A man in Indiana took a cab to and from a bank he robbed, and paid the driver’s fare using the stolen cash, police said. Derrick Faria, 19, was arrested less than an hour after allegedly robbing the bank in Evansville. Faria took a taxi from his home to the bank and paid the driver […]
A man who won $19m in the California Lottery has pleaded guilty to four counts of bank robbery. Two decades after winning the jackpot lottery prize while working as a security guard supervisor, James Allen Hayes pled guilty to the crimes at a Los Angeles court. Hayes, 55, took just under $40,000 during the crime […]
Cristiano Ronaldo says the key to his staggering success is believing nobody is better than he is — and he advised his Portuguese teammates to adopt the same attitude. The Real Madrid star made the comments as he accepted the Portuguese player of the year award in Lisbon. “We should always believe we are the […]
The Senate on Tuesday suspended plenary in honour of its late member, Senator Ali Wakili, who died on Saturday. Until his death, Wakili, 58, represented Bauchi South Senatorial District in the Red Chamber and was Chairman, Committee on Poverty Alleviation and Social Welfare. Leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, who moved a motion for suspension […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with former Vice-President Namadi Sambo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Sambo was vice-president to former President Goodluck Jonathan during the last administration. The meeting of the two leaders, which was held inside the President’s office, lasted about 25 minutes. The former vice-president arrived […]
A judge has entered a ‘no-guilty’ plea on behalf of a man standing trial for matricide. The 18-year-old man, Agugu Adau, who allegedly killed his mother for refusing to hand over a charm he claimed was his inheritance, appeared before a Plateau State High Court on Tuesday. Adau, a resident of Kisaghyip village in Bassa […]
K-pop stars will play the first concerts by South Korean artists in the North for more than a decade, officials said Tuesday, as the dramatic thaw in relations kicked off by the recent Winter Olympics gathers pace. Seoul will send a total of 160 performers to Pyongyang for a four day visit from March 31 […]
United States’ President Donald Trump has called for death penalty for drug traffickers saying, “This isn’t about nice anymore.” Announcing his plans to tackle the US’ opioid epidemic, the President said a tough stance was required to tackle the situation. “Toughness is the thing they most fear,” he said. Trump unveiled his plans in New […]
Diplomats expelled from the Russian embassy in London began leaving the building with their families and luggage on Tuesday, AFP journalists witnessed. Britain has thrown out 23 Russian diplomats over the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia on March 4. As people began streaming out of the embassy in a plush part of central […]
The Senate has opened a condolence register for erstwhile one of its own, Senator Ali Wakili (APC, Bauchi-South), who died in Abuja on Saturday. Photographs show senators signing the condolence register in honour of Wakili. SEE ALSO: Senator Ali Wakili is dead Photos: Leke Baiyewu
The bodies of 39 Indian construction workers kidnapped in Iraq in 2014 by the Islamic State group have been found in a mass grave, India’s foreign minister said Tuesday. Sushma Swaraj told the upper house of parliament the workers had been murdered by IS. Their bodies had been found in the grave in the village […]
A package exploded early Tuesday at a FedEx distribution facility in Texas, news reports said, two days after the latest in a series of blasts in Austin attributed to a serial bomber. This time the explosion rocked a facility in the town of Schertz, in the San Antonio area. Reports said one employee was injured. […]
Rafael Benitez says things have to change at English giants Newcastle United if they are to reward their devoted fans with trophies after decades without silverware. The 57-year-old Champions League-winning coach has stuck with the Magpies even though his demands for new blood has constantly been ignored by controversial owner Mike Ashley. Newcastle’s mid-table position […]
A powerful tropical storm that lashed the island of Madagascar has left 20 people dead and affected 19,000 more, according to an official toll. The storm also closed several national highways that were flooded by the heavy rain, the country’s disaster management office said late Monday. In a previous toll late Sunday it said 17 […]
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into police custody on Tuesday for questioning over suspected Libyan financing of his 2007 election campaign, a source close to the inquiry told AFP. Sarkozy, 63, had until now refused to respond to a summons for questioning in the case, which drew heightened scrutiny last November when a […]
South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has suspended the head of the tax service ahead of “disciplinary proceedings” as he vows to fight graft following his predecessor Jacob Zuma’s ousting. In a statement released late Monday, Ramaphosa announced that Tom Moyane had refused to resign as the South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner and had then […]
Nigeria’s military was on Tuesday accused of ignoring repeated warnings about the movements of Boko Haram fighters before they kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in the country’s restive northeast. The students — the youngest of whom is aged just 10 — were seized from the town of Dapchi, Yobe state, on February 19 in virtually identical circumstances […]
US President Donald Trump on Monday made a controversial call for drug traffickers to face the death penalty, as part of his plan to combat America’s opioid epidemic — a move that appears to be as much about politics as policy. The Republican leader launched the proposal during a speech in Manchester, New Hampshire — […]
Nigeria’s military was on Tuesday accused of ignoring repeated warnings about the movements of Boko Haram fighters before they kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in the country’s restive northeast. The students — the youngest of whom is aged just 10 — were seized from the town of Dapchi, Yobe state, on February 19 in virtually identical circumstances […]
Everest Amaefule, Abuja The debt status of most states of the federation exceeds 50 per cent of their annual revenues. For 18 states, the debt profiles exceed their gross and net revenues by more than 200 per cent. Lagos, Osun and Cross River states record over 480 per cent debt to gross revenue. The Fiscal […]
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Alhaji Remi Bello (National Vice President, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture) I think that question is one that you don’t need to travel far to know the answer. It should be all right for SMEs to enjoy tax exemptions. It should be okay in the sense that you know the […]
Niyi Odebode, John Alechenu and Leke Baiyewu A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, says the EFCC has done fairly well. Ribadu, who stated this at a town hall meeting organised by the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation in Abuja, on Monday, however, advised the Independent Corrupt Practices and other […]
Nigerian football fans have a chance to win return tickets at the rescheduled first leg encounter between Akwa United and Heartland in Uyo on Wednesday courtesy of Dana Air. According to the Media and Communications Manager, of the company Kingsley Ezenwa, the move is aimed at reviving fan interest in the domestic league. He said, […]