An internet fraudster on Monday April 8, 2025 surrendered himself to the Acting Zonal Director of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACEI Effam Okim. The EFCC in a statement released today April 11, said the 28-year-old fraudster who hails from Oredo Local government…
New Associates, a political platform canvassing support for the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, has postponed its planned “mega rally” in honour of the minister in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. George Turnah, the lead convener of the Bayelsa Chapter of the group, disclosed this during a press briefing in Yenagoa on Friday. Mr Turnah is the…
President Donald Trump said that he plans to withhold all federal funding to sanctuary cities, a move that would pressure finances from New York to San Francisco. “No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims,” the president said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday. “They are disgracing our Country, and are being mocked all over…
U.S. consumer sentiment plunged in April, the fourth consecutive month of declines, in a seemingly sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump’s trade wars that have fueled anxiety over possible job losses and rising inflation. The preliminary reading of the University of Michigan’s closely watched consumer sentiment index, released Friday, fell 11% on a monthly basis…
The Nigerian currency, the naira, shed N18 against the United States dollar at the official market on Thursday. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Foreign exchange showed that the naira traded N1, 629.93/$1 as against the N1, 611.55/$1 recorded on Wednesday. This represents a loss of N18.38 for the local currency. On the…
A confirmed case of Lassa fever has been reported at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) in Kano State. The hospital’s Infection Prevention and Control Unit disclosed that out of two suspected cases recently admitted, one tested positive for the viral hemorrhagic illness. Salisu Inuwa, spokesperson for the unit, stated that the confirmed…
