The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested five persons in connection with a N5.5 million fraud in Skye Bank. It was alleged that the suspects fraudulently transferred the said amount from the account of one of the bank’s customers to accounts operated by some of their alleged accomplices. The said crime was reportedly…
A member of the P-Square group has admitted that there was actually a fight in their family. The entertainment industry in Nigeria was boiling for the past days over the split rumour of the sensational music group. It was also speculated that Globalcom Limited, which signed the artistes as its brand ambassadors, had threatened to…
Nigeria’s Service Chiefs have been summoned by the House of Representatives over the fate of the abducted students of the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno State, who were kidnapped few weeks ago. The school girls, numbering over 200, were abducted by some suspected Boko Haram members in their school. After failed efforts by…
The Federal Government has cancelled the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting scheduled to hold on Wednesday. The meeting was called off in order to mourn the late younger of Vice President Namadi Sambo, Yusuf, who died on Sunday in a car crash in Abuja. In a statement signed on Tuesday by Sam Nwaobasi, Special…
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, has been fired. The President’s aide was relieved of his duties on Tuesday with immediate effect. Before his sack, Gulak has been accused of making statements that could jeopardise the return of Jonathan to Aso Rock in 2015. It was also gathered that Gulak…
Deputy Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Blaise Orji, has been asked to step down by his colleagues in the Assembly. The lawmaker was suspended from office on Tuesday along with two others. Orji was accused of insubordination by the House. At the plenary on Tuesday, Orji, representing Afikpo South East, with two…
Some suspected hoodlums descended on members of staff of The Sun newspaper in Aba, Abia State on Monday. The thugs were reportedly armed and five in number. It was gathered they accused the media platform of writing against the state governor, Theodore Orji. According to report, the gunmen beat those they met at the office…
The movie industry in Nigeria has again been thrown into a mourning mood over the sudden death of prolific filmmaker, Amaka Igwe. Amaka Igwe is the creator of ‘Checkmate’ and ‘Fuji House of Commotion’, both television soaps which gained national recognitions. The legendary filmmaker reportedly died of Asthma attack in the early hours of Tuesday,…
Benue State-born songstress, Imelda J, who is fast becoming the hottest news item in Nigeria lately, was among the top celebrities that attended the just-concluded Nigerian Entertainment Conference 2014 (NEClive), which held last Wednesday at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. The highly gifted singer was on the red carpet and she caught the attention…
President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, ASUP, Chibuzor Asomugha, has expressed his frustration over the lingering industrial action embarked on by the union to press home for its demands from the Federal Government. Members of ASUP have remained at home for 10 months. Students of various public polytechnics in Nigeria have also begged…