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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 secured the conviction and sentence of two internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The convicts,  Adeleye Olanrewaju and Ayo…

The Second Prosecution Witness, 2PW, Hamza Abdullahi in the trial-within-trial of former Sokoto State governor, Attahiru Bafarawa and four others, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, told Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory,…

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 22, 2024 arraigned two Chinese: Duan Ya Hong and Xiao Yi alongside their company, Ebuy Concept Limited before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the…

Prosecution Witness Eight, (PW8), Hamma Adama Bello in the trial of former Head of Service (HoS), Winifred Oyo-Ita on Thursday, April 25, 2024 narrated before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how the…

“I am ever ready to take tough decisions in the best interest of the people, even if with initial pains,” President Bola Ahmed Tinubu affirmed yesterday. He spoke in Hague, The Netherlands during the business session of the bilateral…

The Ogun State Police Command has nabbed two brothers, Olamijuwon Noibi and Lukman Olatunbosun, for alleged gang rape in Oke Eri, Atan Ijebu Area of Ogun. It was learnt from a reliable police source, on Thursday, that Noibi deceitfully…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit instituted to sack the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa. The 1st to 3rd plaintiffs – the Incorporated Trustees of Concerned Nigeria, Dr. Patrick Eholor and…

.. _Assets to be deployed to optimum benefit of Enugu people - Gov Mbah_ The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, released 14 properties initially forfeited to the Federal Government to Enugu State…

https://youtu.be/FIRV8-A-y8o?si=Xyv0BEqZdiLL0j3U A Dana Air-owned aircraft overshot the runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday morning. The incident was reported to have occurred a few minutes past…

https://youtu.be/SH_SsQybSQE?si=1XcA241EHok0ct4o The Kenya Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to…

The Edo Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has arrested a fake Reverend sister over the alleged trafficking of 38 children in Delta State. It was gathered that the suspect, Ikejimba…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, April 18,  2024 declared a former governor of Kogi State,  Yahaya Adoza Bello wanted in connection with an alleged money laundering. Please,  find attached…

A day-old baby boy abandoned in a polythene bag has been rescued at Alhaji Masha Road, in the Surulere area of Lagos State. According to PUNCH a yet-to-be-identified social worker attached to a hospital in Surulere, while on her way to a…

A rights group, the Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network, has expressed concern over the provision of shelter for a 15-year-old girl (name withheld) who was allegedly defiled at Sawmill, in the Ifako-Gbagada area of Lagos…

Three sentenced to death Three persons, Solomon Abuede, James Monday and Kelvin Edward, have been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder in Edo State. The sentence was handed over to the trio at the High…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission wishes to warn members of the public that it is a criminal offence to obstruct officers of the Commission from carrying out their lawful duties. Section 38(2)(a(b) of the…

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, applauded Dangote Oil and Gas Limited for reducing the gantry price of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, from N1,650 to N1,000 per litre. The Dangote Group recently reviewed downwards the…

The Congress of Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), a pan-Igbo development and civilization group, has suspended 11 of its former officers for engaging in subversive conducts aimed at undermining and destroying the foundation.…

GBPN Associates, an Association made up of Bloggers , Influencers and Online Editors on Tuesday 15th April 2024 paid a courtesy visit to the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) in Abuja The delegation was led by its…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have stormed the Abuja home of a former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, located in Wuse Zone 4, Federal Capital Territory. Photographs seen by our correspondent on…

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has cautioned that 148 local government areas across 31 states are among the highly probable flood-risk areas for 2024. Utsev issued this warning during the official…

Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, has been sentenced to six months in jail by the Federal High Court in Lagos with no option of fine.

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that the award of the Lagos-Calabar Highway Project did not meet the minimum threshold of due process. After obtaining approval from the…

The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has expressed condolences on the death of a retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ahmad Belgore. The governor’s condolence message was contained in a statement made available to…

A retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore, is dead. The Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ilorin Branch, Kwara State, Kamaldeen Gambari, announced his death on Tuesday. “Information reaching me now…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of 23 illegal Bureau De Change operators and naira racketeers within the last month, as the commission arrested and arraigned 170 for similar offences. The EFCC…

A Kano State High Court has fixed April 17, 2024, for the arraignment of the immediate past governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife, son, and five others, for alleged bribery. Ganduje and the others will be arraigned on…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is probing 50 bank accounts as it recovered  N30bn in the alleged scandals in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, who disclosed this…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded a Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, in Kuje Correctional Centre, pending the determination of his bail application. The trial judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, gave the order after Gambaryan…

The embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has arrived at the Ikeja State High Court in Lagos for his arraignment over alleged abuse of office and allocation of billions of dollars. Emefiele, alongside his…

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2024, as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by the…

Pastor E A Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God preaching art the ongoing 2018 Holy Ghost Congress at the km 46, Lagos-Ibadan expressway camp of the church Photos Lamidi Bamidele The General Overseer of the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to react to a news report in a leading national newspaper entitled: “EFCC Stopped Service of Charges on Binance Chief, FIRS Alleges”. The report is untrue, misleading…

The Federal Government, through the National Identity Management Commission, will unveil an enhanced National Identity card layered with payment capabilities and social service features. This new card, developed in collaboration with the…

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has issued a weather prediction alert, warning of the likelihood of heat stress and thunderstorms across various parts of the country on Saturday. The agency made the predictions in its Weather Report…

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, for allegedly spraying Naira notes. The  EFCC had invited the 31-year old…

Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has convicted and sentenced Usman Harun to six months imprisonment for internet fraud.  He was jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on…

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of 42 fraudsters before Justices A.M Liman, M.N Yunusa, Darius Khobo, A.A Bello and A.A Isiaka. 32 of the…

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has agreed to pay 50% of the additional increment of the 2024 Hajj fare for the intending pilgrims from the state. This means the state government will pay a subsidy of ₦959,000 for each of the 1,652…

RESIDENTS of Oje area of Ibadan in Ibadan North East local Government Thursday rushed out to catch a glimpse of a crocodile which died after 84 years. The crocodile, before its death on Thursday, was tamed at the popular Delesolu’s…

The Corporate Online Chapel, COC, of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Enugu State has been inaugurated. The Online Chapel has as Executive Members;  Clinton Umeh, (Journalist101), Chairman, Jonathan Ikechukwu (First News),…

President Bola Tinubu has approved a six-month extension of service for the newly appointed Head of Service of the Federal Capital Territory Civil Service Commission, Mr. Samuel Atang. This was made known in a letter signed by Chidi…

In a heartfelt gesture of support and solidarity, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday offered scholarships to the children of 17 soldiers killed in the Okuama community in Delta State. Also, he said the Government will provide housing for…

The Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Lagos West, Dr. James Odedeji, has urged Nigerian Christians to always be conscious of God and approach everything with eternity in focus. The cleric, in his message to celebrate Easter,…

The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, Olusola Odumosu, has deployed 5,230 personnel across the FCT for the Easter celebrations. The deployment is to maintain peace and order across…

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has disclosed plans to engage cartoon creators to produce local contents as part of measures to bridge the parenting gap and ensure good value systems. The agency said plans are also underway to…

The Federal Government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on…

The Federal Government has commenced the prosecution of a man, Ibezim Chike Victor, accused of being behind some publications, claiming that the former works and housing minister authored the judgments of the Presidential Election Petition…

No fewer than four people were reportedly trampled to death on Sunday during an attempt to participate in an almsgiving exercise at Shafa Holdings Company Plc on Jos Road in Bauchi, Bauchi State. It was gathered that the incident happened…

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) on Sunday ended their seven-day warning strike. In a circular to branch chairmen of public universities across the country,…

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has convicted one Abubakar Sadiq Aremu to four years imprisonment over cheating and forgery of the commission’s receipts. The accused, who pleaded guilty to the offence, was arraigned on March 21,…

Osun State Government has announced its decision to set up a Cyber Crime Action Committee to give effect to relevant provisions of the law with respect to cyber crimes, cyber bullying and deliberate online false news. A statement by the…

Kano State government has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the initiatives of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, especially in the area of tackling insecurity. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf made this declaration during a courtesy…

•Says attack on party HQ act of lawlessness •Abure, a pathological liar—NLC’s Political Commission The National Chairman of Labour Party, Comrade Julious Abure, has accused the Joe Ajaero-led Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and…

The Lagos zone of the National Emergency Management Agency has blamed the escalation of the fire incident that engulfed four buildings in the Idumota area of the Lagos Island Local Government Area of the state on the lack of a water source.…

Nigeria ranked 102nd happiest nation in the world with 4.881 points, according to the latest edition of the World Happiness Report released Wednesday. This represents a drop of seven places from 95th in the 2023 report by Sustainable…

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, whose request for bail was refused by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, has pleaded to be transferred to Kuje prison. Kanu, who is currently in custody…