The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kano Zonal Command on Monday, arraigned Rashida Ibrahim Usman before Justice Maryam Ahmed Sabo of the Kano State High Court sitting in Milla Road, Bompai, Kano State. The defendant was arrested by operatives of the Commission following a complaint by one Hajiya Wasila who alleged that sometime in April 2018 she was introduced to the defendant by her sister, Pricia Shaaibu with the information that she is a well-connected businesswoman who runs a business called Golden Premier Club. Subsequently, the defendant invited the complainant to Abuja where she explained the details of the…
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The Maiduguri Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Onwukwe C. Obiora has called on the people of the Northeast to join hands with the anti-graft agency in the fight against economic and financial crimes in the country by reporting corrupt activities using the ‘‘Eagle Eye’’ mobile application recently launched by the EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, as a way of embracing the whistleblowing policy of the Federal government. The Commander gave the charge through the Head, Public Affairs Department of Maiduguri Command, Egbodofo Olumide, during a Town Hall meeting held at Dujima International Hotel Maiduguri, Borno…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has declared that funding of the education sector must be prioritised and consistently improved, if the country desires to be a player in the 21st Century Economy, which is knowledge and technology-driven. Speaking at the third edition of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Taxpayer’s Forum with the theme, “TeTFund Intervention: Catalyst for Transforming Tertiary Education in Nigeria”, held at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, the Governor, represented by his Deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, said no nation can attain any meaningful development without improving its human capacity. In his words:…
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has alleged that a Christian militia group is responsible for the killing of the 22 travelers in Rukaba, Jos, Plateau State at the weekend. MURIC made the remark in a statement by its director, Ishaq Akintola: “Twenty two (22) unarmed Muslim travellers were brutally killed by a Christian militia group at Rukaba, Jos, Plateau State, today, Saturday, 14th August, 2021. The attack began around 9.28 am. The Muslims had attended the annual dhikr prayer in Bauchi State and they were returning to Ikare, Ondo State when they were waylaid by the notorious Irigwe Christian militia. “The…
Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has argued that the name should be changed to United African Republic. In a post on Facebook titled “United African Republic Is 1000 Times Better Than the Name Nigeria,” Omokri outlined several reasons why the name should be changed. He wrote: When the name United African Republic was mooted in the House of Representatives, many Nigerians looked down their noses at the proposed new name for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They scoffed at the name and called it useless, silly, and some other adjectives I cannot use here lest I be banned by Facebook.…
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The African Development Bank has reached financial close on financing agreements for a $20 million concessional investment from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) for the Covid-19 Off-Grid Recovery Platform (CRP). The 5-year, $50 million blended finance initiative is designed to provide relief and recovery capital to energy access businesses, supporting them through and beyond the pandemic. The concessional loan agreements were signed with fund managers Lion’s Head Global Partners, Triple Jump, and Social Investment Managers and Advisors, following approval by the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank in December 2020 for a $20 million concessional investment from…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to urgently redirect the proposed spending of N4.8bn of public money to monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of Nigerians and other people, to pay some of the salaries of striking resident doctors, improve their benefits, as well as improve public healthcare facilities for the sake of poor Nigerians who rely on those facilities, and have nowhere else to turn.” SERAP said: “We also urge you to send to the National Assembly a fresh supplementary appropriation bill, which reflects the redirected budget, for its approval.” In the…
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has knocked President Muhammadu Buhari for selectively identifying with certain persons in the country and ignoring others. In a post on Facebook addressed to the Nigerian Army, the self-styled Table Shaker asked if the President is worthy to be the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. He wrote: Dear Nigerian Army, Never forget that Buhari was able to visit a sick Tinubu at his UK residence, but when the patriotic and gallant Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, died in a plane crash while serving Nigeria, the same Buhari could not attend his funeral at…
The Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, Lagos Command, has sought greater collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the areas of data and credible intelligence sharing. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC on Friday, Assistant Comptroller- General, ACG, O.A. Talabi, said: “The EFCC is a strategic agency in the fight against economic and financial crimes, and the importance of this synergy cannot be over-emphasized. All hands must be on deck to support what the EFCC is doing to smoke out these unwholesome elements from their abodes and jail them accordingly. “Hardworking…
The Benin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Muhtar Bello, has charged youths and teenagers to embrace discipline and shun all forms of criminality. The Zonal Commander stated this while speaking to a group of youths and teenagers under the aegis of Royal Ambassadors, Calvary Baptist Church, NIFOR, near Benin City. The Zonal Commander who was represented by Williams Oseghale, Head, Public Affairs Department, Benin Zonal Command urged the youths and teenagers to embrace hardwork, discipline and uphold the right values. He warned them to avoid peer pressure as it was capable of derailing their destinies.…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Command, on Friday, secured the interim forfeiture of the sum of N241, 000,000: 00 (Two Hundred and Forty-one Million Naira) and an interim attachment of a property lying, being and situate at Plot, No. 1121, Ekukinam Street, Utako District, Cadastral Zone, FCT, Abuja, which funds and property the Commission reasonably suspected to be proceed of unlawful activity of one Abdulsalam Bawa of the Account Department of the Sustainable Development Goals Office. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division, sitting in Ikoyi gave the order following an ex-parte…
Popular Table Shaker, Reno Omokri has again, urged men to halt footing the bills of their girlfriends. In a post on Facebook, he emphasized that a man does not have any responsibility to a lady that he’s not married to. He wrote: Dear men, Study the first human romance. Adam was not giving Eve things. It was Eve that gave to Adam-Genesis 3:6. Yes, there is love in giving. That means if you only give, and she only receives, then she hates you. Premarital sex is not giving. It is sinning! Stop being manipulated. You do not have a responsibility…
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arraigned a serial fraudster, Al-Ameen Idris and one Zanna Malla before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a-two count charge for obtaining N10, 750,000.00 (Ten Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) by false pretence. The duo, between 11th August and 13th September 2020, obtained the sum from one Alhaji Bukar Kime under the pretext of selling to him a purported plot of land measuring 50×50ft laying and situate at Pompomari Residential layout, Maiduguri which did not belong to them, the…
Operatives of the Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested 42 suspected internet fraudsters in separate operations in Awka and Enugu. According to the commission, twenty-nine (29) of the suspects were arrested in Awka while thirteen (13) were arrested in Enugu following intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects are: Chimezie Anyamutaku, Chinonso Dominic, Onyekachi Nwankwo,Ikenna Austin, Chinonso Anthony Caesar,Felix Okechukwu Chikagu, Dera Okoye, Victor Onyebuchi, Emmanuel Ifeanyi,Emeka Izu John, Raphael Gbughemobi,Okorie Charles,Onyeoji Chukwuemeka,Enem Bontis Obinna Udoka,Chibueze Udechukwu Ofor, Lawrence Oyegu, Soburu Kingsley, and Ikechukwu Umeakunne. Others include Pascal Benjamin,Emeka Valentine,Nzube Kenneth…
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Dogara Liman for offences bordering on obtaining money by false pretence. The suspect, sometime in March, 2014, allegedly obtained the sum of N5million from a victim on the pretext of financing a contract purportedly awarded to him by the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, through TETFund. He lured his victim with a promise of N1.5million return on investment but once the victim lodged the N5m into his account, he diverted the money to offset a loan. According to the EFCC, all efforts by…
As part of efforts to mitigate the effect of the third wave of COVID-19 infection in Lagos State, the Incident Command Structure has fully activated 10 COVID-19 Oxygen Treatment and Sample Collection Centres as well as 20 Local Government Area (LGA) Based Sample Collection Sites. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, revealed this on Thursday while reviewing reports of operations at the centres, noting that the centres were established during the first and second waves of the global pandemic but have been rejigged and reinvigorated to provide swift oxygen therapy to residents. The locations will also provide easy access…
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The Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam Egube has said that proper data gathering, analysis and storage is expedient for real economic planning by the governments at different levels. Speaking at a stakeholders’ forum on the computation of the Lagos State Gross Domestic Product (GDP) organised by the State Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, held on Thursday in Alausa, Ikeja, Egube added that the forum was geared towards continuous improvement of the State’s GDP. He said GDP, which he defined as the total monetary value of economic activities (goods and…
Justice M.M. Abubakar of Bauchi State High Court, Bauchi has convicted and sentenced Sarita Aliyu Hello, Managing Director of Workman Microfinance Bank, Bauchi, to four years imprisonment on a two -count charge bordering on misappropriation and forgery brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The offence is contrary to Section 308 and 363 and punishable under Section 309 and 364 of the Penal Code Law. She was said to have sometime in 2020 as the Managing Director of the Microfinance Bank, misappropriated the sum of N4,786,700.00 (Four Million, Seven Hundred and Eighty-six Thousand, Seven Hundred Naira).…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned Sani Shehu Abdullahi and his company, First Class General Business and Investment Limited alongside Abubakar Mohammed (now at large) before Justice Sylvanus Chinedu Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja on eight count charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence to the tune of Eighty-four Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty-four Thousand Naira (N84, 984,000). The defendants, sometime in February, 2020 in Abuja, conspired and defrauded Molten Oil and Gas Nigeria limited through a phony contract financing agreement to supply two trucks of 40,000 litres of diesel each,…
The Lagos State Government has said that its Forensic Centre conducted about 158 crime scene investigations and probed 437 cases involving paternity issues relating to child support and inheritance. Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), made the disclosure on Tuesday, at the opening of the virtual session of the 5th Edition of Lagos Forensic Symposium hosted by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with Lagos State DNA & Forensic Centre, and ITSI – Biosciences LLC. Speaking on the importance of Forensic Science, the Commissioner noted that the introduction of Forensic Science to Criminal…
The risk which disaster pose to a nation, and its management cannot be overemphasized and it is in connection to this that the Director General of National Emergency Management Agency NEMA Mustapha Habib Ahmed on Friday 6th August 2021 received the Director General of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Alhaji Idris Abbas who led the management of his agency on official visit to the Headquarters of NEMA in Abuja. The DG NEMA was joined by management staff in receiving the team from FEMA. The DG NEMA and DG FEMA discussed enhancing collaboration between the two agencies to…
… Holds Second Awareness Campaign at Lagos East Senatorial District The Lagos State Government, on Wednesday, reiterated its commitment to step up advocacy and awareness campaigns against wetlands encroachment to educate residents on its importance to the ecology and economy of the State. Speaking at the Second Awareness Campaign on Wetlands and Biodiversity Conservation for Lagos East Senatorial District at the Afe Babalola Hall, University of Lagos, Akoka, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello said such awareness is required in order to foster community participation in wetlands management. He said the Government is committed to…
… Recover One Locally Made Gun, Two Rounds Of Ammunition, ATM Cards Following sustained crime surveillance patrols across suspected flashpoints in Lagos, the operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS), arrested two armed robbers on Tuesday along Akowonjo Road, Alimosho. Speaking on the arrest, the Commander, Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS), CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, explained that the arrested suspects, Samuel Akabueze, ‘M’, (31yrs), of 34, Valentine Obasi Street, Idimu Road, and Onuoha Joshua, ‘m’, (37yrs), of 52, Yusuf Street, Ipaja, were arrested by RRS operatives for driving a Lexus jeep (LSD 666 GK) suspiciously along Akowonjo Road.…
The Nigerian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Jordan, His Excellency Faruk Mallami Yabo, has reiterated the need for religious tolerance among Nigerians, stating that every citizen should embrace each other’s religion for a harmonious society. The Ambassador gave the advice at Mount Nebo in the Kingdom of Jordan, on Monday, during the prayer convocation held for pilgrims comprising of Christians from Lagos, Osun, Ondo, Plateau and Katsina. Citing the kingdom of Jordan as an example, he stated that religions co-exist peacefully in the country without bias towards each other, saying “Religion does not define how you are treated or how…
The Lagos State Government has restated its readiness to partner with the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) to realise the vision of making Lagos a sustainable smart city of choice. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, while welcoming an NITP delegation led by its National President, Tpl. Olutoyin Ayinde, on a courtesy call to the Ministry. Salako stated that Government cherished the input and support of professional bodies, stressing that collaborative efforts were required to attain a livable, organised, orderly and sustainable physical environment in line with the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda.…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday congratulated Nigerians, as well as the Muslim world, on the New Year 1443 and the commemoration of the migration (Hijra) of Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wassalam) from Makkah to Madinah. The President, in a statement by Garba Shehu said “On the occasion of the Islamic New Year, and the commemoration of the Hijrah, I urge Muslims and other citizens to imbibe the lessons of compassion, peace, and support for one another. I wish all Muslims a blessed year”. Buhari urged Muslims to reflect on the importance and historic significance of the Hijrah and the overall…
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