A 41-year-old man identified as Ifeanacho Marcellinus Ugbor has been arrested by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos for allegedly being in possession of fake $10,000. The suspect was arrested while trying to board an Ethiopian Airline (flight ET900) to Brazil on Friday November 10, 2023. As at the time of his arrest, the suspect was with a valid Nigerian passport. While parading the suspect before newsmen, the Customs Area Controller, …
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The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has disclosed that no fewer than 14,000 Nigerians living in the country risk deportation and he gave reasons for this. Scholz said the mass deportation is due to the spike in the number of Nigerians seeking asylum, and a great number of them are without identification cards. The German Chancellor said the country has seen a significant number of initial asylum applications from Nigerians in 2023, with a comparatively low recognition rate …
One of the organizers of the Black Lives Matter in the UK has admitted fraud after £30,000 raised from donors went missing. Xahra Saleem, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by abuse of position following an investigation by Avon and Somerset Police into a GoFundMe page called ‘BristBLM’ set up ahead of the protest in Bristol in June 2020. Saleem had set up the crowdfunding page to raise money for face masks and other equipment to help facilitate …
As part of measures to resolve the ongoing strike by members of the National Association of Resident Doctors, the Federal Government has approved the payment of twenty-five thousand naira (N25,000) peculiar allowance for medical and dental doctors in hospitals, medical centres and clinics in the federal public service. This was disclosed in a statement by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the national salary and wages commission, Ekpo Nta. He mentioned that the allowance is to be paid …
American actress, Megan Fox is facing backlash after asking fans to donate to her friend’s GoFundMe instead of sorting the $30,000 bill needed to reach the fundraising goal. The fundraiser was recently launched by her longtime nail tech Brittney Boyce, whose 64-year-old father Michael is battling pancreatic cancer. Fox, who has a reported net worth of $8million re-posted the GoFundMe on her Instagram Story on Monday. ‘my friends dad was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer if you guys are able …
The Federal Government has increased the school fees of new students into Federal Government colleges otherwise known as Federal Unity colleges to ₦100,000. The increment was made known via a circular released from the Office of the Director of Senior Secondary Education Department of the Federal Ministry of Education, dated 25th May, 2023, and addressed to all Principals of Federal Unity Colleges. According to the circular titled, “Approved fees/ charges for Federal Unity Colleges (1st Term) for new …