The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday opened its case against Abdullahi Babalele, son-in-law of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, accused of laundering $140,000 in the build-up to the 2019 general elections. The Punch reports that the trial began before Justice C.J. Aneke at the Federal High Court in Lagos with the testimony of one […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Monday alerted the public on frozen raspberries contaminated with Norovirus from China. According to the public alert posted on the agency’s website and Twitter handle (@NafdacAgency), Norovirus is a highly infectious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. It read in part: “The contamination of […]
The peace building efforts by stakeholders ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Kogi State has suffered a major set back, as political thugs allegedly belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC) stormed venue of the parley, dragged out the state Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Muktar Atimah and gave him a resounding beating. […]
Operatives of the Edo Police Command, Tuesday evening foiled an audacious attempt by armed robbers to raid the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Benin the state capital. The robbers had attempted to break into the CBN when a bullion van carrying cash to an unknown commercial bank was about leaving the CBN premises. The […]
The birth of the Fourth Republic in Nigeria in 1999 pushed forward the ever increasing need for government to be closer to the people. It also opened up the door for inclusive government where the citizenry would directly participate in the governance process. Such participations are not limited to casting of votes for representatives of […]
Richard Oludare, a journalist with The Guardian newspaper was Tuesday brutally attacked and beaten to stupor by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). Oludare who had come to carry out his legitimate duty of covering the protest march by the #FreeSowore campaigners at the head office of the DSS was attacked as the […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has started moves to recover N2.4 billion and some landed properties, alleged to have been illegally acquired and linked to a former Managing Director of the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC), Mr. Haruna Momoh. Already, ICPC had secured an interim forfeiture order from a […]
The Enugu Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a lawyer, Nwabufo Richard Obienu and his company, Forric Nigeria Limited before Justice B.G Diepri of a Rivers State High Court, Port-Harcourt on a three count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felony and stealing by conversion to the tune of N200,000,000.00 […]
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) Secretariat in Lokoja has been burnt down by suspected thugs in the early hours of Monday. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Busari who confirmed the attack said the police had commenced investigation on the incident. The party had earlier raised the alarm that there was an ongoing plan […]
A civil rights activist and president, Association for Good Governance, Barr. Justice Uhuegbu has called on the federal government to quckly intervene in the alleged unbridled criminal activities of the officials of the Nigeria Police Force and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Imo State. Speaking during a press conference in Owerri on […]
