•Says ex-gov Bello stole $720,000 from Kogi State, on global watchlist BY GODWIN OBI Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has made startling revelations that banks in the country lost over N8 billion to internet fraud, otherwise known as Yahoo-Yahoo Boys, in 2022 and how formerContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Dangote Petroleum Refinery has again reduced the prices of diesel and aviation fuel to ₦940, and ₦980 per litre, respectively. This comes after its widely celebrated price reduction to ₦1,000 barely two weeks ago. The price change of ₦940 applies to customers buying five million litres andContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Fresh revelations have emerged on the probe of former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the anti-graft commission says the embattled ex-governor withdrew $720,000 from the state’s accounts to pay his child’s school fees in advance just beforeContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has freed a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, over an alleged ₦8.5bn fraud brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Ayokunle Faji acquitted and discharged the formerContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has reiterated the call for the strengthening of regional standby force, to serve as a rapid deployment tool in combating both existing and emerging threats, while also serving as a deterrence to large-scale weapon smuggling. While speaking at the opening ceremony of the AfricanContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun believes the country is not “mature” for state policing despite the myriad of security challenges facing it. He spoke on Monday during a national dialogue on state police held in Abuja with the theme ‘Pathways to Peace: Reimagining PolicingContinue Reading
IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu BY GODWIN OBI The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has advised the Abuja High Court judge, Justice Binta Nyako, to redeem her image and hands off its leader’s court trial. Spokesperson of IPOB, Emma Powerful, in a statement yesterday said recusing herself from the case wouldContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI In order to tackle the rampant issue of illicit trafficking and smuggling across borders, the European Union (EU) unveiled a groundbreaking initiative aimed at enhancing law enforcement and trade facilitation at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. The project, titled “Getaway Corridor,” according toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested three members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America following the recent seizure of the single largest consignment of heroin at the MurtalaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo/Osun Area Command, under the leadership of the Customs Area Controller, Dr Ben Oramalugo successfully handed over seized counterfeit pharmaceuticals to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The handover ceremony took place at the Operational Headquarters of theContinue Reading