By: Adetokunbo Fakeye Two Nigerian nationals in United States of America were on Wednesday charged in a 13-count indictment alleging they engaged in an online scheme to defraud victims of bitcoin virtual currency, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced. A release from Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Press Office revealed …

A member of the House of Representatives, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, who represents Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, has declared her intention to contest for the seat of the Speaker. Onyejeocha made the declaration despite the decision of the leadership of her party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to support the …

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says his generation has failed the country as the dreams people of his generation had about the country had not materialised. Speaking on Hard Talk, a BBC programme anchored by Zeinab Badawi, the professor said: “I compare today with dreams and aspirations we had when …

By Chioma Gabriel & Gbenga Olarinoye Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has reaffirmed his position on the family ties between Yoruba and Igbo nations, that the Igbos are from Ile-Ife, saying the two major ethnic groups in Nigeria are inseparable members of the same family. Ooni Ogunwusi stated …

A breakdown of order has been reported after police officers opened fire at a bus-stop in Ogun State, killing at least a young man and wounding unknown number of others. The shooting occurred at Iyana Coker area of Ifo, a market community on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, Premium Times reports. According …

Words are currently milling round that Olajumoke Orisaguna, the bread seller turned celebrity, has left her husband and father of her two kids, Mr. Sunday Orisagunna, for good. Global Excellence gathered that Jumoke Oniburedi as Jumoke is known, had changed her surname on her social media accounts to Chris, removing …

A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election Sunday, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country’s political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president on television, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the …

by Tunde Lawal Nigerian singer, Naira Marley, has taken to Instagram to defend internet fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’, saying it is not a crime. Naira Marley who reacted to the controversy sparked by Simi after she called out internet fraudsters, has stated that Yahoo-Yahoo is not a crime. In …

A Nigerian national living with an expired visa has been nabbed with crystal meth from northeast Delhi during a midnight raid. A team led by ACP Gokulpuri Anuj Kumar nabbed him while he was on his way to a party where he was about to sell the contraband. Later, when …

Attention of the security agencies in Ogun State have been called to the break down of law and order at Ifo area of Ogun State. According to Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, a member of the Ogun State House of Assembly in an SOS message he sent out, which is now virile …