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Breaking: Court Rules in Emefiele’s Siblings’ Case Against AGF, DSS
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Breaking: Court Rules in Emefiele’s Siblings’ Case Against AGF, DSS

2 years ago2122 min

FCT, Abuja – On August 23, the siblings of Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s suspended governor, George and Okanta, filed a combined lawsuit, which the federal high court in Abuja dismissed. According to The Nation, George and Okanta sued the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). The Emefieles’ decision to drop their lawsuit was a factor in Justice E Okpe of the Abuja Federal High Court’s...

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EFCC detains Man, Stephen Acheme Akpa Involved In Abuja Land Scam
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EFCC detains Man, Stephen Acheme Akpa Involved In Abuja Land Scam

2 years ago2071 min

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a man named Stephen Acheme Akpa in connection with an alleged land fraud scheme over N500,000,000. On December 2, 2022, the Commission made its initial arrest of Akpa, the CEO of Zoe New Dawn Nigeria Limited, at his workplace in Abuja’s Idu axis. This comes after a petition that said he used deception to obtain N500,000,000. The suspect jumped the administrative bail provided by the Commission,...

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Breaking: UK police accuse Nigeria’s former petroleum minister Diezani of bribery
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Breaking: UK police accuse Nigeria’s former petroleum minister Diezani of bribery

2 years ago2394 min

Indictments for bribery have been brought against Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former minister of petroleum resources of Nigeria, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA) of the United Kingdom.   Since her initial detention in London in October 2015, Alison-Madueke has been free on bail.   She will show up in court in the British capital on October 2, according to the NCA.   According to the AFP, shortly after her detention, the family’s attorney declared...

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Adamawa Police Command detain two alleged kidnappers
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Adamawa Police Command detain two alleged kidnappers

2 years ago1751 min

In the state’s Jada Local Government Area (LGA), the Adamawa Police Command has detained two alleged kidnappers. The command’s spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, revealed this in a statement released on Tuesday in Yola. According to Nguroje, the suspects were detained on August 17 by the command in Kojoli, Jada LGA’s intelligence department.   “The suspects are Kojoli residents Abdullahi Iya, 20, and Barkindo Yahaya, 19. The statement said, “They were apprehended after they called and...

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EFCC, Anti-Graft Agency detain 23 suspected internet fraudsters in Benue, recover one vehicle
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EFCC, Anti-Graft Agency detain 23 suspected internet fraudsters in Benue, recover one vehicle

2 years ago1921 min

In a sting operation on Sunday in Makurdi, Benue State, agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Makurdi Zonal Command detained 23 alleged internet fraudsters. The anti-graft agency made this announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday. They said that among the things seized from them were several mobile phones and a Toyota Corolla. According to the statement, the suspects are David Uvaa, Patrick Adakole, Cyprian Aloo, Michael Anaambe, Okti Clinton, Ibi...

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Police arrest electrician, Sunday Andrew for allegedly stealing television, N18,000
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Police arrest electrician, Sunday Andrew for allegedly stealing television, N18,000

2 years ago1352 min

Sunday Andrew, a 35-year-old electrician, was charged in a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja with stealing a plasma television and N18,000 in cash. The police accused Andrew of criminal trespass, breaking into houses, and theft at Airport Road, Abuja. The complainant, Mr. Boniface Chinedu of Lugbe, Zone 8 of Abuja, reported the case to the Trade More Police Station on August 17, according to the prosecutor, Mr. Stanley Nwaforaku, who testified in court....

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Electronic Fraud: Nigerian Banks Lost Over N9.5bn In five Years – Repor
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Electronic Fraud: Nigerian Banks Lost Over N9.5bn In five Years – Repor

2 years ago10904 min

According to a report from the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum, the banking sector in Nigeria lost over N9.5 billion to electronic fraud between 2019 and Q1 2023. Thus, in order to stop the upward trend, the forum has called for new policies and greater cooperation. The forum, presided over by the Central Bank of Nigeria, focused on “New Strategies for Combating e-Fraud in a Cashless Environment” at its general meeting held in Lagos for the...

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Kidnappers of wife of RCCG pastor demand N100m in ransom
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Kidnappers of wife of RCCG pastor demand N100m in ransom

2 years ago10732 min

Mrs. Blessing Ajiboye, the wife of a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has been abducted; her captors have demanded N100 million from her family as ransom to free her. That Blessing, the wife of Senior Pastor Johnson Ajiboye of the RCCG, was kidnapped at around 9 p.m. on Thursday in her supply store in Elerinjare, a sleepy town in the Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state. About seven unidentified gunmen invaded...

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Non-State Players to Combat Corruption in Procurement Process
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Non-State Players to Combat Corruption in Procurement Process

2 years ago11523 min

A number of anti-corruption civil society organisations, or CSOs, have raised the stakes in what appears to be a new effort to address corruption in public procurement. Procurement Observation and Advocacy Initiative (PRADIN), in partnership with the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), and the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), is facilitating the group, which is made up of four prominent CSOs. A 2010 study...

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President Tinubu receives petition demanding $3.4 billion from Africa’s richest man, Dangote, through Nigeria’s central bank
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President Tinubu receives petition demanding $3.4 billion from Africa’s richest man, Dangote, through Nigeria’s central bank

2 years ago11309 min

In response to allegations that Alhaji Aliko Dangote stole $3.4 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received a petition against the wealthiest man in Africa. Ahmed Fahad, a social justice activist, added the petition to a letter to President Tinubu that POLITICS Nigeria received exclusively. It was signed by Jim Obazee, who was recently appointed by the President as a special investigator to look into the Central Bank of...

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