The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a notice of withdrawal to discontinue an appeal against an order of a Kogi High Court restraining it from arresting the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. In the notice filed on April 22, the EFCC said the withdrawal is predicated on the fact […]
•Anambra State House of Assembly The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to prohibit secret cultism and similar activities and to provide for related matters. The bill was read for the third time and passed into law by the state House today, reports The PUNCH. The executive bill underwent […]
•German police near the Opera Square in downtown Frankfurt German police said today they had arrested 11 suspected members of a Nigerian mafia group behind a large-scale dating scam. The Black Axe gang was involved internationally in “multiple areas of criminal activity”, with a focus in Germany on romance scams and money-laundering, Bavarian ...
•Cultists brandishing weapons There was tension in Auchi, Edo State, yesterday as members of rival cult groups engaged in a violent confrontation, resulting in the killing of an alleged Eiye member in the presence of his daughter. According to social media reports, the perpetrators believed to be members of the Aye Confraternity, arrived at th...
•Hadi Sirika A former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, was yesterday arrested and taken into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over its ongoing probe on the botched Nigeria Air project. Apart from the project, Sirika was still being grilled at the time of filing this report last night over alleged conspiracy, [&h...
•Governor Ahmed Aliyu The Sokoto State governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has relieved nine district heads of their appointment over alleged insubordination, aiding of insecurity and land racketeering. The district heads were those of Unguwar Lalle, Yabo, Wamakko, Tulluwa, llela, Dogon Daji, Kebbe, Alkammu, and Giyawa, reports Daily Trust. The state gover...
•Embattled former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, for approving the printing of N684.5m notes at the rate of N18.96bn. In the fresh 4 count charge filed against him, the EFCC alleged that Emefiele disobeyed...
•Yahaya Bello The embattled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been alleged to have withdrawn $720,000 from the coffers of the state to pay his child’s school fees in advance. Ola Olukoyede, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), made this claim while speaking to newsmen at the agency’s Headquarters ...
•CP Tunji Disu The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man simply identified as Jeffrey for allegedly defiling his landlady’s 13-year-old daughter. The incident, it was gathered, happened on Friday at an estate close to the Federal Government College in Abulomma, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, reports Daily Indepen...
•Hadi Sirika Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today, quizzed a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over alleged N8bn Nigeria Air fraud. A top EFCC operative told our correspondent that the ex-minister came on invitation to the EFCC Headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja today, reports Channels TV. Also, ...
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