Court Jails Company CEO for N33.5m Fraud in Maiduguri 

…Another Arraigned for Alleged N5.6 Fraud   Justices Mohammed Maina of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, has convicted and sentenced one Alhaji Bashir Tanko to twenty one years imprisonment.   Tanko was re-arraigned on November 18, 2024 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one count amended charge bordering …

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Oloyede says no evidence of ethnic sabotage in 2025 UTME error

Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says there is no evidence of ethnic sabotage in the error that comprised its 2024 exam.   The results from JAMB’s 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) were released on May 9.   A breakdown showed that more than 78 per cent of candidates scored less than 200 points …

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Oyebanji Calls Bluff of Tinubu, APC NWC – Sets Up Committee For Self Succession

Some concerned Elders and Youth of APC in Ekiti State, led by Chief Olaofe Adeniran have accused the governor, Biodun Oyebanji, of showing disdain, disrespect, and flagrant disobedience to President Bola Tinubu and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party by setting up a 24 member committee for his emergence as the adopted candidate of the party for the …

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Supreme Court Affirms Heavy Damages Against Fidelity Bank

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the rulings of both the High Court and the Court of Appeal in a protracted legal dispute between Fidelity Bank Plc and Sagecom Concepts Limited, an Ibadan-based firm. With this final judgement on April 11, 2025, the Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision by five justices, upheld the rulings of the Lagos State …

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EFCC Arraigns Ecobank Staff for Allegedly Stealing Customer’s N2.4m in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie-Eboh, on Friday, May 16, 2025, arraigned one Solomon Stephen Ufayo, a staff of Ecobank Plc, on a one-count charge bordering on alleged cybercrime to the tune of N2,404,000(Two Million Four Hundred and Four Thousand Naira) before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in …

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Court Jails Woman Three Years for N14.5m Fraud in Lagos 

Justice O. A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, May 15, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Ajanaku Oluwatomilola to three years imprisonment for N14.5m fraud.    The convict was re-arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 14, 2024 on a six-count charge bordering …

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“Yes sir, I’m a member of your delegation:” Peter Obi tells Tinubu in Rome

President Bola Tinubu and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, shared lighthearted moments in Rome on Sunday.   The two political rivals met at Pope Leo XIV’s installation mass on Sunday in Rome.   Tinubu was one of the world leaders officially invited to the event by Pope Leo XIV. The Nigerian president …

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Alleged $1m, £34,537 Fraud: EFCC Presents First Witness, Peter Okoye against Ex-P-Square Manager 

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, May 16, 2025, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Peter Obumuneme Okoye,( a.k.a Mr P) against Jude Chigozie Okoye, elder brother and former Manager of Paul and Peter Okoye, before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.   Okoye is …

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Finland Govt charges Simon Ekpa with inciting terrorism

Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa. Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said in a statement that it had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit crimes with terrorist intent and participation in the activities of a …

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Nigerian Troops Overrun Terrorist Hideout in Sambisa Forest

A joint operation between troops of Operation Hadin Kai and the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) was conducted in the Sambisa Forest on 15 May 2025, between 6am and 12pm.   The aggressive patrol and clearance operation targeted terrorist strongholds in Garin Malam Ali, Garin Glucose and Ukuba.   The troops successfully invaded the strongholds, forcing the insurgents to flee …

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