A Nigerian socialite, Abiola Femi Quadri, has been sentenced to 11 years and 3 months (135 months) in a United States federal prison for masterminding a $1.3 million COVID-19 unemployment and disability fraud scheme. Quadri, 43, who resided in Pasadena, California, used stolen identities to file over 100 fraudulent claims with the California and Nevada…
Iranian authorities carried out on Saturday a public execution of a man convicted of raping and murdering a young girl, the judiciary said. The victim’s family, from the northwestern city of Bukan, had been involved in the legal proceedings and requested the public execution, according to the judiciary’s Mizan Online news website. “The case was…
The Nigerian Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria has announced a plan to reduce the premium motor spirit price from Monday following Dangote Refinery’s latest fuel ex-depot price reduction. The National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this to DAILY POST in an interview on Friday. This comes as…
A woman was rescued by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command on Friday afternoon after she attempted to jump into the lagoon from Carter Bridge. According to a statement released by the RRS on its official X account, the incident occurred around 12:20 p.m. while officers were conducting…
Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN have neutralised a notorious kidnapper and recovered arms, ammunition, and ransom money during a snap checkpoint operation in Kaduna State. The incident occurred on Wednesday, July 9, along the Wamba–Jos Road at Agameti, in Sanga Local Government Area of the state, as part of the ongoing Operation LAFIYAN JAMA’A. According…
An image showing a person prostrating for Rashidi Ladoja, the Olubadan-in-waiting and former governor of Oyo state, is trending on social media. The image was shared on Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp. Many social media users who posted the viral image claimed that the person prostrating for Ladoja in the picture is former President Olusegun Obasanjo….
A pastor, Simon Okehielem, popularly known as Ebube Wonder, has been remanded in custody by an Edo State High Court following his arraignment over the alleged rape of a married woman and fathering a child as a result of the incident. The case, prosecuted by the Edo State Police Command, stems from a March 2024…
The Coroner’s Inquest established by the Lagos State Government to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Afrobeats star Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has concluded that his demise was caused by medical negligence and has recommended the prosecution of the auxiliary nurse who treated him. Delivering the ruling on Friday at the Magistrates’…
A Tunisian inmate was sentenced to six months in prison after he was reported to authorities for refusing to watch a TV news segment about President Kais Saied, his lawyer and an NGO said Friday. The inmate’s lawyer, Adel Sghaier, said his client was initially prosecuted under Article 67 of the penal code, which covers…
Suspended Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has written to the Senate demanding compliance with a court judgment that declared her six-month suspension unconstitutional. The Federal High Court in Abuja had ruled that the suspension was excessive and a violation of her constituents’ rights to representation. In a letter to the Senate through her lawyers, M.J Numa &…