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EFCC Arrests Fake Journalist, To Arraign Him For Extortion

EFCC Arrests Fake Journalist, To Arraign Him For Extortion

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a fake Journalist, Ernesto Chukwudum Chukwukamma for alleged extortion, impersonation and obtaining N2,000,000.00 ( Two Million Naira)  under false pretence to influence the investigation of the sum of $4,500,000,000.00 (Four Billion, Five Hundred Million United States Dollars)alleged  Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF, Fraud.  Chukwukamma, 63,  was arrested for allegedly threatening the life of a petitioner and receiving financial inducement  from him to stop the investigation of $4,500,000,000.00 alleged  Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF, Fraud.   The suspect allegedly presented himself to the petitioner as a journalist attached to the EFCC.  He also allegedly informed…
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NIHOTOUR Zonal Coordinator Warns Hotels, Amusement Parks, Others To Operate Within Legal Bounds, Or…

NIHOTOUR Zonal Coordinator Warns Hotels, Amusement Parks, Others To Operate Within Legal Bounds, Or…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi North-Central Zonal Coordinator, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), a Federal Government body, Madam Grace Ibu, has called on owners of hotels, tourism sites, night clubs and amusement parks to operate within the provisions of the law. Speaking during the matriculation ceremony for fresh intakes of the institute's 2024/2025 session, the Coordinator disclosed that there is an enabling law in place --the NIHOTOUR Establishment Act 2022 --which empowers NIHOTOUR to carry out such regulatory function, as Federal Government's apex training and regulatory body for the sector. "Our mandate is to train personnel, classify and register…
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How To Crown An Impostor

How To Crown An Impostor

By AZU ISHIEKWENE Burkinabe leader Ibrahim Traore is acting like a rock star. It’s not entirely his fault. He’s receiving a lot of help from dozens of social media users, especially TikTokers, who are desperate to anoint him as the best thing to come out of Burkina Faso since Thomas Sankara. Traore must be enjoying it, because even though he is pretending, he knows he’s not Sankara. He is an opportunist, happy to capitalise on the current frustration in his country and the Sahel for his benefit.A recent report by The Africa Report summarised Traore’s fictional character. “In dozens of…
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Alleged N3.1b Fraud: Final Witness Testifies Against Suswam, Former Benue

Alleged N3.1b Fraud: Final Witness Testifies Against Suswam, Former Benue

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 presented the Ninth and last Prosecution Witness, PW9, Ape Sunday against the former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan. The Commission is prosecuting Suswan alongside his then Commissioner of Finance, Omodachi Okolobia on amended 11-count charge, bordering on diversion of public funds to the tune of N3.1 billion (Three Billion, One Hundred Million) being part of the proceeds from the sale of the state government’s shares, held on its behalf by Benue Investment and Property Company Limited. During Wednesday proceedings, prosecuting counsel, A.O Atolagbe informed the court that the prosecution was presenting its ninth and the last of its witnesses, implying that it was closing its case with the testimony of the witness. The closing of its case with…
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Pictures of Nyesom Wike And Rivers State Administrator, Ibas, Surface Online

Pictures of Nyesom Wike And Rivers State Administrator, Ibas, Surface Online

Few hours after President Bola Tinubu imposed a state of emergency in Rivers State, sacked Governor Siminalayi Fubara and appointed Vice Admiral Ibas as Rivers State Administrator, pictures of the Naval officer and the Minister ov the FCT Nyesom Wike, has surfaced online. The pictures were likely taken when Wike was Rivers State Governor. As a general in the Nigerian Navy, Ibas undertook several duty tours across the country, especially in the riverine states. Wike has been a major player in the crisis that brought civil life to its knees. His main rival and one-time protégé Siminalayi Fubara is the…
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Trending Videos Of Kidnapping In Oyo, Old Cases -Police

Trending Videos Of Kidnapping In Oyo, Old Cases -Police

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State Police Command has debunked reports of videos of kidnapping in the state, describing the latest trending videos as rehash of those hoisted by a popular broadcaster, Origami Hamzat, in the past. The police, therefore, warned those sharing such videos to desist from causing panic in the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr. Adewale Osifeso, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), in a statement on Monday, March 17, said the Command was poised to defend the state, despite all odds. "The Oyo State Police Command wishes to address and clarify the…
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Embattled Lagos Assembly Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, Resigns

Embattled Lagos Assembly Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, Resigns

The embattled Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Lasbat Mojisola Meranda has resigned from her post after serving 49 days in office. Other principal officers of the Assembly, including the Chief Whip and his Deputy, the Majority Leader and his Deputy also resigned. A new set of leaders where also elected by voice votes after the resignation. Meranda, in her resignation speech, appreciated her colleagues for their gallantry. She said her resignation was to allow for peace in the tumultuous Assembly where the impeached Speaker Mudashiru Obasa was laying hold to the office. The 44 year-old former…
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More Feathers To The Cap Of The People’s Governor, Dr Peter Ndubuisi Mbah.

More Feathers To The Cap Of The People’s Governor, Dr Peter Ndubuisi Mbah.

Dateline, 29 April, 2025. The brand new magnificent Enugu State International Conference Centre was the venue of the 14th Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance with the theme "The Imperative Of Good Governance: Nigeria in a Global Comparative Perspective", and organised by the Board of Youth Affairs International Foundation. The event was a Spectacle of immense didactic importance with great minds in attendance. The Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku was the Star of the day, the former Military Governor of the Old Imo State, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Major General…
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Commonwealth Ex-Scribe, Anyaoku, Lauds Mbah For ‘Genuinely, Quietly Transforming’ State

Commonwealth Ex-Scribe, Anyaoku, Lauds Mbah For ‘Genuinely, Quietly Transforming’ State

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has described Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State as an epitome of good governance. According to him, the governor was genuinely and quietly transforming the South-Eastern state. Anyaoku, however, stressed that visionary leadership and speedy development, such as being witnessed in Enugu State under Mbah, would become a mere routine with a genuine federal constitution. The diplomat spoke at the 14th Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance, themed 'The Imperative of Good Governance: Nigeria in a Global Comparative perspective', organised by the board of Youth…
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Ex-Gov Obiano’s Trial: Witness Denies Knowledge Of N860m Allegedly Lodged In His Account

Ex-Gov Obiano’s Trial: Witness Denies Knowledge Of N860m Allegedly Lodged In His Account

The Tenth Prosecuting Witness, PW10,   Udochukwu Okparache, in the ongoing trial of former Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that he was not aware of a total sum of N860m ( Eight Hundred and Sixty Million Naira) lodged in his company`s account by the Anambra State government. Okparache, a general contractor and owner of Youdooh Ventures Limited, made the disclosure while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, stating that when he inquired from his account officer to confirm to him what…
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