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Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, has revealed that he turned down N500m given to him by ministers, permanent secretaries, directors, DGs of agencies, when his mother d!ed. He said this on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) 38th Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR) Conference in Abuja. The event was themed, ‘Ethics, Integrity, Corruption Risk Assessments, and Anti-Corruption at National and Sub-National Levels in Nigeria: Sustaining the Fight Against Corruption’ “I lost my mother in the year 2019 (in Ekiti State). We went for the funeral. I was…

A 17-year-old female student has attempted su!cide after she was repeatedly bull!ed and assaulted at a high school in Ethekweni – Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. The victim slit her wrists and overdosed on medication on Thursday, February 27, 2025. Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) was called to the home (details withheld) and found the teenage girl in a critical condition. She was rapidly transported to a local hospital. When interviewed, her mother informed Reaction Officers that her Grade 11 daughter was being bullied and nothing had been done to the perpetrators. One of the assaults was recorded on a phone and…

Adaora Soludo, the daughter of Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo, has responded after she was dragged into events happening in Anambra State. Earlier this month, a state security personnel was seen announcing that Soludo has ordered that women seen without a bra or panties should be arrested.However, the Anambra State government released a statement denying that such trivial directive was from Soludo. Despite the official statement from Soludo’s team, a security agency allegedly went ahead to harass a woman for indecent dressing. A video circulating online shows a woman at the back of a security van allegedly for stepping out…

Suspected herdsmen have k!lled two farmers, identified as Lucky Salami and Julius Arewa, in Eware Village, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. The victims were hacked to d3ath with machetes on Thursday, February 27, 2025. A third victim, identified as Omokhagbon Abu, popularly known as Udugboya, is said to be battling for his life at an undisclosed hospital. The latest incident occurred a few days after herders k!lled three persons, including a vigilante commander in Okpekpe, Etsako East, and Ivbiaro, Owan East. The Chairman of Etsako West Local Government Area, Marvelous Zibiri, confirmed the attack in a statement…

A 30-year-old man, Darlington Watson, was stoned to d3ath by rival cult members at the Agudama-Epie community in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, The incident occurred on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, as the ongoing cult war between the cult groups intensifies. It was gathered that Darlington, a member of a cult group, was dragged out of a moving tricycle before he was stoned to d3ath by the rival group. “The boy was in a tricycle (keke) when suspected members of a rival cult group stopped the vehicle, dragged him out, and brutally assaulted him with sticks and stones until he…

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis, 88, is in critical condition and is suffering kidney failure in hospital. Blood tests show the pontiff is suffering early kidney failure as Francis battles pneumonia and a complex lung infection, officials said in a statement last night. In an update this morning, the Vatican said in a brief statement that Francis, 88, had a good night and was resting after he was ‘well oriented’ on Sunday and attended Mass. ‘The night passed well, the pope slept and is resting’, it said as the Pope entered his 11th day at the Gemelli hospital…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has distanced itself from the party’s South South Zonal Congress held on Saturday in Calabar. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the outcome of the Calabar purported congress was null and void. Ologunagba said that the party NWC’s attention was drawn to a reported social gathering in Calabar, Cross River where the organisers falsely claimed same to be the PDP South South zonal congress . He recalled that the NWC at its meeting on Thursday, in exercise of its powers…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has secured victory in all chairmanship and councillorship positions across the 30 local government areas (LGAs) of Osun State.The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye, made the announcement during a press conference on Saturday. Tribune Online reports that Abioye had earlier described the election as peaceful and well-conducted, dismissing earlier concerns raised by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF).However, he confirmed that some polling units experienced delays in the arrival of materials due to the arrest of OSSIEC officials. He stated that the officials of the commission were arrested despite the…

President Tinubu said his administration will support businesses in the financial technology sector that provide payment infrastructure services for Nigerians and Africans. He said this when he received the leadership of Flutterwave and Alami Capital in Abuja on Saturday afternoon. Flutterwave, a leading Fintech company founded by young Nigerians and headquartered in Lagos, operates in the U.S., Canada, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, South Africa, and 29 other African countries. Olugbenga Agboola, the CEO; Adeleke Adekoya, a co-founder; Oluwabankole Falade and Mitesh Popat, represented Flutterwave at the meeting. Ms Oluseun Olufemi-White represented Alami Capital as its CEO. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Mr Wale Edun led the…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested three persons linked to alleged assault on its officers during the uproar which greeted the presence of security operatives at the Lagos State House of Assembly earlier in the week. A DSS source further said, “after extensive analysis of CCTV footage, we were able to clearly identify three of the suspects. “The suspects, Ibrahim Olanrewaju Abdulkareem, a photographer and two others attached to the Assembly’s Sergeant-at-Arms, Adetu Adekunle Samsudeen and Adetola Oluwatosin Fatimoh. They were consequently tracked and arrested during the week in different parts of Lagos. credit: leadership