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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Saturday arrested the Special Adviser to Governor Bala Mohammed on Civil Service and Labour Matters, Mr. Abdon Dalla Gin for alleged vote buying. It was gathered that after casting his vote, the EFCC allegedly found the sum of N1.5 million in Dalla’s car. Dalla is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party as is the governor. Dallas who was a former Head of Service was arrested at his “Social Welfare” Polling Unit in Dass at the ongoing Dass State Constituency by-election held in Bauchi state and handed over to the Divisional Headquarters…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 3, 2020, arraigned one Chinwe Odoemelam, before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court, Umuahia, Abia State for obtaining by trick and falsely parading herself as contractor with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). She was arraigned by the Uyo Zonal Office of the Commission alongside her company, Flourish Global Services International Limited on a five-count charge, bordering on forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N4,500,000.00 (Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira). One of the charges read, “That you, Chinwe Odoemelam (“F”), being the director of…

The ongoing trial of Paul Usoro, SAN, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, continued today, December 4, 2020, with the second prosecution witness, PW2, Abdulrahman Rabo, revealing to Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how the defendant had paid the sum of N65m into the account of Uwemedimo Nwoko, Attorney General, Akwa Ibom State. Usoro was first arraigned on December 18, 2018 before Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court. He was later re-arraigned on March 1, 2019 before Justice Aikawa on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering to…

Justice Olatunde H. Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, Lagos has convicted and sentenced one Obasemola Samuel to one year imprisonment for over N30m fraud. The convict was first arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 16, 2017 on an 18-count charge bordering on forgery, impersonation, use of false document, stealing and inducing delivery of money by false pretence, to which he pleaded “not guilty”. He was later re-arraigned on amended one-count charge of forgery on September 10, 2020. Samuel’s travail began, following a petition received by the Commission from…

The United States government on Friday removed all visa reciprocity fees for Nigerians citizens, an official of the Nigeria’s foreign ministry has said. Ferdinand Nwonye, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja said the action by the US was taken after Nigeria removed same for US citizens. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to inform that the United States Government has removed all visa reciprocity fees for Nigerian citizens seeking visas to the United States. “The positive development is in line with the removal of excess visa application, processing and biometric fees for United States citizens applying for…

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, December 4, 2020 adjourned the trial of Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, son of Abdulrashed Maina, former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) till December 8, 2020 after his counsel, Francis Oransanye, informed the court that he had withdrawn his legal services to the defendant. Because of the absence of legal representation for the defence, prosecution counsel, M.S. Abubakar asked the court to foreclose the right of the defendant for a defence to the testimonies against him. In granting the prayer, the judge stated that he was foreclosing the defendant’s…

The Council of Ullammas and some Jumma’at Mosque Immams in Kano have endorsed the candidature of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidential election. The Imams and the Ullammas believe that it is time for payback for what the Jagaban did to one of their own, President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, whom they alluded, “had tried severally to clinched the Presidency but failed not until Tinubu joined forces with him in 2015.” The visit of the former governor of Lagos, who was in Kano to attend a wedding Fatiha, Friday, however,…

A little over five years ago, Rilwan Babatunde, then 18, was a barbershop apprentice in the Egbeda area of Lagos. In between watching his boss give haircuts to customers, the teenager flirted with boxing, sparring with other boxers in the neighbourhood. Then came one morning in February 2015. Rilwan had arrived the Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame Gym along with over a hundred boxers, who came to what could pass for an audition of amateur boxers for the professional cadre. The audition was the first edition of GOtv Boxing NextGen Search, an initiative just launched to unearth talented young boxers…

Nigerian billionaire and former presidential aspirant, Harry Akande, died on Saturday aged 77, family sources say. The Agba Oye of Ibadanland, died after a brief illness, his family said in a statement in Ibadan. Spokesman for the family, Olumide Akande, described the death of the business mogul as a huge shock to the family, friends and associates. The deceased, according to him, was “an astute businessman of international repute whose legacy and influence cut across continents.” He added: ”But by far his greatest passion was for a better Nigeria that guaranteed equity and justice for all. It is our fervent…

The Lagos State Police Command has exempted the West African Examination Council officials (supervisors) and candidates who will be involved in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates scheduled to hold on Saturday 5th December, 2020, from the restriction of movement order between 6am and 6pm of the date due to the bye elections of the Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe 11 Constituency of the Lagos State House of Assembly slated for Saturday 5th December, 2020. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, made the declaration today after due consultation with relevant stakeholders…