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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office, has arrested one George Mbessey over allegation of conspiracy, abuse of office and diversion of public funds to the tune of N449.5 million. Mbessey, who is the Commandant, Benue State Vigilante Group, BSVG, was arrested by operatives of the EFCC on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Makurdi following a petition urging the Commission to investigate a case of alleged financial recklessness against the suspect. The petitioners stated that, the BSVG used to receive its official funding of N20 million monthly directly from the Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs…

Justice A.T. Mohammed of Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers on Thursday convicted and sentenced one Igweneme Moses (a.k.a. Griffith Doyle), to one year imprisonment for conspiracy and money laundering. The convict, who defrauded his victim, Chantai Meadery in February 2018 through a dating scam, with a promise of “building a future together” in Switzerland, was arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on July 23, 2019 on a 4-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and money laundering. One of the counts reads: “That you Igweneme Moses…

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday discharged 29 more coronavirus patients after they tested negative for the virus twice. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the COVID-19 Lagos Incident Commander disclosed that those discharged included 24 male and five female including two Indians. “Today, 29 COVID-19 Lagos patients; 24 males and five females, including two Indians were discharged from our Gbagada, Lekki, and Agidingbi Isolation facilities to reunite with the society. Lagos discharge 26 coronavirus patients “The patients, 20 from Gbagada, 6 from Lekki and 3 from Agidingbi Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19. “With this, the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 387 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Friday. The 387 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed cases to 9302. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 105 patients from isolation centers across the country with two new deaths reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with 254 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 4377. Nigeria announces 182 new coronavirus cases The Federal Capital Territory reported…

Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested days after George Floyd’s fatal arrest that sparked protests, rioting and outcry across the city and nation. On Friday, John Harrington, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, announced that Chauvin has been taken into custody in connection with the May 25 death. Chauvin is the former officer in the video seen around the world with his knee on Floyd’s neck. He’d been with Minneapolis police for 19 years. It was not immediately clear what the expected charges Chauvin could face are. On Monday at 8 p.m., Minneapolis police said…

Governor: We’ll Not Forget Your Sacrifice The supreme sacrifice by the frontline health and emergency workers in giving their all to the response in containing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Lagos State has been recognised by the State Government. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu honoured leaders of various medical teams deployed to all isolation facilities across the State, presenting them with plaques of honour in appreciation of their resolve to lay down their lives in the battle against the pandemic. The 10 health workers received the plaques at a simple ceremony held at the State House in Marina as part of the…

Africa Magic is partnering with Indomie noodles to offer DStv and GOtv customers an authentic African experience at home with the brand new show, Indomie Owambe Saturday, which will broadcast live on Africa Magic Urban (DStv Channel 153) and Africa Magic Family (DStv Channel 154 & GOtv Channel 2) from Saturday, 30th May 2020 for the next 10 weeks! “We are pleased to announce Indomie Owambe Saturday which serves as one of our initiatives to ensure that our viewers both young and old remain entertained at home during the current restrictions on public gathering. This brand-new show will broadcast live to our…

By Muhammadu Buhari Across the world, as countries and economies slowly reopen, Africa lags behind. We were last to experience the coronavirus—and we expect to be the final continent to flatten the curve. Some may say it is too early, that the crisis still too deep and the recovery too distant to dwell upon the future. But that is wrong. In times of global crisis it is critical to think of the life after, and how—through adversity—we can refashion the world around us. In this new, post-coronavirus age, Nigeria—and Africa, more broadly—wish to benefit the world, not be a drag…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the support of developed countries and international financial organisations to poorer countries will help to beat COVID-19. Buhari renewed the campaign for debt cancellation for African countries on Thursday during a virtual meeting for about 50 countries across the globe, convened by Canada, Jamaica and the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Speaking during the meeting, tagged “High-Level Event on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond”, President Buhari observed that global solidarity was the hope for humanity, adding that debt cancellation for African countries would help the human race to reverse the devastations of COVID-19. According…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over President Muhammadu Buhari’s fresh loan request of $5.5 billion from different international financial institutions. The party said that with the volume of foreign loans being accumulated by the administration, the nation and her people have been placed on the international auction market. In a statement on Thursday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, flayed the President’s decision to take a fresh $5.513 billion (N2.1 trillion) loan, in addition to an earlier $22.79 billion (N8.5 trillion). According to the PDP, the administration did not have operable repayment plans for…