The Senate has passed a bill seeking to amend the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013, and to prohibit the payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria. The passage of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. The report was…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 arrested thirty suspected internet fraudsters in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The suspects, comprising of twenty-eight males and two females were arrested at different locations in Ado-Ekiti based on credible intelligence obtained by the Command. They are Godspower Falodun, Omoniyi Pelumi, Victor Damilola, Akerele Olugbenga,…
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has urged political parties to make drug integrity test part of the screening requirements for aspirants seeking to contest political offices in the 2023 elections on their platforms. The Chairman also stated that a letter has been written to…
A wire fraud suspect, Adedunmola Gbadegesin was on Tuesday April 26, 2022, extradited to the United States where he is wanted in a case of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The offence contravenes Title 18, US Code, Section 1349 and 1956 (h) and carries a maximum jail term of 20 years. His…
Former Governor of Ogun state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, has notified the Senate of his intention to contest for president in the 2023 general elections. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read out Amosun’s letter at the opening of plenary on Wednesday. According to the letter, the lawmaker says official declaration of…
Deputy Minority Whip of the Senate, Ibrahim Danbaba, has decamped from the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmaker’s decision to join to the APC was conveyed in a letter read at the start of plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday. Danbaba, who represents Sokoto…
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has requested technology company, Huawei, to establish a global ICT centre for the training of Nigerians and Africans. He made the request during the kick-off of the implementation of the Federal Government and Huawei Memorandum of Understanding aimed at providing ICT skills to…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Fidelis Poor, a member of a syndicate who allegedly connived to defraud a first Class Traditional Ruler in Kwara State, His Royal Highness Idris Sero Abubakar, to the tune of N33,399,999. Poor, 30, who hails from Stwue in Konshisha Local…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja lauded the entrepreneurial spirit and doggedness of the President of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote and urged Nigerians in business to emulate this iconic figure, to enable the country witness real economic growth and development. While receiving the President of DIL and Board members of Dangote Group…
Billionaire drug baron behind the N3billion Tramadol deal involving the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team IRT, Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. According to a statement released on Monday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, Ukatu who…