The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sunday said its collaboration with the Nigerian Bar Association was already yielding results as prosecution of recalcitrant offenders including drivers involved in fatal crashes in top gear. This was even as it added that it has deployed guns, radar, breathalyzers equipment to put a check on drunk-driving and over speeding. The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dauda Biu gave the hint at the official flag off of 2024 Sallah motor rally at Dankogi Park, Zuba. Biu said the theme for this year’s rally which is; ”Overloading is a Time Bomb: Stop the Deaths, Do not Overload…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 arrested the General Overseer of CAC Freedom City Prophetic and Deliverance Ministry, Ilorin, Prophet Adeniyi James, for allegedly defrauding a member of the church to the tune of N3,980,000. The victim, Oluwole Babarinsa, had in a petition to the Commission, alleged that James called him out during a church programme sometime in 2021 that he had a revelation that he would travel abroad. According to the petitioner, the cleric, in the course of giving the revelation, asked him about his preferred country, to which he replied “Canada”. The…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an India-bound passenger, Freeman Ogbonna at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos for ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine. Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in a statement issued Sunday said Ogbonna was arrested on Sunday 31st March while attempting to board his flight to Delhi, India via Doha on Qatar Airways, with a Liberian international passport, bearing the name: Carr Bismark. He said he was taken for body scan, which tested positive for ingestion of illicit drugs. Babafemi noted that…
Justice C. J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has convicted and sentenced Solomon Martins to one year imprisonment for romance scam. The anti-graft agency in a statement issued Sunday said Solomon was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a two-count charge. It said Martins’ journey to the Correctional Centre began when he was arrested by operatives of EFCC for internet fraud. One of the counts reads: “That you, Solomon Martins on or about the 1st day of December, 2022, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable…
Easter is a pagan festival surreptitiously merged with Christianity. Easter is not one of God’s holy days. The word Easter is not even scriptural; it does not exist in true translations of the bible. Easter was smuggled into the King James Bible in Acts 12:4, where it was substituted for the original word; “Passover:” “When (Herod) had apprehended (Peter), he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.” As a matter of fact, the word Easter only appears in the King James Version…
A former presidential aide has urged Nigerians to stop paying tithes to their Churches and start paying taxes to the government if they want Nigeria to progress. Omokri in a tweet on his verified X account said while Nigerians could demand information from the government through the Freedom of Information Act to enquire about how the taxes they paid were spent, they don’t have the courage to ask their General Overseers to give account of how their tithes were spent. He pointed out that there were other laws in Malachi and the laws of Mosaic, which include laws allowing polygamy,…
Nigerian Army troops have neutralised a group of terrorists in an ambush operation in Kaduna State. The army in a statement issued Saturday said the troops acting on credible intelligence, targeted the terrorist group, known for using motorbikes to carry out nefarious activities in the region. It said: “During the operation on Friday, 4 April 2024, around Kidandan Village, Giwa Local Government of Kaduna State, the troops engaged the terrorists in a gun battle, neutralising three of them. “The terrorist group was on transit to repair their motorbikes, which they used as mobility when unleashing their acts of terror on…
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, has called on President Bola Tinubu to compel the Ministry of Power to reverse the electricity tariff hike. TheHintsNews reports that NERC had on Wednesday, April 4, 2024, announced that electricity consumers on Band A would begin to pay N225 per kilowatt hour as against N68 they had been paying up till then. However, Afenifere, in a statement issued Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi accused the Ministry of Power and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) of forcing Nigerians to pay for their inefficiency. It said: “Afenifere called on President…
The Nigeria Police Force says it is not aware of alleged fraudulent misrepresentation, certificate forgery, examination malpractice, and perjury against Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement issued Friday said an alleged document purportedly containing conclusions of an investigation into allegations against the governor did not emanate from the police. He said: “The Nigeria Police Force wishes to address the recent circulation of a document purportedly containing conclusions of an investigation into allegations against the Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. “The document alleges fraudulent misrepresentation, certificate forgery, examination malpractice, and perjury against…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has called on the Governor of Kano state, Abba Yusuf to stop using diversionary tactics to cover up for his failure to deliver to the people of the state. TheHintsNews reports that the Kano State government recently filed criminal charges against him over alleged bribery of $413,000, and N1.38 billion. However,Ganduje in a statement issued Friday by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu described the latest antics of the governor as unfortunate. He added that it was also a sorry attempt to shift public glare from the fact that…