Fayose Demands Buhari’s Probe Over US Government, UK Telegraph Reports
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged the British Government to investigate an allegation of the use of British foreign aid given to Nigeria to help combat Boko Haram terrorists to fund a witch-hunt against opposition politicians with a view…
Assets Declaration: Tafar’s Objection Lacks Merit – EFCC Tells Court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday informed an Igbosere High Court of Lagos State, that the application filed by the embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Rickey Tarfa, challenging the agency’s suit on his failure to declare…
Gov. Ugwuanyi Urges Prayers To Tame Criminality
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has urged Christians to embark on fervent prayers to arrest upsurge in kidnapping and other forms of criminality in the country. He spoke at a church service to mark 2016 mothering Sunday at St. Leo…
IPC Tasks Journalists On Effective Use FOI Act
Journalists in the country have been urged to make proper use of Freedom of Information (FOI) Act in unraveling hidden truth, especially in the area of corruption. The advice was given by Mr. Lanre Arogundade, the director of International Press…
Ifeanyi Ubah’s Capital Oil Accounts Frozen
A Federal High Court, Lagos Division, on Wednesday granted the request of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria for an interim injunction freezing the accounts of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, a company owned by Ifeanyi Ubah. Justice M. B….
EFCC Witness Narrates How NIMASA Transfered N1.5bn Into Many Accounts
A prosecution witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Teslim Ajuwon, on Thursday, told an Old Igbosere High Court of Lagos State, on how the sum of N1.5 billion was transferred from Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency (NIMASA)…
Navy Arrests Pipeline Vandals, Destroys Illegal Refineries In Niger Delta
The Nigerian Navy patrol team deployed from NNS PATHFINDER has arrested 06 persons suspected to be engaged in operations of illegal refinery and pipeline vandalism. The suspects who are now undergoing investigation were picked up from a large warehouse located…
Saleswoman Jailed 2 Years For Stealing N.5m
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, sentenced a 31 year-old saleswoman, Sandra Aro, to two years imprisonment for stealing her employers N500,000. The court presided over by Magistrate Mrs M.O. Olajuwon, sentenced the convict to a jail term…
Lagos CJ Frees 153 From Prison
No fewer than 153 awaiting inmates of the Maximum and Medium prisons Ikoyi, Lagos, we’re released by the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade on Wednesday. Three of the released inmates were said to have been in the…
Ivwurie Extols Osanebi’s Leadership Virtues
Member representing Ethiope East State Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Chief Evans Ochuko Ivwurie, has said that the Deputy Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi, is an exceptional Deltan and an…
I WON KOGI GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION BY 204,877 VOTES – Idris Wada
Ex-Governor Idris Wada of Kogi on Wednesday told the State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that he won the 2015 governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former governor contested the election…
