FG asks civil servants to undergo COVID-19 tests

Civil servants based in Abuja have been asked to undergo Coronavirus test by the federal government. The directive came in a circular titled “Conduct of COVID-19 testing for civil servants” and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare Office in the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Evelyn Ngige. Ngige also said that provisions…

Scottish club, Rangers officially sign Leon Balogun

Scottish Premiership club, Rangers have announced the signing of Super Eagles defender, Leon Balogun. The Nigeria international became a free agent after leaving Championship side Wigan Athletic at the end of the 2019-20 season and has now been signed by Rangers on a year contract with an option of an extension Balogun has spent most…

30-year-old fraudster bags 5 year jail term in Ibadan

A 30-year-old fraudster identified as Gabriel Oluokun has been handed a 5 year jail sentence for defrauding a Taiwanese to the tune of $22,300 (Twenty-Two Thousand, Three Hundred United States Dollars). The suspect was prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a six-count amended charge of obtaining money by false pretence, after the anti-graft…

Nigerian citizen jailed in U.S. for ATM fraud

A Nigerian man in the U.S., Damilola Bamidele Isaac Samuel, has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for ATM fraud. Samuel, 22, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud on Dec. 10, 2019. He was convicted in Shreveport, Louisiana for using fraudulent ATM bank cards to steal more than $260,000 from dozens of…

Max FM OAP, Iya Jogbo is dead

Popular Max FM presenter, Emmanuella Pobeni Adepoju, popularly known as Iya Jogbo, is dead. In a statement by the management of TVC Communications, owners of TVC, TVC News, and Max FM Lagos and Abuja, Iya Jogbo died on Friday, July 24, after a brief illness from Bronchitis and an enlarged heart. https://www.instagram.com/tvcnewsng/?utm_source=ig_embed She was known…

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