Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Simon Bassey Idio for currency racketeering in Uyo. The 59-year old ‘Naira Trader’ was arrested on Friday February 9, 2024, at the Ibom Tropicana Mall, Udo Udoma way in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. His arrest came on the heels of intelligence and surveillance …
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The Lagos State House of Assembly resumed plenary on Monday with a call on colleagues of late banker, Herbert Wigwe, to sustain his legacies. Wigwe, the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, lost his life in a helicopter crash in the United States of America. He was with his wife, Doreen, son and Abimbola Ogunbajo, a former chairman of Nigeria …
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Three weeks before the crash that claimed his life, the late Group Chief Executive Officer, Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, had posted in January about appreciating life as a gift and valuing each day. In a tweet posted on his official X handle on January 19, Wigwe wrote, “Today and always, let us remember that life is a precious gift …
Continue ReadingHerbert Wigwe, the group chief executive officer of Access Holdings Plc, was involved in a helicopter crash in the United States, on Friday, TheCable understands. Wigwe, his wife and son were in the helicopter when it crashed in California near the Nevada border, as well as Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former group chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group). Six …
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Officers of Area K, Marogbo of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Esther Obiekezie for drug peddling alongside two others who attempted to bribe the police with N4 million for her release. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The statement read, “The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has commended the …
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Vice President Kashim Shettima met with the Super Eagles following their win over the Bafana Bafana of South Africa and promised that the Federal Government will reward them for their “commitment and dedication.” The Super Eagles disclosed this in a statement and photos shared on their official X handle early Thursday. The statement read, “The Federal Government has promised to …
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Controversial Nollywood actress, Lizzy Anjorin has been caught after she allegedly stole gold jewelry and orchestrated a fake transfer after purchasing goods in a Lagos market. In a video posted by Gistlover, the Nollywood actress was seen seated in the shop she allegedly stole the gold jewelry from while she was being recorded by those around the scene. There have …
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, for defrauding church members and other Nigerians using fake grants from the Ford Foundation to the tune of N1,319,040,274.31( One Billion Three Hundred and Nineteen Million, Forty Thousand, Two Hundred and Seventy-Four Naira, Thirty-One Kobo). Ebonyi …
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Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, February 2, 2024, adjourned till March 25, 2024 further hearing in the trial of Mamman Nasir Ali and Christian Taylor, who are facing trial over an alleged N2.2 billion oil subsidy fraud. The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economical and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had, on …
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Amid stakeholders’ rejection of the N1,356.883 exchange rate, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Saturday readjusted the exchange rate on the Customs platform to N1,413.62/$1. This review of the exchange rate came less than 24 hours after the CBN increased the exchange rate from N951.941/$1 in December to N1,356.883/$1 on Friday, February 2nd, 2023. It could be recalled that …
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