Author: Jane Okoro
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) -The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Chidozie Kingsley Nwachi for allegedly defrauding an American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers, in the guise of marriage. Nwachi was apprehended in Abuja after Sayers alleged that the suspect lured her into false marriage and defrauded her of $200,000 savings. A statement by the EFCC revealed that Nwachi’s tactic was the offer of a ‘false’ contract by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Abuja. The suspect allegedly made Sayers finance the execution of the contract until the petitioner contacted the Ministry, with the contract papers discovered to…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier General YD Ahmed, has appealed to employers not to reject Corps members newly posted to their establishments for their one-year mandatory service to Nigeria. The DG, in his address at the closing ceremony of the 2023 batch ‘A’ (stream I) orientation course in Kaduna, urged corps employers to accept and mentor them to become proud Nigerians in their respective fields of study. The address was delivered by the State Coordinator of the Scheme, Mr Agbor Ndoma Obim. According to him: “I consider it…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Managing Director, Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mr. Abimbola Akinajo, says Lagosians will enjoy free ride for the test-run of the blue light trains. He made this known during the test running of the 13 km Blue Line Rail Service train in Lagos. At the test running ceremony, Akinajo stated that the exercise would last between two and three months to enable Lagos residents enjoy free rides before the commencement of the full rail operation in April. Akinajo said the test running would be carried out three times in a week over…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has declared that he no longer believes in the quality of leadership around President Muhammadu Buhari. The Governor spoke about the people and forces he characterized as elements whose patterns and conducts are consistent with plans to subvert a civilian-to-civilian transition after the next presidential election. His comments elicited knocks from the Middle Belt Forum, MBF; the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Presidential Candidate, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu; and a top leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. El-Rufai, who has been outspoken, especially regarding the naira redesign policy of…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Ahmed Audi, the Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has condemned terrorists’ attacks on schools in the North East. He spoke in Abuja at the flag-off of the National Schools Security and Emergency Response Centre, with the mandate to ensure schools across the country are secure. During the launch of the centre, which is domiciled at the NSCDC National Headquarters, Audi said: “Statistics, however, show that about 2,295 teachers have been killed and 19,000 others displaced in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states between 2009 and 2018 alone while an estimate of 1,500…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A young girl, Miray, has been saved from the rubble of a block of flats in southern Turkey, more than a week after the devastating earthquake Miray had been trapped in the ruins for 178 hours, about seven-and-a-half days, in a collapsed building in the city of Adiyaman. A vViral video shows workers cheering and shouting “God is great” as she was being pulled by the rescue team. Several other people who were saved on Monday, 13 February, 2023 including a 13-year-old boy trapped for 182 hours. Reports state that rescues are becoming rarer as…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The lifeless body of a teenage boy has been found with his tongue and eyes removed by yet-to-be-identified ritualists at Rumde ward behind Yola North Local government Secretariat, Jimeta, Adamawa State. According to Police investigations, the victim has been identified as a pupil of one of the Islamic schools in the locality. Some residents of Rumde ward who pleaded anonymity said they heard the victim crying for help but thought he was being disciplined by an elder. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yahaya Nguroje, confirming the incident, said the corpse of the boy…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Christiana Ebun, a passenger with Ibom Air was allegedly assaulted by officials of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport. In the early hours of Monday, 13 February, 2023 officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) descended on a female traveler and battered her till she lost consciousness. Mrs. Ebun, with Ibom Air ticket QI0313 and seat number 17A, scheduled to depart Abuja to Lagos on a 7:00 a.m. flight was waiting to board, when she sighted some unruly FAAN officials assaulting a lady and began recording before…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, has revealed that he and his running mate have nothing against the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy. Tinubu declared that he is only concerned about the sudden implementation and the daily challenges faced by the generality of the public. He made this known in a statement titled ‘’Let us make the best of this moment’’ which he personally signed on Sunday, 12 February, 2023. The statement reads in full:“The past few weeks have been a challenging one for Nigerians especially our…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICEOFNAIJA) – The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Gabduje, has ordered the shutdown of Wellcare, a popular supermarket in the State over rejection of old naira notes. The closure followed the refusal of the said supermarket’s management to accept the old naira notes from customers against the directive of the State government to continue accepting the old notes. Speaking to journalists after the closure, Baffa Agudi, chairperson of the State’s consumer protection council, said legal action will be taken against the supermarket. He warned other marketers in Kano to be aware that the State government has not banned the…