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Feb

02

2024

Spraying fresh naira notes gets Nigerian actress six months jail term.

Entertainment, Metro, NewsEntertainment, Metro, Nollywood

On Thursday, February 1, 2024, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, sentenced actress Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin to six months in prison for spraying and walking on fresh naira notes during a Lagos State social event. On February 13, 2023, the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned her on two counts. She pleaded “not guilty.” She received bail on February 15, 2023. One charge reads: "That you, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28th day of January 2023, at Monarch Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, while dancing…

Feb

01

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Chef Grace Nwaokobia Set To Break Guinness WR For Longest Cooking Marathon In Match.

Entertainment, Metro, SponsoredEntertainment, Metro, Personality, World News

The Guinness World Record for Longest Home Kitchen Cooking Marathon is set to be broken in March this year by Nigerian chef and home cook Grace Nwaokobia. Chef Grace intends to Break Rickey lumpkins record of 68 hours. This record has not been broken since 2018 by anyone. She intends to do it in a serviced home apartment in Lagos with limited restrictions open to the public to come show support as there will be a variety of home cooked meals in abundance. The meals cooked will be shared in special takeaway packs with raw food items to the homeless…

Jan

31

2024

By David Okoye

Government Seeks NDLEA Partnership to Combat Rising Drug Abuse

Health, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Crime, Metro, Nigeria, Security

The Federal Ministry of Youth Development is collaborating with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to address the growing issue of drug abuse among Nigerian youths. Minister of Youth Development Jamila Ibrahim conveyed this during her visit to NDLEA chairman Buba Marwa in Abuja. Minister Ibrahim outlined the government's commitment to rehabilitating drug abuse victims and providing skill training to reintegrate them into society effectively. She emphasized the importance of steering young Nigerians away from drug abuse, emphasizing its detrimental impact on their future prospects. Expressing optimism, Ibrahim announced the forthcoming launch of the National Youth Development Bank, a…

Jan

31

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

The EFCC uncovers religious organisation financing terrorism, links it to another N7 billion fraud.

Economy, Metro, NewsBandits, Crime, DSS/EFCC, Economy, Insecurity, Nigeria, Religion, Security, Terrorism

Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), claims that the anti-graft organisation has discovered a religious group that is using money laundering to support terrorists. At a discussion on "Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption" on Wednesday in Abuja, Olukoyede revealed the information. He also claimed that N7 billion in fraud proceeds had been linked to a different religious organisation. He mentioned that the country's religious groups, institutions, sects, and bodies had been proven to be involved in money laundering by the EFCC. Olukoyede claimed that after money laundering was linked to one of…

Jan

29

2024

By David Okoye

Fatal Crash on Lagos-Badagry Expressway Claims Two Lives, Injures Four

MetroAccident, FRSC, Lagos State, Metro, RIP

Two people lost their lives in a deadly car crash on the Lagos-Badagry motorway, while four more people were injured. According to Williams Manga, the unit commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Badagry, the accident happened near the Ibereko portion of the motorway at around 5:46 a.m. Seven people were riding in the implicated car, a Toyota Camry with dealer registration number 01-6897DLA, consisting of four men and three women. The car was returning from a well-known hotel when the accident happened, causing it to flip over many times on the former Badagry motorway and end up…