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ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE

August 29, 2024

EFCC nabs Abuja syndicate attempting $1 million extortion on chairman Olukoyede’s name

The fraudsters told ex-NPA boss Mohammed Bello-Koko that the EFCC chair would “give him a soft landing” from corruption prosecution.

EFCC logo and Ola Olukoyede
August 29, 2024

56,000 Christians killed, 21,000 abducted amid four-year rampage by armed herdsmen across northern Nigeria: Dutch Group

Christians, according to ORFA, were the worst affected by the wave of attacks and killings, and for every Muslim killed, about 6.5 Christians had been murdered.

Armed herdsmen
August 29, 2024

Ex-EFCC prosecutor faces deportation with husband, children as Canadian asylum court says no evidence cultists harassed family in Lagos

Canadian courts routinely turn down granting refugee protection to former Nigerian officials, especially members of the Nigerian Army, the police and the State Security Service.

Zainab Ettu
August 29, 2024

U.S. state warns parents to stop using ‘son’, ‘daughter’ to avoid offending gender queer children

The Vermont Department of Health asked residents to stop referring to their grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins as “extended family.’’

U.S. state of Vermont
August 26, 2024

Zhongshan: Tinubu’s lawyer Rotimi Oguneso earned $170,000 as member of three-man arbitration panel that awarded $70 million against Nigeria

Mr Oguneso, a senior lawyer who defended Bola Tinubu at the presidential election petitions tribunal in 2023, was tapped by Nigeria as its representative on the arbitration panel.

Bola Tinubu and Rotimi Oguneso
August 23, 2024

Sowore, Hundeyin, Adeyanju, others intensify efforts to free anonymous Twitter reporter PIDOM seized by Nigerian govt

The whistleblower, who operated mainly on Twitter, also posted classified police signals to expose internal wrongdoing and wranglings in the security force.

Sowore, David Hundeyin, Deji Adeyanju and Nuhu Ribadu 
August 23, 2024

Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, blocked from U.S. for judicial corruption, emerges Chief Justice of Nigeria

Ms Kekere-Ekun with an alleged sordid record with the U.S. is Nigeria’s new chief justice.

Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
August 23, 2024

British tech mogul’s body recovered from sunken yacht, daughter still missing

Mr Lynch and his daughter were among the 22 persons aboard the yacht on Monday.

Mike Lynch
August 22, 2024

Chinese investors snatch another $57 million private jet Nigeria kept in Canada after seizure from fugitive Dan Etete

With the Bombardier 600 luxury aircraft now in its possession, Zhongshang Fucheng has successfully seized Nigeria’s assets in the UK, France and Canada.

A Bombardier 600 luxury aircraft seized from Nigeria by Chinese firm Zhongshang is seen in Montreal, Canada. Credits: Jetphotos.net
August 21, 2024

Chinese investors take over Nigeria’s guest houses in Liverpool, to sell on eBay for $2.2 million

Zhongshang Fucheng has intensified steps to seize Nigeria’s assets in Europe and North America to collect up to $70 million from a 2021 arbitration verdict.

Nigeria Guest House in Liverpool [Photo credit: Google Maps].