A civil servant in Kuwait was recently sentenced to five years imprisonment after he received salaries for 10 years without actually doing any work, the country’s media reported. In one of the strongest sentences issued in recent years against salary fraud within the Kuwaiti public sector, the Arab state’s court of cassation sentenced the civil…
US President Donald Trump says he is not looking forward to a third term in office. Speaking in an interview on NBC, Trump said he would hand over power to a “great Republican” after completing his constitutionally permissible two terms of eight years. “So many people want me to do it. I have never had…
A 25-year-old nurse, Chimzuruoke Okembunachi, has been deregistered and struck off the nursing register after she was found guilty of professional misconduct for repeatedly sleeping while on duty during night shifts at an aged care facility in western Sydney. The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) on Tuesday ordered the cancellation of Okembunachi’s…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, is dead. He was said to have died at the age of 90 on Tuesday. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the deceased family on Wednesday. The statement read, “With heartfelt gratitude to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned Obinna Nwaobi, a former head of operations at Access Bank Plc, over the alleged diversion of $510,000 belonging to a customer. Nwaobi was arraigned before Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo, judge of a federal high court in Enugu, on a nine-count charge bordering on forgery and criminal diversion….
A 33-year-old Nigerian man, Edikan Adiakpan, has been arrested in the United States over his alleged role in a large-scale business email compromise and money laundering scheme. The scheme allegedly defrauded organisations across eight states, including a California-based medical research group focused on developing treatments for US military veterans. This was contained in a press…
In what is coming as a really shocking development, a former president of Redeemed Christian Fellowship (RCF) at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Pastor Jimmy Adekoya has tied the knot with his male partner in United States, US. The development has left many grappling with disbelief. The once-promising pastor, hailed by many as a rising force…
A man shot and killed his son with a homemade gun during a birthday party he threw for his father, police said on Tuesday. The 63-year-old shooter was detained without a warrant after the police were alerted to a shooting at an apartment in Incheon, west of Seoul. The man is suspected of firing two…
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Mr. Ginger Obinna Onwusibe, has categorically denied allegations that bribes were solicited from Binance and its executives, describing the claims as false, malicious, and defamatory. In a statement titled ‘Limited Reaction to False, Malicious, and Defamatory Publications Against Me by Tigran Gambaryan of Binance,’…
The Special Offences Division of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced a 50-year-old artisan, Olumuyiwa Adjoto, to life imprisonment for the defilement and sexual assault of his wife’s six-year-old niece. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Adjoto for the rest of his life after finding him guilty of a two-count charge of…
