Foremost Elder statesman, Olu Falae, said on Sunday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, did not order him to return the N100 million he collected from former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tony Anenih as being speculated. Falae, who is the National Chairman of the Social…
Embattled former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, well known as Tompolo, has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over an alleged plan to kill and implicate him (Tompolo) by some new members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa and Delta States. Tompolo, who has a bench warrant on his, claimed that the defectors from the Peoples…
Former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, commonly known as Tompolo, says he has no hand in the bombing of oil facilities in Delta State on Friday morning. Some suspected militants had attacked Escravos gas pipeline in the Warri area of Delta State barely 24 hours after a court in Lagos directed the police to…
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says its men are now required to declare their assets as part of measures to promote transparency. A statement signed on Friday by the Public Relations Officer of the service, Wale Adeniyi, on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ibrahim Ali, disclosed that all “Officers are to comply…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been directed to beam its searchlight on the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to 2015. This order was given by President Muhammadu Buhari in a press statement issued on Friday in Abuja by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu. According…
Barely 24 hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered the arrest of former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, some suspected hoodlums blew up strategic pipelines in Warri South West local government area of Delta State. Tompolo failed to show up in court on Thursday when he was supposed…
National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, has been remanded in Kuje Prisons by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Metuh was arraigned on Friday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged fraud linking him with the $2.1 billion arms deal scandal. The opposition’s spokesman was brought…
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has been invited to appear before the Senate next Tuesday to answer questions concerning the increasing Naira depreciation lately. At the parallel market, the Nigerian currently sells above N300 to a Dollar and this has given many concerned citizens sleepless nights, including the lawmakers. As…
Immediate past president of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was on Thursday, January 14, 2016, recognised in the United States of America, USA, by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, SCLC, in Atlanta, Georgia. The SCLC was founded by the late American Civil Rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Jonathan also had the opportunity to meet…
Former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, appeared in court with the help of a walking stick. Akpobolokemi was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged fraudulent land deal of the Nigerian Maritime University. He was arrested by the agency in December 2015. At a…