The Nigerian Navy has recently taken delivery of a cutting-edge Offshore Survey Vessel (OSV) in Apapa, Lagos. The vessel, known as OSV 115, was designed and manufactured by a French company and is specifically built for scientific hydrographic and oceanographic missions. Equipped with advanced technology, including medium/shallow water multi-beam echo-sounders and other essential survey equipment,…
The Plateau State University, Bokkos, has suspended all academic activities in the institution for 10 days. The decision to close down the institution followed the attack and killing of a 200-level Computer Science student of the institution on Friday during a night attack around the university’s environment. The Registrar of the institution, Yakubu Ayuba, in…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has collaborated with the Ministry of Communication Innovation and Digital Economy (MoCIDE) to fight corruption through Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). This is contained in a statement was by Mr Demola Bakare, the ICPC spokesman and confirmed by the ICPC chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu on …
Anselm Okolo Drama over Arrest The drama of the arrest and trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello is not over, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is reported to be considering, abandoning the non – kinetic approach it has so far adopted so far, for the kinetic in arresting him for…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Friday, said the Commission will go after Nigerians, particularly highly-placed people, evading taxes. The anti-graft agency stated that it had devised means of liaising with the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) to tackle tax evasion particularly in the revenue generation sector. In a statement…
The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has issued a directive to withdraw all police officers assigned to the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. This move comes amidst an ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into allegations of money laundering amounting to N80.2 billion against Bello. This information was…
The Federal Government on Thursday put the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on its watchlist to prevent him from escaping from the country. The Nigerian Immigration Service, in a circular dated April 18, 2024 and signed by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration DS Umar, for the Comptroller-General, Kemi Nandap, alerted the police and…
The embattled immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello has finally been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday. In declaring Bello wanted the EFCC listed his offences to include economic and financial crimes. In a notice posted on the anti-graft’s official social media platforms on Thursday, and sighted…
The Nigerian Navy has expressed deep concern over the increasing incidents of stowaways in Nigerian waters. According to Commodore Adams-Aliu, Naval Director of Information, “Migration as a stowaway is illegal, dangerous and is considered a security threat to shipowners.” In response to this growing menace, the Nigerian Navy has deployed advanced Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said its operatives have recovered $445,000 and N3bn as part of their ongoing investigations into corruption within the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. Dele Oyewale, the spokesman for the EFCC, made this known in a statement, titled “Beta Edu and other Matters: For the Purpose of Clarity. Oyewale revealed…
