THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one of its operatives, Abdulrahman Mohammed Biu, who is a Deputy Detective Superintendent for allegedly collecting $150,000 (about N45 million) from some military officers currently under investigation for their involvement in the arms procurement scam. He promised to give the unnamed seven military officers soft landing to […]
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A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday granted bail to the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, in the sum of N300m with two sureties in like sum. The total bail sum is N600m. Olisa Metuh, who was in Kuje prison was arraigned on Thursday before the […]
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Three suspected members of a goat-stealing syndicate have been arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court. Ojo Gbenga, Basiru Adebayo and Aderiye Adekunle were accused by the police of stealing 10 she-goats. They were arrested by the police on Saturday when they were stopped in transit by the public after their car hit a commercial […]
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NIGERIA Senate Joint Committee investigated the alleged disappearance of the 2016 budget document from the upper chamber on Wednesday quizzed five members of staff of the National Assembly. According to Punchng, The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, and another member of the committee, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, […]
Read More THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a former Chairman of Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Mr. Felix Tangwami, for a N982m alleged fraud. The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Wednesday that that the former council boss was arraigned before Justice […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Haliru Bello and his son, Abba, to the tune of N600m. Justice Ahmed Mohammed ordered the duo to pay N300million each, as well as produce two sureties each, in like sum. Whereas the […]
Read More THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on Tuesday arrested the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh. Metuh was picked up at his residence, located at Drive One, Prince and Princess Estate in the Games Village area of Abuja. Our correspondent gathered that four officials of the commission arrived at […]
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Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Haliru Bello Mohammed and his son, Abbah Mohammed, will be arraigned on January 5, next year. The Nation learnt yesterday that the decision by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to delay their arraignment till early next year was informed by Bello’s ill-health. It was learnt that Bello, […]
Read More Nigerian government yesterday filed a fresh six count criminal charge against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu before Justice A.R Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Another judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the same court had last week Thursday discharged and acquitted Kanu of the charge preferred against […]
Read More Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Mohammad Sambo Dasuki was on Monday arraigned for alleged diversion of public funds estimated at N32 billion, The Nation report. Also arraigned were the ex-Director of Finance in the office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu, ex-Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa and two companies. Dasuki, Salisu, […]
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