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The George Uboh Whistleblowers Network (GUWN) has sued the Federal Government, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), and other parties in a bid to halt the planned payment of $396.6 million to Senator Ned Nwoko and his firm, Linas International Limited, over the controversial Paris and London Club refunds. The civil society group, in an originating summons filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, described the planned disbursement as “unlawful, unjustified and a violation of due process.” Also listed as defendants in the suit are the Federal Ministry of Finance Incorporated, the Minister of Finance, and…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has blamed incessant national grid collapses on the rising wave of vandalism and illegal structures built under power lines across the country. General Manager of TCN, Benin Region, Charles Iwuamadi, raised the alarm on Tuesday during a sensitisation programme at Umelu community in Benin, Edo State. Iwuamadi explained that vandalism of transmission towers and lines had grown by more than 30 per cent in the last five years, describing it as the leading cause of frequent grid failures. “Vandalism is directly proportional to the number of system collapses. Most times when the national grid…

The embattled Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has pleaded with a United States court to temper justice with mercy after admitting guilt in a $4.2 million COVID-19 relief fraud case. In a sentencing memorandum filed before Judge Christopher Boyko of the Northern District of Ohio on Tuesday, August 19, the monarch’s lawyers argued that the coronavirus pandemic pushed him into committing the crime despite his previously untainted record. “COVID-19 affected all of us differently. Conduct that we would never expect from ourselves or others sometimes manifested itself as we encountered a completely different society. COVID-19 is…

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have busted a notorious human trafficking syndicate in Abuja, arresting eight suspects and rescuing 29 foreign victims. The raid, which took place at a popular apartment in Gwagwalada, followed an intelligence tip-off from the Ghanaian Embassy in Nigeria. The victims, mainly young women, were allegedly trafficked from different West African countries for sexual exploitation and cybercrime activities. According to NAPTIP, the syndicate had tricked a Ghanaian national with false promises of job opportunities in Nigeria, defrauded him of $3,500, and confiscated his passport upon arrival in the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to sack four federal lawmakers from Osun State for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In four separate suits filed on Wednesday, the party insisted that the lawmakers’ decision to dump the platform on which they were elected amounted to a violation of the 1999 Constitution. The affected lawmakers are Senator Francis Fadahunsi (Osun East), Senator Olubiyi Oluwole Fadeyi (Osun Central), Omirin Olusanya (Atakumosa East/West and Ilesa East/West Federal Constituency), and Taofeek Ajilesoro (Ife Central/East/North and South Federal Constituency). The cases, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1725/2025, FHC/ABJ/CS/1726/2025, FHC/ABJ/CS/1727/2025 and…

Tension is mounting in Lagos as women from the Ilaje community have threatened to stage a naked protest over the alleged demolition of their ancestral homes by individuals they described as “land grabbers” backed by some traditional rulers in the state. Hundreds of residents under the umbrella of Egbe Omo Ilaje stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday, demanding urgent intervention from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. The protesters, many of them elderly women, accused some monarchs of orchestrating the demolition of Ilaje communities under false claims of acting on behalf of President Bola…

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has dismissed eight operatives of the Agunechemba Security Outfit following their brutal assault and public stripping of a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Miss Jennifer Elobor, in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area. The government announced the decision on Wednesday in Awka through the Special Adviser to the Governor on Community Security, Ken Emeakayi. He said the operatives, who have already been arrested, would be handed over to the police for prosecution. Emeakayi described their action as “totally outside the mandate of the agency and utterly condemnable,” stressing that the Soludo administration…

The Federal Government has ordered the shutdown of more than 13 million social media accounts across platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter) over offensive content and breaches of Nigeria’s Code of Practice for online platforms. The action, which affected 13,597,057 accounts, was revealed in the Code of Practice 2024 Compliance Report jointly prepared by Google, Microsoft, TikTok, and other interactive computer service providers. The report, released on Wednesday, highlighted the enforcement of Nigeria’s Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms/Internet Intermediaries, a regulatory framework issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency…

The ongoing verification of civil and public servants in Delta State has exposed a shocking case of impersonation, after a woman was found to have secured employment using her daughter’s certificate. Chairman of the Delta State Civil Service Commission, Mrs. Roseline Amioku, disclosed this while speaking with management staff of the Delta Printing and Publishing Corporation (DPPC), publishers of The Pointer Newspaper, led by the General Manager, Mrs. Rosemary Nwaebuni. Amioku said the suspect not only got the job through fraudulent means but also rose through the ranks with the forged document until the verification exercise exposed her. “There was…

Global marketing giant, dentsu, has expanded its revolutionary identity and data platform, Merkury, into Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, in what industry leaders describe as a game-changing milestone for advertising in Sub-Saharan Africa. Initially launched in South Africa, Merkury has already transformed marketing by harnessing over 20 million verified consumer identities and linking more than 48 touchpoints across offline, online and privacy-compliant data sources. The platform enables brands to connect with real people, not just data points, offering precision, authenticity and measurable impact at scale. Speaking on the expansion, Dawn Rowlands, CEO of dentsu Africa, said the platform is ushering in…