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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office has commenced investigations into allegations of misappropriation of funds to the tune of N42 million, involving an aide of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hembah (retired). Hembah, who is Governor Ortom’s Special Adviser on Security Matters allegedly abused his office on July 12, 2019 when he transferred a sum of N42 million from the official account of his office to his personal bank account and withdrew the same in cash the same day. The said sum was meant for disbursement to Benue State Vigilante Group, BSVG.…

Justice Anwuli Chikere of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the interim forfeiture of $228,428.16 and N120, 546,042.02 including a property located at Plot No. 3004 Cadastral Zone E05, Aviation Village, District Abuja recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from retired Air Vice Marshal (AVM), Salu Atawodi, Atawodi Winnie and Vector Integrated Services Ltd. The property and monies were traced to AVM Salu Atawodi, Atawodi Winnie and Vector Integrated Services Ltd in an application brought by the Commission, seeking an interim forfeiture order of the sum and the property recovered by the Commission and…

Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has been suspended for one match by the Football Association over a post on social media about coronavirus. Alli, 24, put a video on Snapchat in February in which he joked about the outbreak and appeared to mock an Asian man. The England international has also been fined £50,000 and ordered to under take an education course. He will miss Spurs’ match at home to Manchester United on 19 June. The video posted by Alli showed him wearing a face mask in an airport lounge, before moving the camera to show a man of Asian appearance,…

On June 9 and 10, 2020, TheCable blog published two stories on an imaginary rift between national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Governor of Osun state and Interior Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. It would have been better to ignore these stories completely for the cheap gossip, innuendos, fabrications and speculations they contain. However, it is best to set the records straight so that TheCable’s version of events isn’t referenced someday as the truth in a world where digital footprints are fast becoming everyone’s archives. Those of us who care about elevating public…

Sony is holding an online event later today to give us our first look at the PlayStation 5 games. The company has already revealed the PlayStation 5’s specs but hasn’t announced its price yet. However, the gaming console was listed on Amazon UK with a price tag of £599.99 ($760/€670), and while most of the listing is obviously a placeholder, the price is too specific for it to be random. What gives it even more credibility is that the listing was pulled down since. Some watchful shoppers took these screenshots that show the PlayStation 5 will come with 2TB storage…

…As Lawan charges Committees on appropriate implementation of projects The Senate on a Thursday passed the sum N10.805 trillion as revised 2020 budget for the fiscal year. The passage followed consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on the Appropriation Act (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Accordingly, out of the sum of N10,805,544,664,642 to be issued from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, N422,775,979,362 is for Statutory transfers; N2,951,710,000,000 is for Debt Service; N4,942,269,251,934 is for Recurrent (Non-Debt) Expenditure; and N2,488,789,433,344 is for contribution to the Development Fund for Capital Expenditure . President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, in his remarks…

The Nigerian senate has confirmed Honourable Justice M.B. Dongban-Mensem as the President of the Court of Appeal. The Senate on Tuesday received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of the Acting President of the Court of Appeal, Monica Dongban-Mensem. Hon. Justice M.B. Dongban-Mensem is confirmed as the Honorable President of the Court of Appeal.#TodayInSenatePlenary — The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) June 11, 2020 The request was contained in a letter read on the floor during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. The letter from the President reads: “Pursuant to Section 238(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the…

Jason Njoku, Chief Executive Officer of popular entertainment television channel, IrokoTv, has described the 6th Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Code as a regulation that arose from the incompetence of dark forces and will kill the country’s pay television industry. Njoku made his view known in a series of tweets on Wednesday. The code was released to the public by the NBC on 27 May. According to Njoku, certain provisions of the code, which prohibit exclusivity, compel content sub-licensing to competitors and empower the NBC to determine sub-licensing fees will discourage investment in local content production. He noted that platforms such…

The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of 17 internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital and three in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The 17 convicts, sentenced on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, to varying degrees of jail terms for impersonation by Justices Mohammed Abubakar and Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, are: Olofuntuyi Ayofemi Ishola, Maja Toheeb, Laleye Olaoluwa, Janta Oluwafolabomi, Ashaba Franklin Unuagbon, Daniel Stephen Temitope, Yusuf Ayuba, Malojuekun Oluwatobi and Aladejobi Adeshola. Others include: Faniyi Jamiu Olalekan, Adegbamigbe Oluwabiyi Emmanuel, Oni Temidayo Victor, Ejiro Daniel,…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Thursday lead members of the Economic Sustainability Committee to submit the Sustainability Plan to President Muhammadu Buhari. On 2 April, President Buhari set up an Economic Sustainability Committee chaired by Vice President Osinbajo, to develop a comprehensive economic plan to respond to the disruptions and dislocations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and crashing of oil prices in the global market. President Buhari charged the Committee to amongst other things develop a clear economic sustainability plan from now till 2023, identify fiscal and monetary measures to enhance oil and non-oil revenues in order to fund…