The Ogun State government has initiated an investigation into a viral video showing Oba Semiu Ogunjobi, the Olooriile of Orile Ifo in Ifo Local Government Area, allegedly dehumanizing one of his chiefs, Arinola Abraham Love. The video lasting about two minutes, depicts Arinola kneeling on a roadside while being verbally abused and accused of…
Photo: Coast Guard Detains Over a Dozen Illegal Immigrants
The United States Coast Guard has confirmed that it intercepted a boat carrying 16 illegal immigrants off the coast of California’s Mission Bay on Sunday morning. In a Sunday press release, the United States Coast Guard said it had “interdicted a vessel with 16 aliens aboard approximately 15 miles off the coast of Mission Bay, Sunday morning.” According…
A federal high court in Abuja has declared the excise duty on carbonated drinks introduced by the federal government invalid. The judgment follows a lawsuit filed in 2022 by the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), challenging the implementation of a N10 per litre excise duty on nonalcoholic, carbonated, and sweetened beverages. The excise tax,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Usman Yusuf, the former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), on charges of fraud. Yusuf appeared before Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Monday, February 3, where he pleaded not guilty to a five-count charge. …
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have kidnapped the traditional ruler (Onogie) of Udo-Eguare, His Royal Highness Friday Ehizojie, in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State. The monarch was on a commercial motorcycle when they were ambushed by the gunmen at a forest between Ubiaja, by rest house junction and Udo community The…
