Today, in violation of subsisting court orders & the Constitution, the DSS blocked the Legal Team of MAZI NNAMDI KANU from meeting with him at the detention facility. It appears that the DSS has cancelled all future visitations to #MNK as a retaliation against #MNK “for chasing away Justice Binta Nyako from the case & …
#Endbadgovernance Organisers write police, seek security for October 1 protest
#Endbadgovernance protest organisers have publicly outlined their plan to embark on ”anti-poor policies’ protest on October 1 and have formally written to the Nigerian Police, seeking adequate security for their members during the planned demonstrations. The protest aims to address growing public dissatisfaction with President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies, which they say have exacerbated …
Two Nigerians wanted over $13m fraud in U.S. healthcare scheme
Two Nigerians, Shodiya Babatunde (43) and Jamui Ahmed (31), have been indicted by the United States for their alleged involvement in a $13 million fraudulent business email scheme targeting healthcare companies in Minnesota. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota announced the charges on Thursday, revealing that the two suspects, along with co-conspirators, …
FG Declares Tuesday October 1 Publish Holiday
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, October as a public holiday to commemorate the 64th Independence Day Anniversary. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government In a statement by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Magdalene Ajani, Tunji-Ojo congratulated Nigerians at home and abroad on this occasion. …
Young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana repatriated
The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has confirmed the rescue of eight young girls trafficked to Ghana. While receiving the young ladies at the NiDCOM Annex Office in Lagos, Abike Dabiri-Erewa said the rescued girls have been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, to …
VDM meets interior minister amid Bobrisky bribery saga
In the midst of the uproar surrounding an audio recording he posted, social media influencer Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, has given details of his recent meeting with Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior. Eyes Of Lagos claims that Otse emphasized allegations made by Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, in the widely circulated …
Court finally grants whistleblower, Isaac Bristol ‘PIDOMNigeria’ bail
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to a journalist and whistleblower, Isaac Bristol, identified by the Nigeria police as the face behind the PIDOMNigeria account on X. The Nigeria Police had arraigned the whistleblower on charges of money laundering, unlawfully obtaining and disseminating classified official secret documents and cybercrime. His arrest …
Akwa Ibom first lady, Patience Umo Eno is dead
The first lady of Akwa Ibom state, Patience Umo Eno is dead. The state Commissioner for Information, Ini Ememobong, made the announcement of the first lady’s death in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday. Ememobong said the first lady died on Thursday in a hospital in the presence of her family. He …
Court sentences Offa bank robbery suspect to death
The Kwara State High Court has sentenced five suspects involved in the 2018 Offa bank robbery incident to death. Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court found the five suspects guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery and culpable homicide. According to the judge, the offences are punishable by death. Details to …
Nigerian sentenced in the U.S. for defrauding attorneys through fraud scheme
A 50-year-old Nigerian man, Omoyoma Christopher Okoro, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 100 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in a statement on Monday, September 23, 2024, said Okoro was also ordered to pay …