•NDC logo, Gbajabiamila and Tinubu The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has intensified pressure on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to remove his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, pending an independent investigation into allegations surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), an agency the presidency h...
•Superintendent of Police Sentome Obi and Governor Douye Diri The police in Bayelsa State have arrested the abductors of Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, a judge of the State High Court. Justice Omukoro was kidnapped on June 21 in Yenagoa and was held for 12 days before he was rescued through the joint effort of security agencies […]
•The suspect, Levi Onyeka Obu In an inspiring display of patriotism and integrity, a young official of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Prince Orji Ugochukwu, has been commended and rewarded for rejecting a ₦10 million bribe and aiding the arrest of a suspected kidnapper and ritual killer, Levi Onyeka Obu, popularly known as Ezeani, Ichi...
•Tigran Gambaryan The Head of Financial Crime of cryptocurrency firm, Binance, Tigran Gambaryan, has named the Nigerian lawmakers who allegedly demanded a $150 million bribe from him. Gambaryan was freed in October 2024 after the federal government dropped charges of money laundering against his firm, reports The Guardian. He had been detained...
•Terrorists The Kebbi State Police Command, yesterday, announced the arrest of three members of the Lakurawa terrorist group who allegedly offered N1.6 million bribe to its lead investigator. A statement by the command’s public relations officer, SP Nafiu Abubakar, said the three suspects, one Umaru Garba, Alhaji Abubakar Mamman and Usman Muha...
A police inspector attached to the Police Mobile Force (PMF), 41 Division, Damaturu in Yobe State, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a suspected drug dealer to death over a N200 bribe. The incident happened at CMC Area, Zango, Damaturu, where the inspector, Mohammed Bulama, and the deceased Abdulmalik Pompomari, fought, reports Daily Tr...
•Former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele A prosecution witness in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele yesterday told the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja that he was forced to part with $600,000 (N216 million at the time) before being paid for a contract he handled for the apex […]
•Tinubu Binance has alleged that Nigeria demanded a secret payment of N20 billion to settle its crypto case. According to Bloomberg, Binance Chief Executive Officer, Richard Teng made the claim in a blog yesterday, detailing how the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange tried to engage with Nigerian authorities, including having a meeting wh...
•Former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele (Right) in court A former Director of Information Technology of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. John Ayoh, has explained how he collected $600,000 allegedly for contract gratification for the embattled ex-apex bank governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Ayoh, while being led in evidence by the Economic and F...
•Tinubu and Al Thani President Bola Tinubu has re-echoed his government’s resolve to fight corruption and create a good business environment, urging Qatari investors to report any Nigerian government official who asks for bribe. Tinubu said this at the Nigeria-Qatar Business and Investment Forum in Doha, yesterday, promising that his governmen...

