(LOCAL) Legislators Approve Monthly Life Pension

 
   The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has passed a bill that is seeking to pay monthly life pension for former members. According to the bill which has been sent to the governor of the state, Seriake Dickson for accent, the following are expected to be paid.

(LOCAL) Nigerian Man Wrongfully Imprisoned For 27 Years Shares His Story

  Clinton Kalu, a native of Ndinwafor in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, walked out from the Port Harcourt Maximum Prison after being wrongly imprisoned for 27 years.

  According to a report by PUNCH, the 56-year-old consultant criminologist was roped into a murder case in April 1992 by some undisclosed persons while trying to resolve a dispute involving his in-laws. That marked the beginning of his journey in ‘hell’.

(ENTERTAINMENT) Annie Idibia Speaks About Growing Up The Hard Way

    Annie Idibia in her latest chat with Saturday Beats speaks about how hard life was for her while growing up because her mother single-handedly raised them.

   She says tho her father was not there for them, he took ill at the beginning of the year and they had to rally round him. She said, “This year started for me quite tough. I spent the first three months of this year in the hospital with my father because he had been sick for a while but God has been great and I am grateful.

(FOREIGN) Sri Lanka Police Chief Resigns Over Failures That Led To Deadly Easter Bomb Attacks

 

   Sri Lanka's top police official, Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara, has resigned over failures that led to the deadly Easter bomb attacks, the country's president said on Friday.

(LOCAL) 26-Year Old Bricklayer Arrested For Selling His 6-Week Old Twins For N500k In Edo State

   A 26-year-old bricklayer identified as Kenneth Ofoke, has been arrested for allegedly selling his six-week-old set of twins Edo State.

(LOCAL) President Buhari arrives London

 

  Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has arrived London, United Kingdom for a private visit. He left Nigeria earlier today after a State Visit to Borno State where he commissioned a number of developmental projects in the State.

(LOCAL) Four Suspected Fraudsters Arrested Over $200k Wire Fraud

    The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, April 25, 2019, arrested four suspects; Ajiero Onyeka, Clement Peter, Mustapha Zubiri, Agbo Austine Taylor for allegedly attempting to carry out a fraudulent Bank Wire Transfer to the tune of $200,000 about N72, 000, 000 (Seventy Two Million Naira).

   A team of EFCC operatives swooped down on the suspects as they were about to transfer the said amount from the account of an unsuspecting foreigner into a domiciliary account in Nigeria.
The Commission was tipped off when the suspects were sourcing for domiciliary account number which they will use to receive the money.
   Bank Wire Transfer fraudsters have a practice of using other people’s domiciliary account to receive fraudulent money with the promise of giving the account holder a commission from the money.

(LOCAL) Lagos Govt Pardons 14 Inmates After 20 Years

 

   The Lagos State Government, through the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, has pardoned 14 inmates of the Maximum Security Prison in Kirikiri.

(ENTERTAINMENT) Travis Scott Celebrates 27th Birthday With Avengers Themed Party

 

   Travis Scott celebrated his 27th birthday with an Avengers themed party. He celebrated a little early because he turns 27 on April 30th. Kylie Jenner took to Instagram to share some photos

(LOCAL) Chinese Trader, Mike Zhang Installed As Chief In Kano State

 

  Mike Zhang, a Chinese trader in Kano State has been turbaned as a chief who now holds the title of Wakilin Yan China” by Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II.

(ENTERTAINMENT) Lady Gets Married To Her US Based Husband Via Skype

 

   A man has shared photos of his cousin getting married to her US based man via a video call. According to the social media user, the man couldn’t make it to Nigeria, but got married to his bride via a video call. He shared the photos praising his cousin, saying how many women will agree to marry a man, knowing he is not there right away to touch them and all. He wrote;

(LOCAL) President Buhari To Dissolve Cabinet May 22

 

    President Muhammadu Buhari will dissolve his cabinet few days to the end of the administration, Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed has said.

(LOCAL) Federal Government Approves N52bn For E-border Technology

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has  approved N52 billion for the provision of electronic devices at the country’s borders.

    Briefing journalists at the end of the weekly FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the State House, the Minister of Interior, Lt. General Abdulraman Dambazzau (rtd), said given the porous nature of the country’s borders, it is absolutely impossible to effectively safeguard them.