Nigerian extradited to US jailed over sextortion scheme linked to young man’s death
A Nigerian national, Afeez Olatunji Adewale, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison in the United States for his role in a money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud scheme connected to the sexual extortion and death of a young man in Pennsylvania.
NUJ meets NNN mgt over unpaid salaries
By Aliyu Dangida DUTSE — President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Muhammad Garba, has sympathised with the thousands of workers of the New Nigerian Newspapers Company who were left unpaid for six months, pledging to meet the management of the company with a view to solving the problem.
Unemployment aids drug abuse, says suspect
A 28-year old drug suspect, Adekunle Ajayi has attributed the involvement of the youths on drugs related offences to the insincerity of government to provide employment opportunity for them, after being used as thugs or party agents.
One dead, others injured as hotel collapsed
One person was feared dead while several others were seriously injured yesterday when an hotel located in Osogbo under construction suddendly collapsed while workers were on the site.
Ekiti woos investors with tax holiday
By Gbenga Ariyibi Ekiti State Government has promised to give three years tax holiday to prospective investors into the state. The state governor, Engr Segun Oni made the pledge in Ado Ekiti yesterday during the official commissioning of the Ekiti Kete Mass Transit Company in Ado Ekiti, saying the gesture is aimed at encouraging investors […]
Oyo Police arrest Tokyo, 15 others for alleged murder
THE Oyo State Chairman of the National Union of road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Akinsola a.k.a Tokyo who was declared wanted by the State Police Command in connection with last Friday’s murder of two guards of his deputy, Alhaji Lateef Salako has been arrested.
