Author: Robert Egbe

Breaking: EFCC To Arraign Cubana Chief Priest For ‘Spraying Naira For Two Hours’

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, bring a celebrity bartender, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged Naira abuse. Nigerian Current reports that the anti-graft agency will arraign Cubana Chief Priest before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on a three-count […]

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CAPPA Warns Nigerians About Burna Boy’s Vape Deal With US Firm

CAPPA’s Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi said: “We are really disappointed that Burna Boy rather than promote healthy lifestyles and noble causes among the youth, has chosen to throw his influence behind habits that cause dangerous health consequences.

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I Collected Millions Of Dollars In Cash For Emefiele, Witness Alleges

The Federal High Court in Lagos, Friday, April 12, 2024, heard that a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele allegedly received millions of dollars in cash, in undocumented circumstances, through a proxy, Mr. Monday Osazuwa.

Osazuwa, a Senior CBN Supervisor, made the allegation while testifying as the first witness (PW1) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,

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I Am A Man, Jail-Bound Bobrisky Tells Court

Bobrisky, who was on Friday sentenced to six months imprisonment without an option fine for abusing the Nigerian currency – naira, ended the controversy about his gender at the Federal High Court in Lagos. He clarified his status just before Justice Abimbola Awogboro sentenced him for naira abuse.

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Naira Abuse: Court Jails Bobrisky Six Months Without Fine Option

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Friday sentenced controversial cross-dresser Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky to six months imprisonment without an option fine for abusing the Nigerian currency – naira. Justice Abimbola Awogboro, who handed down the judgment, said the sentence will serve as a deterrent to others who are fond of […]

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EFCC names four Lagos firms in charge against Emefiele

Five firms have been named in connection with former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele in the latest 26-count charge of alleged fraud and corruption filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). No fewer than four of the firms have Lagos addresses, The Nigerian Current can reveal. The four […]

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Caveat on FBN Holdings’ records subsists pending court case, says CAC

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has a caveat on the affairs of FBN Holdings PLC, Nigerian Current can report. According to documents seen by our correspondent, the caveat subsists pending the conclusion of a case filed in 2022 against FBN Holdings by aggrieved shareholders of the firm. The CAC made the disclosure in a letter […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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