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Investigative Panel: Bobrisky Given Special Privileges But Served Term In Custodial Facility

Bobrisky
An investigative panel set up by the Federal Government has revealed that controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly called Bobrisky, served his six-month jail term following his conviction over Naira abuse offences. However, the panel revealed that the crossdresser was granted certain privileges during his time at the Kirikiri Medium Security Custodial Centre in Lagos. The panel, chaired by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, also found no evidence to support claims that the crossdresser bribed officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCos) to be allowed to stay in a rented apartment outside the prison. BobriskyRead More

Report: FG’s Domestic Borrowing To Exceed N2.6trn In 2022

Coronation Merchant Bank (CMB)
NBS Understates Economy by 25%, Says PwC Economist The Coronation Merchant Bank (CMB) has projected that the federal government’s domestic borrowings in 2022 would exceed N2.6 trillion, while estimating thatRead More

LIRS Reaffirms March 31 Deadline For Filing Of Individual Annual Tax Returns

Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS)
In accordance with provisions of the Personal Income Tax Act (PITA) Cap P8 2011 (as amended), the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has notified all individual taxpayers, including self-employedRead More

Nigerian Students In Ukraine Cry For Help, Demand Safe Exit From War-torn Country

Nigerian Students In Ukraine
Students of Sumy State University in Ukraine have cried out against the ill-treatment being meted to them in the European country, demanding that the authorities should provide a safe exitRead More

Human Rights Lawyer, Adegboruwa, Condemns New Dress Code For Female Nigerian Police Personnel

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebunoluwa Adegboruwa
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebunoluwa Adegboruwa, has urged the Nigeria Police Force to focus more on its primary responsibility of combating crime. His statement follows anRead More

Russia-Ukraine War: Air Peace Deploys Aircraft To Evacuate Stranded Nigerians

Air Peace
Air Peace airline has deployed its aircraft to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Europe amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, many residents, including Nigerians,Read More

Confusion As Families Of Alleged Killer Businessman, Adedoyin, Murdered OAU Postgraduate Student, Adegoke Clash In Osun Court

Murdered master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke and Dr Ramon Adedoyin, the owner of Hiltons Hotel, Ile-Ife
There was confusion at the premises of Osun State High Court, Osogbo on Thursday as the family of murdered master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke Thursday clashedRead More

Police Arrest Nigerian Music Star, Timaya Hours After Being Accused Of Hit And Run

Nigerian music star, Inetimi Timaya Odon, better known by his stage name Timaya, has been arrested for allegedly leaving a lady hospitalised in a hit-and-run accident.
Nigerian music star, Inetimi Timaya Odon, better known by his stage name Timaya, has been arrested for allegedly leaving a lady hospitalised in a hit-and-run accident. On Wednesday, March 2,Read More

Buhari Departs For Two Weeks Medical Check Up In London

President Muhammadu Buhari
Rejoices with Adeboye at 80 President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja yesterday for a three-day official visit to Nairobi, Kenya from where he would proceed to London for routine medical checksRead More

Nnamdi Kanu Protests In Secret Police, DSS Detention Over Lack Of Access To Lawyers On Three Occasions

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has protested in the custody of the Department of State Services, raising the issue of the inability of his legalRead More

Runsewe Pledges Stronger Cultural Ties With Republic Of Bulgaria

Director General of National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe
The Director General of National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has pledged stronger ties with the Bulgarian Government in the area of marketing their rich culturalRead More