The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has denied reports (not by Channels Television) that he forced the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Bayo Ojulari, to resign. In a statement on Wednesday by EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale, OlukoyedeContinue Reading
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has restored the interim forfeiture order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to seize 14 properties allegedly linked to Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. Justice Yargata Nimpar who read the unanimous judgment which was delivered virtually on Wednesday, set aside aContinue Reading
Nine persons, including a police officer, have been killed in a renewed attack by suspected herders in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. A source told Channels Television that the attackers invaded Okwutanobe, Okpokpolo, Olegagbani, and Ikpele – all four communities along the border with Kogi State –Continue Reading
A suspected Enugu ritualist, Obi-Levi Obieze, 40, was on Wednesday, arraigned before an Enugu North Magistrates’ Court for alleged kidnappings and killings in Enugu. Obieze, popularly known as “E dey play, E dey Show”, was arraigned alongside one Sebastine Offor, 64 and Ejike Odinwamkpa, 38. The trio were arraigned onContinue Reading