A court in Pennsylvania, U.S. has sentenced a 24-year-old Syrian American, Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, to 208 months — over 17 years — in federal prison over his support for the dreaded terror group, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and plot to bomb a Nigerian church in Pittsburgh. The US Department of Justice…
As part of efforts to ensure full compliance with the Naira redesign deadline, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks to accept cash deposits beyond cashless policy threshold. Osita Nwanisobi, director, corporate communications department of the CBN disclosed this on Thursday on the occasion of the CBN’s special day at the ongoing 2022 Lagos…
Minister of State, Labour and Employment and Director, Public Affairs and Spokespersons, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo (SAN) on Friday said an interview being circulated online which was attributed to him may have been forged. In the interview, Keyamo was alleged to have said Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, then governor of Lagos state had sacked workers unjustly…
Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. Remembrance Day is observed on November 11th in most countries to recall the end of hostilities of World…
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu state has ordered the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (SCIID) Enugu to thoroughly investigate the case of alleged conspiracy and murder of a newborn male child (infanticide), by the mother of the child, one Ada Joy Okonkwo aged 18, and her mother, one Christiana Okonkwo of about 60 years…
Lady who plunged into Lagos Lagoon identified as bride-to-be who worked at the Department of State Security The young lady who plunged into the Lagos Lagoon on Thursday, November 10, has been identified as Adetutu Adedokun, an unarmed combat instructor with the Department of State Security. Recall that LIB had reported that the young lady…
FACT CHECK: No, the US will not reject old dollar notes from Jan 2023 Multiple online reports have claimed that by January 31, 2023, the United States dollar notes issued before 2021 will no longer be accepted as legal tender. “USA moves to checkmate dollar stockpile in Africa,” reads the headline of a report by…
Nigeria has for the fifth time lost its case in the long-running OPL 245 court case in Italy.Yesterday, the Appeal Court in Milan, Italy, rejected the country’s request for $1.1 billion compensation from Shell and Eni, the two energy giants that bought the oil block off Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd in 2011. The Nigerian…
Trending South African Sex Story: A Mere Distraction – Bayelsa Governor’s Aide Our attention has been drawn to a fake news circulating online about Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State over an alleged nude video leak of a South African female legislator, Zanele Sifuba.The post linking the governor to the allegation suddenly appeared on the…
Nigeria’s Consulate in Joburg condemns sharing of Zanele Sifuba’s sex video The Consulate General of Nigeria, based in Joburg said it has noted the numerous media reports purporting the involvement of a Nigeria national in the leaking of an explicitly graphic video depicting Speaker of the Free State Legislature, Ntombizanele “Zanele” Beauty Sifuba indulging in…