UNIBEN Undergraduate dupes German of $12,000

A 30-year-old student of University of Benin, UNIBEN, Kenneth Rukewe Ebule, has been arrested by operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly defrauding a German national, Sabine Albert, of $12,088.75.

The suspect, a final year student of Computer and Statistics, was arraigned before Justice E. F. Ikponmwen, of an Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin on a six-count charge bordering on forgery, obtaining money by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents.

Ailing IBB sneaks in after two months treatmnt in Germany

IBB

Former military Head if State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, on Saturday afternoon touched down at the Minna Airport after a two-month medical sojourn in Germany.

 Babangida was received by the Minister of Defence, Aliyu Gusau and close family members at the Minna Airport.

Boko Haram: APC calls for independent inquiry into fake Boko Haram ceasefire deal

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an independent inquiry to unravel the circumstances surrounding the apparently fake ceasefire deal announced by the Jonathan Administration on Oct. 17th, now that the sect's leadership has described as an impostor the man with whom the phantom deal was negotiated.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Nigerians will like to know how the Jonathan Administration got swindled by an impostor, who the major players were and what the government plans to do to address what has now become a monumental national and international embarrassment.

Buhari opens up, says he knew Babangida was planning to overthrow him

Buhari

Former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he was aware that Ibrahim Babangida was planning to overthrow him in 1985.

Buhari, a retired major general and presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), told TheCable: “It is true that I learnt he was planning a coup against me. And I sat and discussed it with him in my office.

How Gombe bomb blast killed over 30

Site of the blast in Gombe

The deadly morning bomb blast that rocked Gombe Line Motor Park in Gombe, Gombe State claimed about 30 innocent lives.

The bomb was said to have been detonated from a parked vehicle around 9:30 a.m. at the Gombe Central Park in an area called Cross.

Why I left APGA, Obi replies Bianca Ojukwu

Bianca and Obi when the going was good

Former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has reacted to Monday’s comments by Nigerian Ambassador to Spain and wife of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, following his recent defection to People’s Democratic Party, PDP,, where she expressed shock and disappointment among others, over the defection from All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, to PDP.