The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a former presidential aide, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, over allegations of certificate forgery. Obono-Obla is the former Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP) for the Recovery of Public Property. He was charged with two counts before Justice C.L. Dabup of the Jos […]
The Commissioner of Police for Delta State, Ari Muhammed Ali has warned officers and men in the State Command to desist from all forms of corruption and incivility to members of the public. The CP made the warning during an enlarged meeting with Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, Tactical Commanders and other Officers in the […]
A former governor of Anambra State and vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections, Peter Obi, has said he was a trader who ventured into banking before he became a governor. Obi said this during an interview on The Morning Show, an Arise TV programme that aired on Monday. This […]
After Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy and the late Temitope Joshua, the founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, David Oyedepo, the founder and general overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide, is the latest Nigerian mega-preacher found to have set up a family offshore company in the British Virgin Islands. Mr Oyedepo’s offshore company popped […]
lead prosecuting lawyer, Ebenezer Shogunle, said the case was set down for the commencement of trial, and that the prosecution had three witnesses in court. But Ojerinde’s lawyer, Awoyale, pleaded for an adjournment, saying he was just briefed about the case and needed time to familiarise himself with it. But the prosecutor, Sogunle objected to […]
The ex-governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has reacted to a PREMIUM TIMES report on his opaque and illegal activities but he largely went off the tangent in an apparent effort to confuse the public. In the PREMIUM TIMES opening story in the Pandora Papers series, this newspaper exposed Mr Obi’s secret businesses and how […]
A federal high court in Abuja has sentenced Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, to 14 years in prison, the Cable reports. In the judgment delivered on Thursday, Okon Abang, trial judge, found Faisal guilty on a three-count money laundering charge preferred against him by the Economic […]
Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State is currently in the eye of the storm over the controversial wealth he allegedly got through General Sani Abacha, a former Head of State. There have been reports on how Bagudu used phoney companies to siphon and move funds allegedly stolen by Abacha but the governor has denied the […]
Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, says the case instituted against his government by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is “a joke taken too far”. Bello said this on Tuesday, while responding to questions from state house correspondents on the recent court judgement about a loan account allegedly linked to the Kogi government. Last […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) may invite National Assembly members from Anambra State over constituency projects. Also to be invited are the contractors handling the 63 projects that were awarded in 2019, some of them had been completed, but shoddily, while some had been abandoned in the State. According to […]
