•Orders removal of declaration from websiteA High Court sitting in Abuja has quashed the declaration of Executive Vice Chairman of Aiteo, Benedict Peters, as ‘wanted’ by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).In a March 22, 2017 judgement, the […]
Year: 2018
By NAN Muazu Babangida Aliyu A Minna High Court on Monday adjourned the trial of former Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger over an alleged N4.568billion fraud indefinitely.Aliyu is standing trial alongside the State PDP Chairman, Tanko Beji and a former Commissioner […]
Nigeria’s Finance Minister Kemi AdeosunFinance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has advised tax payers to demand for written notice when they receive phone calls from tax officials for payment purposes in order not to fall victim to fraudsters.Adeosun gave the advice […]
MonkeyThe N70m handed over to the Northern Senators Forum has been swallowed by monkeys in the farm of a ranking senator.Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna) told newsmen minutes after Senator Abdullahi Adamu was removed as the chairman of Northern Senators forum.Senator […]
EFCC moves against snake that ate JAMB’s N36mThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to fish out the mysterious ”snake or snakes” that ate N36 million belonging to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Makurdi, Benue […]
Human rights lawyer, Femi FalanaHuman rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to “bring back naturalized Nigerians, Refugees and Asylum Seekers who were illegally arrested, detained and deported to Cameroon on […]
Abdulrasheed Maina The embattled former chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Pension Reform, Abdulrasheed Maina, has sued the Chairman of the Economic and. Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Mustafa Magu and the EFCC over allegation of defamation of character.In the suit […]
Shola FapsonThe case between actress Dorcas Shola Fapson and Taxify driver, Udeh Henry Nnaemeka might not come to an end soon. With accusations of assault and attempted rape on her, Nnaemeka has now taken the actress to court on charges […]
— Reuters/NAN A Michigan judge is expected on Wednesday to sentence the former long-time U.S. Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar to prison, for molesting female gymnasts after a week of emotionally charged statements by his victims.Prosecutors have asked for a sentence […]
Orji Uzor KaluAkin KuponiyiA legal practitioner, Kingsley Ekwem on Tuesday declined to testify as a prosecution witness in the on-going trial of the former Abia State Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and two others facing trial for alleged N3.2 billion […]