinct Me"

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says President Muhammadu Buhari is influencing the court to convict him for treasonable felony.

Kanu made this allegation through his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, at a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.

Ejiofor said the president’s “pronouncement” on issues regarding Biafra was prejudicial, and that they were capable of forcing the hands of the court to convict his client.

Petrol Price’ll Go Down In Six Months – Kachikwu

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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said Nigerians will be amazed at what will become of the price of Premium Motor Spirit in the next six months.

The Federal Government had on Wednesday announced the removal of fuel subsidy, with a new petrol price band of N135 to N145 per litre, up from N86 and N86.50.

The development has been greeted with mixed reactions, with labour vowing to protest against it.

Suicide Bomber Intercepted By Policemen In Maiduguri, Borno (Graphic Photos)

This afternoon, combined team of Nigeria policemen maintaining security duties at the entrance of Borno State Government Secretariat, (which was known as Musa Usman Secretariat) in Maiduguri, intercepted and prevented a male suicide bomber from entering to attack workers based on suspicion.

Unfortunately, in the process of stopping him, he detonated the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on his body, instantly killing himself, a policeman and critically injuring another policeman that stopped him from gaining entry into the Secretariat Complex.

Nigerian Student Is Cleared Of Rape In The UK (photo)

A Nigerian student was falsely accused of rape by a 21-year-old shop assistant who claimed she drunkenly thought she was having sex with his white friend, a court heard yesterday.

Sam Obeghe, 24, was having sex with the woman at his flat at the end of a drunken night out in Bolton, Greater Manchester, only to stop when she unexpectedly cried the name of his 22-year-old friend Zack Garrigan.

Nigerians Reject Labour Move Against Pump Price

Nigerians from diverse groups on Thursday, rejected the call by the country's organized labour to mobilize against the new pump price.

Rather, the labour is urged to focus on its agitation for minimum wage increase, instead of a new pump price, which Nigerians according to them have been indirectly contending with since the fuel scarcity began four months ago.

Trade Union Congress Reacts To New Fuel Price

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria on Thursday expressed disappointment over the new price of petrol announced by the Federal Government on Wednesday.

In a statement by its President and General Secretary, Bobboi Kaigama and Simeso Amachree, the TUC said it does not know how the Federal Government arrived at the new price of N145 for petrol.

It equally said it does not appreciate how it arrived at the decision to allow market forces alone determine the cost of the product.

Proof Buhari's/APC Fuel Subsidy Is A Scam Planned Months Ago To Decieve Us

Buhari/APC are very smart. I now understand the format.

Make Fuel scarce for 8months.

Make Nigerians very Frustrated.

Make them buy it at exorbitant prices from 150-250 Naira per litre.

Make it very difficult to even get the fuel even at that price.

Make them beg for black market fuel at N300 per Litre.

Subsidy: Muslims Call On Labour To Dialogue Not Occupy Nigeria

With the new post-subsidy regime in place in Nigeria, many have spoken out against the development. There have been threats to do something similar to #OccupyNigeria. There’s a restlessness in the streets that seems like a calm before the storm.

The NLC have already vowed to fight the price hike in fuel and you need only look at social media to see that people are advocating pretty radical means to fight back.

CIA Coup Sucessful: BREAKING: Brazil's senate votes, President Dilma suspended

– President Dilma Rousseff has been suspended – Her suspension follows a vote by the Brazilian Senate – The Senate voted 55 votes to 22, sustaining motion for suspension – Michel Temer the vice president will now take over till Ms Dilma’s trial is over The Brazilian Senate has voted to impeach and suspend President Dilma Rousseff, and now she is to face trial. According to the BBC, Ms Rousseff is accused of illegally manipulating finances to hide a growing public deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014, which she denies.

Niger Delta Avengers threaten to blow up oil blocs belonging to Atiku, Danjuma, Adenuga, others

The Niger Delta Avengers has threatened to blow up the oil blocs of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma, ex-Minister of Petroleum, Alhaji Riwalnu Lukman, other Northerners and South-Westerners in Niger-Delta region.

In an email by its spokesperson, Col Mudoch Agbinibo and obtained by Vanguard, the militants who are fighting for a sovereign state of the Niger Delta, issued the oil well owners a two-week ultimatum to shut their operations in the Niger Delta and evacuate the workers from the locations or have them blown up.

Dino Melaye Live On Skynews, says UK banks aid corrupt politicians

Politician and Senator, Dino Melaye was interviewed live on Sky news this evening....He accused Banks in the UK of harbouring Nigerian Criminals. He said that the Banks in Uk under the guise of Non-disclosure agreements would permit corrupt politicians to stash away their loot in Uk Banks.

NLC To Resist Fuel Subsidy Removal And Increase In Petrol Price

The Nigerian Labour Congress on Wednesday said it would resist the federal government’s scrapping of fuel subsidy and increase of petrol price to about N145 per litre.

“The unilateral increase in prices of petroleum products today by government represents the height of insensitivity and impunity and shall be resisted by the Nigeria Labour Congress and its civil society allies,” the congress said, through a statement by its General Secretary, Peter Ozo-Eson.

Evelyn Eveva Sitali Dies At 29 (pictured)

The death of former Big Brother Africa (BBA) season 8, The Chase, housemate, Evelyn Eveva Sitali has been announced on her Facebook page. She died on Tuesday, May 10, at the age of 29.


"Its sad to inform you all of the passing away of Eveva Sitali. She had an accident in 2014 and had undergone many operations on her leg but the last operation she had on Saturday 7th May was unsuccessful and she passed on the 10 of May at Levy Mwanawasa hospital...M.H.S.R.I.P" the post reads.


She was a massage therapist & owned a beauty spa in Chipata

EFCC Docks Businesswoman for N13.5m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 9, 2016 arraigned one Bunmi Dare Ikuolayole before Justice  R.I.B. Adebiyi of the High Court of Lagos State sitting in Igbosere on a six-count charge bordering on stealing and forgery to the tune of N13, 500,000.00 (Thirteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira).

EFCC Arrests Council Boss for N17.5m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday,  May 10, 2016 arrested the outgoing Chairman, Kuje Local Government Area, Abuja, Tete Ishaku Shaban, for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence and abuse of office to the tune of N17,500,000( Seventeen Million  Five Hundred Thousand Naira).

Arms Scam: Yes, Badeh Bought N240m Property For His Son, Witness Insists

Proceedings in the ongoing trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh, continued on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, with the prosecution witness, PW1, Air Commodore Salisu Abdullahi Yushau (rtd.), a former Director of Finance and Accounts, Nigerian Air Force, in insisting that he was directed to buy a property worth N240million for his (Badeh) son, Alex Badeh Jnr.

Man Bags Three Years Jail Term For N2.1m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 secured the conviction of one Godwin Nnam Okeke before Justice M. N. Yinusa of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu.

I Never Did Any Business With NIMASA, I Was Paid N97.6m-Witness

A prosecution witness, Wakili Dauda, in the ongoing trial of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, and six others, has told a Lagos State High Court how the agency paid him the sum of N96, 764, 689.00million( Nine-six Million Seven Hundred and Sixty-four Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty-Nine Naira) for doing nothing.

EFCC Docks Ex-PICOMSS Boss, Atawodi, Businessman For N600m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 arraigned the duo of Air Vice Marshal Saliu Atawodi (retd.), a former chairman, Presidential Implementation Committee on Maritime Safety (PICOMSS), one Rabiu Hassan and his company, Hypertech Nigeria Limited, before Justice U. P. Kekemeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on a three- count charge bordering on conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds.

EFCC Arraigns Suspected Internet Fraudster

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 arraigned a suspected Internet fraudster, Okeke Fred, before Justice O. Tokode of the Federal High Court, sitting in Benin City, Edo State on a three-count charge bordering on Internet fraud, impersonation and possession of scam documents.

N1.4bn Subsidy Fraud: How Accused Defrauded Govt of N1bn-Witness

Effa Imoh Okim, a prosecution witness in the trial of Helen Aninye, Chizobam Ben-Okafor and their company, Pon-Specialized Services Limited, who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, allegedly for  N1.4billion subsidy fraud, has told Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja how the accused persons collected  about N1bn( One Billion Naira) from the Federal Government as subsidy, which was in excess of about N300 million (Three Hundred Million Naira) that they were entitled to.

Must Read: Buhari’s Keynote Address At The Tackling Corruption Together Conference

Muhammadu-BuhariPresident Buhari who is currently at the Commonwealth event “Tackling Corruption Together: A Conference For Civil Society, Business And Government Leaders”, held at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Malborough House in London.
Read his speech below:

UK Guardian Accuses Cameron Of ‘Epic Hypocrisy’ Over His ‘Fantastically Corrupt’ Comment.

The Guardian of London has delved into the controversy generated by the comment of British prime minister, David Cameron, who described Nigeria as a “fantastically corrupt” country.
The newspaper, in an editorial, accused Cameron, Britain and the west of “epic hypocrisy”.
“They have spent decades ordering poor countries and failed states to sort out their problems with dodgy money, even while taking much of that dodgy money and ploughing it through their banks, their ritzy stores, their estate agents, and their offshore tax havens,” it said.
Cameron had made the slip while speaking with Queen Elizabeth ahead of the anti-corruption summit holding in London this week.