Fresh $445,000, N3bn recovered by EFCC in humanitarian ministry probe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Sunday it has freshly recovered $445,000 and N3bn in the ongoing probe of the scandal in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, told The PUNCH that the $445,000 and N3bn were recovered between March and April in addition to N30bn earlier recovered before March, which the EFCC Chairman, Olu Olukoyede, referenced in an interview. Oyewale said, “The interview with the commission’s chairman, which was recently released, was done mid-March, and as at that time, the N30bn was what had been recovered as noted by the chairman. However,
Police Arrest Couple For Buying One-Month Old Baby N30,000
The Police Command in Anambra State has arrested a couple suspected to be trafficking a one- month old baby from Lagos to Onitsha. This is contained in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, to journalists on Tuesday in Onitsha. According to News Agency of Nigeria, Ikenga said that the interception was made at Bridgehead in Onitsha on Sunday. According to him, the couple was travelling in a luxury bus belonging to a popular transport company with the baby when a co-passenger observed that the mother could not breastfeed the baby despite its
Israel Gives Condition For Ceasefire, As Deaths Toll Hit 11,000
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday, gave a condition for a ceasefire. Netanyahu during a visit to the Ramon Air Force base in southern Israel, said Israel won’t agree to any ceasefire activity in the Gaza war without the return of the hostages. He explained that he was delivering this message both to the country’s allies and enemies. Jerusalem Post quoted Netanyahu saying, “I also want you to know that there is one thing that we will not do – there will be no ceasefire without the return of the captives. “The very idea of doing
Israel gives condition for ceasefire as deaths hit 11,000
The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Sunday that at least 9,770 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since the war with Israel erupted last month. The ministry said at least 4,800 children were among those killed since Israel began striking the Gaza Strip in retaliation to the October 7 attacks carried out by Hamas militants in southern Israel, which Israeli officials said killed over 1,400, most of them civilians, AFP reports. The latest information brings the death toll on both sides to 11,187. Meanwhile, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday gave a condition for
Israel Vs Hamas Conflict: Death Toll Hits Over 1,000
The death toll from the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian terrorist organization, Hamas, has hit 1,000 as of Sunday, October 8, 2023. Recall that on Sunday the government of Israel formally declared war on the terrorist group after the group attacked the country from Gaza on Saturday in what has been termed the worst attack on Israeli land in over 50 years. The last time Israel was hit this hard was when a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria attacked the only non-Arab country in the Middle East during the 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict. Prime
Israel formally declares war on Hamas as death toll rises to 1,000
Israel, reeling from the deadliest attack on its territory in half a century, formally declared war on Hamas on Sunday as the conflict’s death toll surged to 1,000 after the Palestinian militant group launched a massive surprise assault from Gaza. AFP reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu steeled the shocked and grieving nation for a “long and difficult” war ahead after Hamas launched a barrage of rockets at Israel before dawn on Saturday and sent in fighters who gunned down civilians and took at least 100 hostages. Several Germans, who are also Israeli nationals, were among those kidnapped by militants
NLC Reveals Plan To Negotiate Minimum Wage To N100,000 , N200,000
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday revealed that the new minimum wage may be negotiated to N100,000 or N200,000. The announcement is coming after NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) shelved its planned strike scheduled for today after meeting officials of the Federal Government. The organised labour had planned to shut down the country owing to the impact of the fuel subsidy removal. The President of NLC, Joe Ajaero on Tuesday revealed that the strike was suspended to allow the federal government to fulfil its part of the agreement reached with organised labour. He further stated that
Suspected Ogun ritualist admits buying human legs for N20,000
A 35-year-old suspected ritualist, Ifasoji Ayangbesan, has confessed that he bought a pair of fresh human legs at the rate of N20,000. Ayangbesan, who was accused of attempting to bribe policemen with N1m to evade arrest over the killing of one Adeyemi, said he did not participate in the killing. The victim was reportedly killed on January 28, 2023. The suspect was paraded alongside 12 other suspects on Wednesday at the Ogun State Police Command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state capital. Ayangbesan, who is a resident of the Iloti axis of the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of the state, said
Nigerians drag Keyamo on Twitter, accuse him of acquiring US Property worth $300,000
Festus Keyamo, the official spokesman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential campaign council and also the Minister of State for Labour, Employment, and Productivity, yesterday, rattled the Twitter space when he made a post showing himself juggling in front of a mansion in the United States of America. In the tweet, Keyamo was thanking President Buhari and Bola Tinubu who is the Nigerians President-Elect for a well-deserved vacation. He went on to say, “Keeping fit in my neighborhood, May 29th on my mind”, he added. After Keyamo made the tweet, Nigerians took to the comment trail to react. Some
Earthquake: Turkish president declares mourning as Death toll surpasses 5,000
Up to 23 million people could be affected – WHO Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning following devastating earthquakes that killed more than 5,000 people and toppled buildings across southeast Turkey and northern Syria, Aljazeera reported on Tuesday morning. The media house noted that authorities fear the death toll from Monday’s predawn magnitude 7.8 temblor, followed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake and several aftershocks will continue to climb as rescuers looked for survivors among tangles of metal and concrete spread across a region already suffering under Syria’s 12-year civil war and a refugee crisis. Rescuers
