DSS bursts syndicate that trails people to banks to rob them
The Department of State Services (DSS), Kano State Command, has arrested three suspected members of a notorious syndicate that specialises in trailing people to banks to rob them after withdrawing money from the banks. The Director of DSS in the state, Mr. Alhassan Muhammad, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Friday in Kano, adding that the criminals had been terrorising...
Expanding the frontiers of relations between Nigeria and France
It is possible that the first contact was made in 1601 between the French and the peoples of “Guinee” – the name for the lands we know today as Nigeria. Only a few years before, the then Protestant King of France Henry had devised a plan for adventurer Francois Pyrard de Laval to navigate the “Ethiopian Sea”, then onwards...
EFCC arrests fraudster who bought $150,000 land from Cubana Group
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Command, have arrested Precious Ofure Omonkhoa for an alleged $200,000 bitcoin investment scam. Upon his arrest, the suspect confessed to have laundered the proceeds of his fraudulent activities by purchasing a piece of land worth $150,000 through bitcoin from CASA-Cubana, a project being run by the Cubana Group. The sum of $50,000 was found in his bitcoin wallet. Omonkhoa was arrested on...
FIIRO ex-DG arraigned for certificate fraud, remanded in Kirikiri
Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday remanded Chima Igwe, a former Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) for alleged certificate fraud. Solebo held that Igwe should be kept at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending perfection of bail she granted him in the sum of N500,000 and two sureties in like sum. Igwe...
Missing Vanguard reporter’s body found at Wuse General Hospital
The Nigeria Police have said that the body of the missing Vanguard Newspaper reporter, Tordue Salem was found at the Wuse General Hospital Mortuary in Abuja. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr. Frank Mba, announced this at a news conference briefing in Abuja on Friday. The Vanguard journalist was reported missing on October 13. Mba aid the body of the reporter was...
Andy Uba: Why I rejected Anambra governorship election result
The Senator Andy Uba Campaign Organisation has explained why it rejected the result of the just-concluded Anambra governorship election, held on November 6. Spokesperson for the organisation, Mr. Jerry Ugokwe, in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, described the election as a charade, saying that the result did not reflect the wishes of the people of Anambra. “Our popular candidate,...
Nigeria’s restructuring’ll determine fate of 2023 elections – Afenifere
The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has stated that the Yoruba nation will demand substantial restructuring of Nigeria before any election could be held in 2023. Acting leader of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, told newsmen in Lagos that Afenifere will persuade Yoruba not to be lured into fraudulent lies of any elections in 2023, in the absence of a restoration...
Femi Adesina mocks Buhari’s critics: The market is over
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has mocked critics of the administration, telling them that the market is over. Adesina in an article titled ‘They said nothing was happening...how about these?’ lampooned critics who over the years have not seen anything good the President has done except the security challenges in the country. He...
Alleged N1.6bn fraud: EFCC grills, detains ex-Governor Igbinedion
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has grilled and detained a former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinedion, over alleged criminal diversion of public funds to the tune of N1.6 billion. It was learnt that the ex-governor was grilled by detectives at EFCC headquarters in Jabi, Abuja on Thursday. The former governor reportedly arrived the commission’s headquarters at about 2p.m. and...
UBA raises $300m through GMTN programme
United Bank for Africa Plc has successfully raised $300 million through its recently announced Global Medium Term Note (GMTN) programme. The Global Offering represents five-year senior unsecured notes (144A/Reg S) listed on the London Stock Exchange and was the first issue out of the newly established $1.5 billion GMTN Programme, established in November 2021. The bank stated that the senior notes,...
