Obinwanne Forfeits N280m In Nigeria For $11M US Scam

    A Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria yesterday ordered the temporary forfeiture of N280.5million “warehoused” in the bank accounts of Invictus Oil and Gas Limited and Invictus Investment Limited alleged to have been owned by Obinwanne Okeke “a strong leader of a cybercrime syndicate specialized in business email compromise.” Okeke, popularly known as Invictus, is standing trial in the United States of American over an alleged $11.5m cyber fraud.

Mother of three hangs herself in Lagos

   A mother of three, identified simply as Mummy Pelumi, has reportedly committed suicide at Mangoro area of Lagos State.

  The woman, who is also a pastor’s wife, took her life when her husband was on evangelism. Witnesses said the deceased and her children were sleeping in their one-room apartment at Sule Street, Mangoro area of the metropolis, when she hanged herself to a ceiling fan in their room.

Few People In 5 States Controlling Nigeria’s Resources - President Buhari

 
   President Buhari on Monday  revealed that Nigeria's wealth is being controlled by few people living in five states in the country including the FCT.

We hired Islamic clerics to pray against Boko Haram and recruited 1,000 'ninja' hunters -Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State

 

   Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has defended his decision to hire ''30 Saudi-Arabia based Islamic Clerics to pray for peace in the state and also recruiting 1,000 hunters who reportedly have the power to appear and disappear to fight Boko Haram.'' The governor’s spokesman, Mallam Isa Gusau who reacted to the controversy that trailed the Borno Governor's recent decision, said he has the support of everyone in the state. 

Lagos workers demand N50,000 minimum wage

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday urged the nation’s workers and the citizenry to brace up for a prolonged nationwide strike as the ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government to implement the N30,000 new minimum wage has expired. The warning came On Monday during this year’s World Decent Work Day celebration in Lagos.