A prosecution witness, Ismail Lawal, Tuesday told a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on Tuesday how former Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku gave him $5,000 to relocate to Lagos State to avoid the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) preying eyes. The anti graft agency had, on September 30, 2024, arraigned Ishaku and…
Monday Adebanjo Police operatives from the Tactical Squad, Ikorodu Annex, have arrested a 48-year old suspected kidnapping gang leader, Monday Adebanjo, over the abduction of three Lebanese with two Nigerians and obtaining $40,000 Dollars equivalent of N68m as ransom in Lagos State. Adebayo, who is the leader of the gang, allegedly conspired and kidnapped the…
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has raised serious concerns regarding a recent judicial decision in Rivers State, particularly criticizing the ruling by Justice Sika Aprioku that allowed lawmakers supportive of Governor Siminalayi Fubara to pass the state’s 2025 budget. Wike’s discontent with the judgment has sparked heated debate, as he questioned the legitimacy of the ruling…
Waziri The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Lukumanu Sani Waziri, an accountant at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, for diverting over N60 million public funds through unauthorized access to the Government Integrated Financial Information System (GIFMIS). Waziri was arraigned in 2021 alongside two others…
The Edo State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has threatened to boycott activities of the Department of State Services ((DSS) over an attack on journalists covering the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Benin City. Journalists were allegedly manhandled while trying to gain access to the venue of the tribunal on…
The father of Timilehin Ajayi, the gospel singer arrested for the brutal killing of a corp member, Salome Adaidu, has made a public appeal for the release of his son. Ajayi, who was found with the severed head of Adaidu in a polythene bag, has been remanded in custody by a Nasarawa State High Court….
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the former Managing Director of Asset Management Cooperation of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed Kuru, for allegedly defrauding Arik Air. Mr Kuru and four others on Monday appeared before Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud, respectively. The other defendants are former Receiver…
Sterling Bank Limited and its holding company, Sterling Financial Holdings Company, are currently battling a N1.2billion depositors’ funds which were stolen from the bank by some of its staff. The Witness gathered that the staff colluded with some fraudsters to hack the bank’s banking platform and stole the said fund. The suspects, namely Victor Nwabueze…
The 29-man caretaker committee set up by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, and Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, announced on Sunday that it will drag the embattled National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure, to the Supreme Court over the leadership dispute in the party. This was disclosed in a statement…
Justice Deinde Dipeolu of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has issued warrant of arrest against one Emmanuel Oku, an employee of Dangote Industries Limited, charged before the court, for allegedly defrauding the company of the sum of N739, 735, 248 million. Justice Dipeolu issued the warrant against Oku, on Friday, sequel to the application made…
