Breaking! Abuse of office: EFCC to arraign Emefiele in Lagos Monday
….Commission files 26-count charge against ex-CBN boss The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will Monday, April 8, 2024, arraign a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele at the Ikeja High Court in Lagos for alleged abuse of office over allocation of billions of United States dollars. Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry […]
Court convicts Bobrisky, defers sentence till Tuesday
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, April 5, 2024, secured the conviction of Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, before Justice Abimbola Awogboro sitting at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos over mutilation of the Naira notes. He was arraigned on Friday on a four-count charge bordering on mutilation […]
Naira abuse: Bobrisky convicted, knows fate April 9
….Begs court not to jail him. Remanded in EFCC custody The Federal High Court in Lagos Friday, April 5, 2024, fixed April 9, 2024, to sentence controversial cross-dresser/transgender, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, for naira abuse. Justice Abimbola Awogboro reserved ruling on Bobrisky’s sentence after the social media celebrity pleaded guilty to a four-count […]
Bandits invade Kogi communities, kill 19
In what was described as a reprisal attack, bandits entered two communities in Kogi State, Agojeju Odo and Abejukolo in Omala Local Government Area and unleashed terror that claimed no fewer than 19 lives with properties destroyed. Several houses were said to have been razed by the gun wielding bandits who entered the two Kogi […]
Wike appoints Tamuno Abuja Investment Company MD
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has appointed Amb. Maureen Tamuno as the new Managing Director of Abuja Investment Company Limited. Mr Anthony Ogunleye, Director of Press, Office of the Minister, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said that the appointment was with immediate effect. He […]
Ministry reiterates commitment to reposition Nigerian youths
The Ministry of Youth Development has reiterated its commitment to reposition Nigerian youths to enable them to play significant roles in socio-economic development of the country. The ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Donuma Ahmed, said this when Mr Yunus Sonmez, the Director-General of Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja on […]
EFCC arrests 39 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested 39 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Benin City. EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale in a statement in Abuja said that the suspects were arrested following “actionable intelligence” on their suspected involvement in a computer-related fraud. He said […]
Otti reiterates commitment to sustaining security in Abia
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State has reiterated his commitment to ensure that the adequate security of lives and property in the state is sustained. Otti said this on Thursday when the Flag Officer Commanding of Naval Training Command, Lagos, Rear Admiral Ignatius Albara, paid him a visit in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government […]
Tinubu promises Corporate Nigeria, I cannot underperform on a job I campaigned for
President Bola Tinubu has said the country’s economy is at a turning point and will require the steadfast support of the private sector for sustained growth and prosperity. Speaking during Iftar on Thursday in Abuja with members of the Nigerian business community, the President expressed gratitude for their support and pledged to engage with them […]
Bobrisky to be arraigned Friday for alleged N180.7m laundering, abuse of N490k
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will Friday, April 5, 2024, arraign popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, at the Federal High Court (FHC) in Lagos over naira abuse and failure to declare his firm’s activities involving the sum of N180.7million. The anti-graft agency filed the charge against the social media celebrity on Thursday, […]
