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The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Ejike Chinedu Euneoha before Justice Hannatu A.L Balogun on one count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence. Ejike’s trouble started when one Utazi Romanus Ejiofor petitioned the Command, alleging that sometime in 2014, he informed the defendant of his intention to start importing goods and requested if he could link him up with a contact in China. Ejike offered to link him with an in-law residing in China and even called the said in-law who spoke with the petitioner on phone. After the…

Justice Tijani Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of the sum of N2,700,000,000 (Two Billion, Seven Hundred Thousand Naira) recovered from the account of Spiralfoss Limited. Justice Ringim gave the order, following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Moving the application on Friday, September 10, 2021, the prosecution counsel, Chinenye Okezie, told the Court that the money was domiciled in Fidelity Bank Plc account number 5080102755. Okezie also sought the forfeiture of a black bulletproof Audi Model ABL W12 Quatro with registration number BDG529GJ…

An Ilorin based 24-year old Aluminum Fabricator, Adelokun Adedoyinsola Olamide and two others have been sentenced to various jail terms over offences bordering on love scam. The two others are Omotosho Kudus, 27 and one Arikewuyo Muhammed, 23. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC prosecuted the three convicts on separate charge before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. They pleaded guilty to their charge. Upon their pleas, counsel to the EFCC, Sesan Ola, drew the attention of the court to the plea bargain agreements entered by the defendants,…

The Senate on Wednesday passed two bills that will see the establishment of a federal university and teaching hospital in Ekiti and Nasarawa States, respectively. The bills are Federal University of Health and Medical Sciences Iyin, Ekiti State (Establishment) Bill, 2021, and Federal University Lafia Teaching Hospital (Establishment) Bill, 2021. Both bills are sponsored by Senators Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), and Tanko Al-Makura (APC, Nasarawa South). The passage of both bills followed the presentation and consideration of two separate reports by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC, Kwara Central), in…

Iran on Wednesday resumed commercial flights to neighbouring Afghanistan, where the Taliban took control last month. “Today Mahan Air carried passengers between Mashhad and Kabul airport,” Fars news agency reported, referring to Iran’s second-largest city, in the northeast, and the Afghan capital. “At present, this airliner is returning to Mashhad with passengers.” It was the first such flight between the two countries since the return of the Taliban to power on August 15. The Iranian civil aviation agency had announced the interruption of flights to Kabul on August 16 for security reasons. Commercial flights resume in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover…

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Tuesday replaced the chief public prosecutor who had been seeking charges against him as a suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis. Moise was shot dead on July 7 when assassins stormed his private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince. The 53-year old had been governing by decree for more than a year after Haiti failed to hold legislative and municipal elections amid a political gridlock and had faced many calls to step down. His death has left Haiti in an even deeper constitutional and…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has sworn in Agom Jarigbe as Senator to represent Cross River North Senatorial District. The newly sworn-in Senator took the oath of office today at about 11:19am immediately after the commencemnt of the plenary session. The Clerk of the Senate, Barr. Ibrahim Dauda El-ladan, issued the oath of office to the Senator. Jarigbe’s swearing-in comes after a Court of Appeal in Calabar on July 30, 2021, ruled in his favour, declaring him the winner of the December 5th, 2020, Cross River North Senatorial By-election. FG ready to grant amnesty to repentant bandits – Minister…

Following the bombardment of bandit camps by the Nigerian Armed Forces, the Federal Government has stated that it is ready to listen to repentant bandits and settle them without cost, so as to tackle the threat of insecurity and insurgency ravaging the Northwest effectively. The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, said this on Tuesday in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “With all pleasure, anybody willing to surrender and do it honourably and honestly; the government is ready to listen. The government is ready to see what they can do to settle them down without much cost,” he said.…

An Anglican priest, Rev Emeka Merenu, has been gruesomely murdered by a group of armed men in his parsonage at Iheteukwa, Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State. According to church member, the priest was killed on Tuesday morning over an unconfirmed report that he had brought in soldiers to secure the Church and School under his supervision. The source also added that the assailants burnt his car after killing him. “Everybody is sad at the moment and afraid for their lives.” he said. “Not only that he is from Nkwerre, he was the second runner up to the current…

By Deyemi Saka Zamfara State has been in the news for the past 6-8 years as being the hotbed of banditry in the country, it seems the insecurity which had plagued the State will remain unresolved as it had defied all efforts at tackling it. At least, so it seems until Gov. Bello Matawalle demonstrated the much-needed political will, and leadership in putting an end to this huge embarrassment to the State and Nigeria as a whole. Zamfara was a killing field especially during the 8-year administration of former governor Abdulaziz Yari. During those dark days, the only presence of…