Day: March 4, 2025

How Immigration ex-CG Parradang Died in Hotel After Visit By Female Guest – Police

Ganiyu Amodu

Here are the dirty details given by Josephine Adeh, spokesperson of the FCT police command   The police command in the federal capital territory (FCT) says David Parradang, former comptroller-general (CG) of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), died in a hotel after a visit from a female guest. Platforms Africa reports this quoting a statement from, Josephine Adeh, spokesperson of the FCT police command. Adeh said contrary to media reports, Parradang was found dead at Joy House Hotel, Area 3 Junction, Abuja, in the early morning of Tuesday. Zagazola Makama, the…

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Nigerian Socialite Darlington Akporugo Remanded After Admitting To $3m Fraud In US

Ganiyu Amodu

A 47-year-old Nigerian, Darlington Akporugo has pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges related to his role in wire fraud and conspiracy for a romance scheme that targeted victims across the United States, many of whom were elderly. Akporugo, who was arrested a month before his wedding, admitted to being a central figure in a long-running romance scam that defrauded victims from Chicago to Kentucky. He reportedly worked with others to lure victims through online romances and then induce them to send money to various bank accounts he controlled. To further…

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MTN CEO, Others Face Arraignment For Alleged Breach Of Act

Ganiyu Amodu

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission will on May 28, arraign Karl Toriola, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of MTN Nigeria Communications Plc. Toriola, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and others will be arraigned over alleged failure to produce documents and information required by the commission in compliance with a lawful summons contrary to the FCCPC Act. The company and its CEO will be arraigned alongside Tobechukwu Okigbo, MTN’s Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer and Ikenna Ikeme, General Manager, Regulatory Affairs of MTN, before Justice H.J.…

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Enugu, Oyo Get Six DIGs, AIG, CPs + FULL LIST

Ganiyu Amodu

The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police, promotion of a Commissioner of Police to Assistant Inspector General of Police, and CP for Oyo and Enugu States Commands. The appointments by the PSC were contained in a statement issued by its Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, on Tuesday. According to the statement, the new Deputy Inspectors General of Police include Sadiq Idiris Abubakar, the Commandant, Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, Kano State, who was a former Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital…

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‘Three Years On,’ £2.5bn Chelsea Sale Money Still Frozen In UK Bank

Ganiyu Amodu

Money raised from the sale of Chelsea, which was supposed to benefit victims of the war in Ukraine, has still not been released. The Foreign Office has confirmed that the proceeds from the £2.5bn sale almost three years ago remain frozen in a UK bank account. Former owner Roman Abramovich was forced to sell Chelsea in May 2022. He had been sanctioned by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s UK government after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine because of his close ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin. When asked what has…

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Shamsedeen Ogunjimi, Seven Things To Know About New Accountant General

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Shamsedeen Babatunde Ogunjimi as the new Accountant General of the Federation after a rigorous selection process. Here are seven things hitherto not generally known about him. 1. Shamsedeen Babatunde Ogunjimi is 57 years old 2. He hails from Ikorodu in Lagos 3. Ogunjimi graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy. 4. He also obtained a Master’s in Accounting and Finance from the University of Lagos. 5. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered…

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‘We Don’t Want Peace,’ Nigerians Want NNPC, Dangote Price War To Continue

Ganiyu Amodu

. How the ‘beneficial price war’ crashed petrol price to N860 per litre   The prevailing competition in fuel refining appears to be bringing succour to petroleum products consumers across the country, as the major refining firms Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), engage in price slash game in a bid to dominate the market. The marketing strategy, popularly referred to as “price war” by stakeholders, is forcing the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) down at the filling stations. Already, some marketer…

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Ita-Giwa: Female senators Can’t Say They’ve Been Sexually Harassed

Abibat Babalola

Former presidential adviser and ex-lawmaker, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has dismissed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s claims of sexual harassment, stating that female senators cannot be harassed once they attain their positions in the Senate. Akpoti-Uduaghan recently alleged on a live television programme that Senate President Godswill Akpabio frustrated her attempts to raise motions concerning the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State because she refused his alleged sexual advances. Reacting to the claims on Arise TV on Tuesday, Ita-Giwa argued that female lawmakers should not make such allegations, as holding a senatorial position…

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Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband, Dies At 82

Abibat Babalola

Dean was born in 1942 to Edgar “Ed” Henry Dean and Virginia “Ginny” Bates — whom Parton affectionally referred to as Mama Dean and said she was her best friend, according to the singer’s website. The husband of Dolly Parton, Carl Dean, died Monday aged 82, the country music superstar said, after nearly 60 years of marriage kept out of the spotlight despite the singer’s chart-topping fame. “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years,” Parton wrote…

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Women Protest Over Murder Of Pregnant Housewife By Husband

Abibat Babalola

A group of women under the aegis of Concerned Market Women staged a peaceful protest in Benin City on Monday, condemning the killing of 38-year-old housewife Success Izekor by her husband, Kelvin Izekor. Success, who was four months pregnant, was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband at their home on No. 50, Upper Mission Road, Benin City, on Saturday, 22nd February 2025. The protesters, carrying placards with various inscriptions, decried the increasing cases of domestic violence against women. READ ALSO: Naira Down To N1,510/$ In Parallel Market NNPC Reduces…

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