… Romance Fraud Suspects in Lagos The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the Commission, in a landmark raid, arrested 792 suspects for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scam. The suspects were apprehended on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, in a surprise operation at…
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos presided over by Justice O. O. Abike-Fadipe, on Monday, re-arraigned a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felony and forgery. The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, brought…
President Bola Tinubu has approved free train rides nationwide from December 20, 2024, to January 5, 2025. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris who disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Monday, added is part of measures to ease transportation costs during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. “As we…
The Federal Executive Council on Monday approved the renaming of the University of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the council held its last meeting for 2024 at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. “The third item is that there is…
A former national vice chairman (south-east) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Fidelis Chukwu, has emerged as the new president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. In a statement, Alex Ogbonnia, national publicity secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, said Chukwu was named leader of the group during the Ime-Obi meeting held in Enugu on Saturday. Chukwu replaces Emmanuel…
A strong associate of the national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Yakubu Mahmood, Ms Faith Nwadishe, has debunked his rumoured death, saying is “lies from pit of hell”. Responding to an inquiry by our Correspondent about the reported death of Mahmood on Saturday in London, Nwadishe, a reliable and long standing…
A sombre mood engulfed a village in Kenya’s Rift Valley last week as dozens of medical interns joined other mourners at the burial of their colleague who had taken his own life. Speaker after speaker lamented the loss of Francis Njuki, a 29-year-old trainee pharmacist, whose family told the BBC about his feelings of exhaustion…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified the validity of the old N1000, N500 Series, N200 notes, cautioning that it observed the misinformation regarding the validity of the old ₦1000, ₦500, and ₦200 banknotes currently in circulation. The apex bank said in a circular on Friday night that, “In line with the Bank’s previous…
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has received $118 million from the United States, through USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, to provide life-saving assistance to over 1 million displaced people in Eastern and Central Africa. The funding comes as the number of displaced people in the region has doubled over the past four years,…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a suspected online fraudster, Osang Usie Otukpa, for allegedly duping 139 Australians to the tune of $AUD8,000,000 (Eight Million Australian Dollars). He was picked up in a stake out at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos upon arrival from the United States of…
