Former NNPC GMD Maikanti Baru Is Dead
The former Group Managing Director(GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, is dead. Baru’s death was confirmed by the current GMD of NNPC, Kele Myari in a tweet on Friday. He was aged 60. More to follow…. My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of […]
EFCC Nabs Benue Vigilante Commandant for Alleged N449.5m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office, has arrested one George Mbessey over allegation of conspiracy, abuse of office and diversion of public funds to the tune of N449.5million. Mbessey, who is the Commandant, Benue State Vigilante Group, BSVG, was arrested by operatives of the EFCC on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in […]
Court Jails Man 1 Year for $240,000 Romance Scam
Justice A.T. Mohammed of Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday May 28, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Igweneme Moses(a.k.a. Griffith Doyle), to one year imprisonment for conspiracy and money laundering. The convict, who defrauded his victim, Chantai Meadery in February 2018 through a dating scam, with a promise of “building a […]
Account for Nigerian Beaten to Death – FG to India
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), as asked the Indian authorities to account for the death of a Nigerian killed in the Asian country. On Thursday, video clips had surfaced on social media of an exhausted Nigerian man being seized by the shirt by an Indian man as others surrounded the duo in what appeared […]
Court Jails Oil Thief in Port Harcourt
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office, on Thursday, May 28, 2020, secured the conviction of one Praise Wokoma Barrah for illegal dealing in petroleum products. He was jailed by Justice I.M Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt. The convict was arraigned by the Commission on one-count charge […]
Air Peace Evacuates 301 Chinese From Nigeria
Air Peace on Thursday night evacuated Chinese nationals to China through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos at about 2205hrs. The airline carried out the evacuation with its Boeing 777-300 with registration 5N-BWI which airlifted 301 passengers on board carrying 24 crew members. The Nigerian carrier evacuated the Chinese from Lagos to Guangzhou Baiyun […]
15 Die in Bauchi Canoe Mishap – SEMA
About 15 people were killed in an overcrowded canoe mishap at Gwaskaram village, in Bauchi Local Government Area of the State. Permanent Secretary, Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Alhaji Shehu Ningi highlighted this in an interview on Thursday, noting that the canoe was carrying passengers from Gwaskaram village area and was heading to the next […]
NDDC Shuts Down Head Office Following Sudden Death of ED
The Niger Delta Development Commission {NDDC), has shut down its office headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State following the sudden death of the Executive Director, Finance, Chief Ibanga Bassey Enang, Thursday morning. In an internal memo dated 28th May 2020 with reference no: NDDC/HO/HAHR/3 signed by one Silas Anyawu on behalf of the management, the […]
Despite Odds, Adesina Hopeful AfDB will Overcome Africa’s Challenges
Despite the growing demand for his probe and speculation of his stepping aside, Nigeria’s former minister of Agriculture and current president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr Akinwumi Adesina, has maintained his innocence insisting that the bank was committed to overcoming Africa’s challenges. President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr Akinwumi Adesina, […]
AfDB Bows to Independent Probe of Adesina
The board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed for an independent probe of Akinwumi Adesina, its president, after Steven Mnuchin, US treasury secretary, rejected the investigation and report of the bank’s ethics board which absolved Adesina of allegations of favouritism. Bloomberg reports that the board agreed to the probe after “several foreign governments […]
