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Hearing on the appeal filed by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against an interim order by the Kogi State High Court restraining the commission from arresting, detaining, harassing, or prosecuting Yahaya Bello
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The Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) has declared a Ugandan, Dennis Aliga, wanted for fraud. The EFCC disclosed this on its X handle on Monday, 22 April 2024. According to the Commission, Aliga is wanted in an alleged case of obtaining money by pretenses and money laundering. Also, the 41-year-old is wanted for allegation of…
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A financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has urged the Federal Government to dissipate more effort in arresting and prosecuting politicians accused of looting the treasury.
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Arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, for alleged N80.2 billion fraud at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, will be held today.
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged 36 state governors and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, to provide the organisation with documents on the spending of trillions of naira allocations
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Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre has condemned the evasion of arrest by former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, amid serious allegations of fraud amounting to over N80 billion, breach of public trust and related offences reported by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress have called on all sitting Governors, former governors and politically exposed persons to stand against the unjust persecution of former Governor of Kogi State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (ONYC) and the Yoruba Youth Council (YYC) have lamented the constant breach of court orders in the country, calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to respect the subsisting court order and ensure that democratic tenets are not jeopardised with respect to the planned arrest of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello.
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Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced the investigation of 11 suspected oil thieves and one vessel, MT SAISNIL II, handed over to the commission by the Nigerian Navy, NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Lagos.
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Hundreds of human rights activists, yesterday, hit the streets of Lagos to condemn what they described as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) anti-democratic approaches to issues of law enforcement
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Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, has said despite his ordeal in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), his faith in Nigeria remains unshaken.
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Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have commenced an investigation of 11 suspected oil thieves and one vessel, MT SAISNIL II, handed over to the Commission by the Nigerian Navy, NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Lagos. The suspects are Jimoh Olusola, Akinrodoye Tobias, Idolor Ogun, Blessed Udoh Michael, Fineface…
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Dr. Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that the party would provide solutions to the challenges bedevilling the country. Ganduje stated this during the APC grand finale campaign and the presentation of party flags to the 11 local council chairmanship candidates, on Wednesday in Gombe. The News Agency…
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Nigerian chess master and founder, ‘Chess in Slums Africa’, Tunde Onakoya has returned to Nigeria after he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest time playing chess without losing a game. Onakoya broke the record of Norwegian players, Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56-hour, 9-minute in 2018. He made his…
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The Rivers Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Isaac Kamalu, resigned his appointment on Wednesday. He is the second commissioner to resign from the cabinet on Wednesday after Gov. Siminialaye Fubara, announced a slight cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday. The first to resign was Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. In the cabinet reshuffle, the governor…
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In furtherance of efforts to sanitize the mining sector, the federal government has revoked 924 dormant licences spanning exploration, mining, small-scale mining, and quarrying Licenses, six months after revoking 1,663 licences. The revocation licences include 528 exploration licenses; 20 mining licences; 101 quarry licenses, and 273 Small Scale Mining Licenses (SSML). Minister of Solid Minerals…
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Donning hijabs and floor-length abaya gowns over shorts and tank tops, Chinese students at an e-commerce school perform into a smartphone camera as they learn how to sell the clothes to overseas TikTok users. It is the final day of a two-week course on selling products abroad via the short video app -- which despite…
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said over 2.5 million Nigerian students have so far enrolled on its Tertiary Education, Research, Applications and Services (TERAS) platform. Executive Secretary of the Fund, Arc. Sonny Echono stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at the Second Registrar's workshop and 75th business meeting of the Association of Registrars of…
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Manchester City's Premier League title bid suffered a blow after Norway striker Erling Haaland was ruled out of Thursday's crucial clash at Brighton. Haaland missed City's 1-0 win over Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday due to a muscle injury sustained in the Champions League quarter-final exit against Real Madrid last…
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Palestinian militant group Hamas released on Wednesday a video of an Israeli-American man held hostage in Gaza and seen alive in the footage. Israeli media identified him as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was abducted from the Nova music festival in southern Israel during the Hamas attack on October 7. "I went to hang out with my…
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that a father has been arrested alongside his son who is a candidate by the Police for impersonating his son during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this while on an inspection tour of the UTME centres in…
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The Enugu State Government has banned all forms of illegal tolls and extortion of motorists by touts, warning that violators would face the full wrath of the law. The government also announced the cancellation of all existing produce and haulage revenue collection contracts by various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), saying those responsibilities would now…