EFCC Teams Arrive States to Monitor Guber Polls

Ahead of the governorship and state assembly elections slated for Saturday, March 18, 2023, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has deployed personnel of the Agency across the states where the elections would be held. The teams led by senior officers began arriving at their assigned locations earlier on March 17, with a number of them holding consultation with the …

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EFCC Re-arraigns Businesswoman For Alleged N110m Fraud In Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Thursday, March 16, 2023, re-arraigned one Portia Emilia for an alleged N110m fraud before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Emilia was re-arraigned alongside her company, Savanah Crest Investment Limited, on an amended five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal, contrary to Section 411 and punishable …

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Buhari Signs Amended Constitution To Allow States Generate, Transmit Electricity

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the constitutional amendment allowing states in the country to license, generate, transmit, and distribute electricity. This was made known in a tweet by the presidential media spokesperson, Tolu Ogunlesi, on Friday. He tweeted, “President #MBuhari has signed 16 Constitution Amendment Bills into Law. “By this signing, State Houses of Assembly & Judiciaries now …

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Ex-Imo Commissioner Jailed Three Years for Diversion of N180m

Justice K. A Lewanya of the Imo State High Court, Owerri, Imo State, on Tuesday, March 14, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Prince Laseberry Okafor Anyanwu, aka Laseberry Okafor, a former commissioner of Transport in the Rochas Okorocha administration of Imo State, to 3 years imprisonment on a four-count charge that bordered on abuse of office and fraudulent diversion of …

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Nurse Slumps, Dies On Duty In Zamfara

A nurse in the Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Zamfara State, Asma’u Lawali Bungudu, had been certified dead after slumping while discharging her duty. Tribune reported that the nurse was hale and hearty when she arrived at the hospital for work early on Wednesday but was confirmed dead a few hours after she resumed duty. The hospital spokesman, …

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Singer Skales apologises to wife months after claiming he married the devil

Nigerian singer, John Njenga-Njeng, popularly known as Skales has apologised to his fans, Nigerians months after he shared a disturbing snippet from a diss track he recorded giving information about the passing of his mum and his marriage. In a deleted message the singer dragged his wife, Precious for taking to her Instastories to mourn his mum, over claims in …

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Court Orders Trial-Within-Trial in Ex-NIMASA DG, Two Others’ Alleged N304.1m Fraud Trial

Justice Tijani Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, ordered a trial-within-trial in the alleged N304.1m fraud trial involving a former acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Haruna Baba Jauro, and two others. Jauro alongside Dr. Dauda Bitrus Bawa and a company, Thlumbau Enterprises Limited, is being …

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