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Jul

09

2026

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Alleged N1.32bn Money Laundering: EFCC Arraigns Former MD Of Port Harcourt Refinery

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Mr. Ahmed Adamu Dikko, former Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refining Company Ltd (PHRC), before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Nikko was arraigned on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering. The charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/360/2026 and dated and filed on June 22 by the Commission's counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, SAN, listed Dikko and Masterpiece Projects & Investment Limited as first and second defendants respectively. Dikko, who led the Port Harcourt Refining Company for about four years, pleaded not guilty to a 12-count charge filed against him by the…

Jul

05

2026

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Gbajabiamila On The Crucifix

Column, Opinion

By FESTUS ADEDAYO The late Chief Joseph Folahan (JF) Odunjo left behind an allegory that perfectly mirrors today’s most notorious national scandal. It explains the infamy surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila and allegedly self-appointed DG of Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, (PEAC) Adeniyi Adeyemi. Celebrated for his indigenous production of knowledge, Odunjo’s most imperishable legacy remains his role as a writer and educator. His iconic Yoruba children's literature, the Alawiye (Careful Explainer) series, served as foundational texts for primary school pupils from the 1960s through the 1980s. These books…

Jun

18

2026

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Witness Tells Court How Alleged Romance Scammer Defrauded Woman of $41,000

BREAKING

OUR REPORTERThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Directorate, on Thursday opened its case against an alleged romance scammer, Edidiong Nsidore James, with its first witness detailing how the defendant allegedly defrauded a foreign woman of $41,000. Testifying before Justice Maurine Oyetenu of the Federal High Court in Uyo, Deputy Superintendent of the EFCC, Unyime P. Moses, said investigators uncovered evidence of the alleged fraud from the defendant's mobile phones. According to the witness, forensic examination of the devices revealed extensive communications between James and the victim, identified as Elizabeth, whom he allegedly addressed affectionately as “My Everything.”…

Jun

11

2026

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Alleged N2b Fraud: Witness Details How Ex-Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika Used Ethiopian Airlines As Fake ‘Air Nigeria’

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OUR REPORTER A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, Mr. Christopher Odofin, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, told Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court Abuja how Sirika allegedly passed off an aircraft belonging to Ethiopian Airline as that of the promised Nigeria Air by the government of the late President Muhammadu Buhari. The decoy aircraft, adorned with the livery of the promised Nigeria Air, found its way on the tarmac of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on May 27, 2023, being three days to the expiration of the…

Jun

07

2026

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From Skepticism To Statesmanship: Why Enugu West Should Support Senator Osita Ngwu’s Return to the Senate In 2027

Opinion

THE HERO'S JOURNEY By ANAYO AGU Every generation produces individuals who, through courage, conviction, commitment, service, sacrifice, and accomplishment, rise above ordinary expectations and become symbols of collective beliefs, values, and aspirations. History remembers such individuals not merely because they occupied positions of authority, but because they transformed challenges into opportunities and left their communities stronger than they found them. Such individuals are called heroes because they embody the ideals, morals, and evolving history, traditions, culture, hopes, and aspirations of their people. In literature, mythology, and history, this transformation is often described as the hero's journey: the timeless story of…

Jun

07

2026

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Jun

07

2026

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Can Innovative Developers Like COPEN Group Bridge The South-East’s Affordable Housing Gap?

Opinion

(Also published in Sunday New Telegraph of June 7, 2026) By SHEDDY OZOENE Last week in Enugu, a promotional campaign by COPEN Group caught my attention. The housing development company was advertising an upcoming forum on affordable homeownership, promising solutions to one of the most persistent challenges facing not only Enugu State but the entire South-East region: access to affordable housing. The housing forum, themed "A Home for Every Dream, A House for Every Pocket" is scheduled to hold next Tuesday at the Amadeo Event Centre in Enugu. Millions of residents trapped by the high cost of owning a home,…

Jun

04

2026

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N2.9m Crypto Fraud: Court Jails Man 10 Years

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Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 convicted and sentenced one businessman, Bukar Ahmed Shuwa to ten years imprisonment. The convict was arraigned on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one -count amended charge for the offence of cheating to the tune of N2,950,000.00 (Two Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira). The charge reads: "That you, Bukar Ahmed Shuwa sometimes in the year 2024 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court fraudulently…

Jun

04

2026

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Non-Interest Banking Key to Closing $42bn Women Financing Gap in Africa — Alternative Bank Regional Head

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By SAMUEL CHUKWUKA Lagos — Dr Felicia Tamuno, Institutional Banking Lead at The Alternative Bank, Nigeria’s leading non-interest financial institution, has called for a major shift in Africa’s banking system, urging greater adoption of non-interest and ethical finance models to bridge the massive financing gap facing women entrepreneurs. Speaking at the African Women in Banking and Finance Conference & Awards 2026, Tamuno said traditional interest-based lending models, which rely heavily on fixed asset collateral, property titles, and long credit histories, continue to exclude millions of women operating in the informal and semi-formal sectors.“Many women-led businesses remain locked out of formal finance despite their enormous…

May

31

2026

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Three Years On The Saddle: The Governor Peter Mbah Scorecard That Is A Tall Order

Column

By NWOBODO ONYEKWERE Long before I joined the Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah team, I had once predicted, on record, that, by the time Governor Peter Mbah would be out of office in eight years, there would be no basis for comparison, between his government and any other before it, in Enugu, including the much vaunted Sullivan Chime regime! I didn't mince words; in fact I was, quite unusually , so unequivocal in my assertion that Chime's records "would be a child's play…" by the time Barrister Mbah would've ended his tour of duty as it were, as Governor. That I…