Metro Archives - Page 221 of 281

Mar

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2023

You Are An Illiterate, Fayose Blasts MC Oluomo

Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, Politics2023, Lagos, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Isaac Fayose, the younger brother of former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose, has described Musiliu Akinsanya, Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman aka MC Oluomo, as an illiterate. He was reacting after MC Oluomo warned Igbos in the state ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Addressing supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at a meeting, he threatened Igbos who will not vote for the party to stay at home. “We have begged them. If they don’t want to vote for us, it is not a fight. Tell them, Mama Chukwudi, if you don’t want to vote for us, sit…

Mar

18

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

EFCC busts Canadian VISA fraudster in Abuja

Business, Lifestyle, Metro, PoliticsAbuja, Crime, DSS/EFCC, Metro, Nigeria

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday arrested a suspected visa fraudster, Enock Ogungbamigbe. City Round gathered that the suspect specialized in defrauding Nigerians desperate to migrate to Canada either to work or continue their education through fake visas and job offers. The 32-year-old, who owns a garden in Mpape, a suburb of Abuja, was picked up at the Transcorp Hotel, Abuja, by operatives of the anti-graft agency when he responded to an appointment to procure a visa for an applicant intending to migrate to Canada. Unknown to him, that it was bait. The EFCC’s Director of Media and…

Mar

18

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Fake DSS officer remanded for defrauding prophet, others

Lifestyle, MetroCrime, DSS/EFCC, Metro, Nigeria, Security

An Ondo Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 46-year-old man, Ebenezer Adefehinti, for allegedly defrauding three people under the pretext of securing jobs for their children. The defendant was said to have claimed to be an official of the Department of State Services. He was arrested in June 2022 at Ayegun Oka Akoko in the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state. He was arraigned on five counts. Èdè Wa Ni: Ẹ Pàdé Àròjinlẹ̀ Tó Ń Dá Àwọn Ènìyàn Lẹ́kọ̀ọ́ Nípa Ẹranko Lédè Yoruba The police prosecutor, Inspector Augustine Omhenemhen, told the court that Adefehinti, with the intent to defraud members of…

Mar

17

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Enugu 2023: Obidients Must Avoid Mistakes, Edeoga is LP, not Obidient

Amos Oge Kalu, Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Enugu State, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Dear Obidient family, we are systematically rebuilding a Nigeria that will make us proud all over the world, a Nigeria that will work for all. We are getting there through Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Buba-Ahmed. We will choose candidates from all over the country that will complement them based on competencies and nothing less. Do not despair for the challenges of today over the glaring attempt by the purveyors of our collective patrimony to make our labour to be in vain. These times too shall pass, and our mandate will be reclaimed. Obidient Movement is self-funded, Is it not…

Mar

17

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia Guber 2023: Emeka Nwankpa Rounds Off Campaign in Grand Style

Abia State, Metro, Politics2023, Abia State, ACCORD, Emeka Nwankpa, Nigeria, Politics

Ahead of the March 18 rescheduled governorship election, the Accord Party governorship candidate, Bishop Dr Emeka Nwankpa, has rounded off his campaign in grand style. The campaign trail of the frontline governorship candidate berted in Aba, the Enyimba City, in a colourful style where it went round the city amid cheers from thousands of the residents of the city who trouped out to catch a glimpse of the cleric whom many described as 'the best man for the job who possesses the character compassion, courage, competence and capacity. Addressing the crowd at Aba city centre, Bishop Emeka Nwankpa, who promised…