CJ raises the alarm as N11.4bn contract fraud rocks Bauchi judiciary
The Bauchi State Judiciary is currently rocked with alleged N11.4 billion fraudulent contractual agreements perpetrated by some court workers in the state. The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Rabi Umar, said the judiciary had began investigation of some staff of the High Court who engaged in fraudulent contractual relationships with various companies worth N11.4 billion, without the knowledge of...
2023: Miyetti Allah denies endorsing Tinubu for Presidency
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has not endorsed Asiwaju Bola Tinubu or any presidential aspirant for the 2023 General Election. The National Secretary of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. Ngelzarma said the association respects the aspirations of all presidential aspirants, although it is not yet time to...
N1.4bn fraud: EFCC chair provides evidence in Nadebo Energy MD’s trial
The trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4 billion fraud before Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, continued on Tuesday. It was the continuation of cross-examination of the fifth prosecution witness (PW5), the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. Peters and his...
Presidency mocks Ortom, says gov has record of unpaid salaries
The Presidency has mocked Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue, calling him a failed politician who currently holds the country’s longest record of unpaid salaries and pensions. It stated that Ortom has no reason to blame President Muhammadu Buhari for the mess in which he put his state and its workers. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,...
Court jails internet fraudsters in Lagos
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday, sentenced one Ahmed Adesanya to six months imprisonment for internet fraud. Similarly, the EFCC on Tuesday secured the conviction and sentencing of one Dadeowo Hassan before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Justice Taiwo sentenced Adesanya after he pleaded guilty to...
Man bags life sentence for defiling three-year-old neighbour
The Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced one Sunday Oyedele to life imprisonment for defiling three-year-old neighbour (name withheld). Oyedele was sentenced by Justice Abiola Soladoye on Tuesday on one-count charge of defilement. The prosecution team, Olusola Soneye, Arinola Momoh-Ayokanbi, and Olufunke Adegoke, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at the...
MPC: CBN retains monetary policy parameters
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday retained the country’s Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 11.5 per cent. At the end of the first MPC meeting in 2022, the CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, announced that the committee also unanimously agreed to retain all other monetary policy parameters. The Cash Reserved Ratio (CRR) was, thus,...
Reps concur with Senate on consensus, pass Electoral Act Amendment Bill
The House of Representatives has passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, thereby, agreeing with the Senate on consensus as part of the three modes of conducting party primaries by political parties. In a brief deliberation on Tuesday in Abuja, the House of Representatives amended the controversial Clause 84 of the Bill. The Clause 84 deals with the mode of primary election...
FG pushes for fuel subsidy removal after Buhari’s exit
*Sylva mulls 18-month extension Following engagements with stakeholders, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an extension for the implementation of fuel subsidy removal. Already, the Federal Government is proposing a shift in the implementation of subsidy removal by 18 months. By implication, the next administration will implement the policy. President Buhari will leave office on May 29, 2023; 16 months away from now. Minister of...
Alleged $9.8m fraud: Court decides ex-NNPC GMD’s fate March 31
Former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu, will on March 31st knows his fate in the $9.8 million fraud charge filed against him. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed date for judgment. Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed the date after counsel to the EFCC, Farouk Abdullah, and the defence lawyer, Ahmed...
