By Our Correspondent The Senate during the week rejected a proposal to put the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) under the control of the Executive. Besides, it urged the anti-drug trafficking agency to adopt strict measures in dealing with illi ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today alleged that another Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joseph Nwobike, transferred a sum of N750,000 to Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court, which the anti-graft agency claimed to be a bribe. It a ...
A 27 year old Mfon Obot Essien has been jailed to a total of 28 and half years in prison for tricking an American family to pay $3,000 for a fake kidnap of their daughter. According to charge sheet, Obot Essien, who has two aliases David Morris and Fem ...
By Abiodun Oluwarotimi There are indications that Rivers state governor, Barrister Nyemsom Wike, is presently facing hard times over the three mobile offices he recently purchased at the rate of N450m. Feelers told Nigerian Concord that Wike’s troub ...
By Abiodun Oluwarotimi with agency reports There are clear indications that the authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have placed a former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Senator Godswill Akpabio, under an intense watch for hiding a $517 million loot ...
Written By Mayokun Akinmolayan A gang of armed robbers on Wednesday afternoon invaded Skye and Wema banks in Owo, Ondo state. An eye witness account stated that the 8-man armed robbery gang barged into Skye bank immediately some officials of the Micro-Cre ...
By Abiodun Oluwarotimi Salisu Abdullahi, a retired air commodore, today told Justice Okon Abang of the federal high court, Abuja, that Alex Badeh, while he was the chief of air staff, “usually” instructed him to convert N558m to dollars and bring to ...
By Babajide Omotara The Supreme Court in Nigeria has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) a ‘go-ahead’ to prosecute the former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, on a 107-count charge bordering on corruption. The charge p ...
CHIEF Ayiri Emami, A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Ayiri Emami, on Friday night said the former Delta state governor, Chief James Ibori who is serving a jail term in the United Kingdom, would return home to Nigeria, not later than ...
The Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps, Ondo state command has arrested an NNPC branded tanker with Registration number FST 309 XR for diverting 11000 litres of premium motor spirit (PMS). The tanker was caught by the officers of the command when ...
