The Fourth Prosecution Witness, PW4, Lanre Daibu, in the trial of former governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu on Thursday told Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin that Banu directed the release of the sum of N1billion from the 2013 Matching Grant fund of the…
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations within Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. They were arrested on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at Ikot Akpanabia, Udoudoma, and the Nwaniba areas of Uyo in an intelligence-driven sting operation, a statement by the…
… Signaling Economic Resurgence The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday announced a Balance of Payments (BOP) surplus of $6.83 billion for the 2024 financial year, marking a decisive turnaround from deficits of $3.34 billion in 2023 and $3.32 billion in 2022. This is disclosed in a press statement signed by the Ag Director,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has stated that the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman standing trial over the Mambilla Power Project on a 12-count charge, bordering on conspiracy to commit money laundering to the tune of N33,804,830,503.73 (Thirty-Three Billion, Eight Hundred and Four Million, Eight Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Five Hundred and…
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters ( DHQ) has clarified the claim that ransom was paid before the former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Mahrazu Tsiga (retired) was released, contradicting Brigadier General Ismaila Abdullahi’s account about the rescue of the kidnapped ex-DG of NYSC. The DHQ dismissed the claim by Gen….
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, convicted and sentenced one Igboezue Emeka to one month imprisonment for money laundering. The court was presided over by Justice A.O.Owoeye. The convict was arrested on February 12, 2025 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for…
The founder and chairman of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN), Dr. Victoria Okoronkwo, has cried out over alleged assault and attempts to tarnish the institute’s hard-earned image. CIPMN in the same vein cautioned members of the Nigerian public over plots by its former top officers to swindle…
The Sokoto State Government has condemned the traditional treatments of metal poisoning cases by casting incisions on patients’ stomachs. Commissioner of Health, Faruk Wurno said the use of harmful traditional practices by local barbers in treating metal poisoning cases is condemnable. Wurno condemned the practice of making incisions on patients’ stomachs as a form of…
President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday depart for Paris, France, on a two-week working visit. “During the visit, the President will appraise his administration’s mid-term performance and assess key milestones,” The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, disclosed in a statement Wednesday. The statement is titled, ‘President Tinubu to embark on…
Residents of Otukpo and nearby areas in Benue State took to the streets on Tuesday, blocking the Otukpo-Enugu Federal Highway in protest against increasing insecurity in the local government area. The demonstrators chanted, “We no go gree! We no go gree!” as they demanded urgent action from the government and security agencies to tackle the…
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