A former staff of the defunct All States Trust Bank, Adonye Roberts, on June 17, 2016 told a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Gudu, Abuja, that a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, illegally operated an account with the bank in the name of Ebenezer Retnan Ventures, ERV, with the aim of concealing…
An internet fraudster also called Yahoo Boy has been sentenced by Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Justice H.A. Nganjiwa, on Friday, sentenced the fraudster, Frank Emem, to 10 years imprisonment for internet-related offenses. The judge found him guilty of two-count of obtaining money by false pretences brought against him by the…
The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Waziri Adio, has expressed the readiness of his agency to collaborate with the EFCC, in tackling corruption in the Nigeria by reporting serious infractions that violate the country’s constitution. Adio made this disclosure on Friday, June 17, 2016 during a courtesy visit to the acting Chairman…
Justice Fatun Riman of a Federal High Court, Kano, on June 9, 2016, granted the application of the EFCC, to try a former Skye Bank staff, Yagana Bukar, in absentia. Bukar was arraigned by the EFCC on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering. The accused was first brought before the court in October 2013…
There was pandemonium in Osun State on Friday when some rival groups of thugs clashed at Egbatedo area of the state. It was gathered that scores of residents were seriously injured while properties worth millions of Naira, including vehicles were badly destroyed in the melee. According to reports, a notorious gang of thugs from Itakogun…
On Wednesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, announced the floating of the country’s currency, Naira. Since then, several people have asked the meaning and implication of the new policy. Here are eight implications of the new regime as copied from a forum called Naijahottestgist, which we felt our readers can draw something from. 1)…
A street in Lagos has been named after popular Benue State-born musician, Innocent Idibia, otherwise known as 2Face. The singer made the announcement on Friday to his fans via his Instagram account. He also shared a photograph of him standing in front of the street sign post that reads ‘Innocent Idibia Street.’ 2Face thanked Haven…
No fewer than 18 persons were reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday night in Kuda-Kaya village of Madagali, Adamawa State. A local police authority was said to have disclosed this information on Friday to Xinhua. It was said that the incident took place precisely around 10pm on Thursday. Xinhua…
A taxi driver based in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State, Iseuru Ekpe, has been dragged before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly beating up a policeman. Ekpe was arraigned on Friday for an alleged unlawful assault. According to the prosecutor, Inspector Tony Elibeh, the accused committed the offence on June 13…
A student who claimed to be a pastor has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court in Osun. The convict, Akintunde Olatunde, 28, was said to have committed the said crime on June 10 at about 5:00 p.m., in Omobolanle area of Osogbo. According to the prosecutor, Inspector Fagboyinbo Abiodun, Olatunde,…