The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that it will deepen synergy with the media and Civil Society Organisations to curb economic and financial crimes in the country. The Executive Chairman of the commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, remarked at a one-day sensitisation workshop for Civil Society Organisations and the media, held at the EFCC…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigeria Customs Service have resolved to deepen their collaborations against money laundering, smuggling, and other economic crimes.This resolution was reached on Monday, when the newly-appointed Customs Area Controller of the Oyo and Osun Area Command, Comptroller G.I. Aliyu, paid a familiarization visit to the Acting Director of…
Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sentenced to 50 months in prison after being convicted on prostitution-related charges. Prosecutors had pushed for an 11-year sentence, but Judge Arun Subramanian imposed just over four years following an emotional daylong hearing on Friday. According to CNN Combs’s lawyers had urged a far lighter penalty of 14…
Benue Links, the state-owned transport company, has reported the rescue of 19 minors who were victims of trafficking within the last fortnight. The firm’s General Manager, Comrade Alexander Fanafa, revealed the development while briefing journalists in Makurdi over the weekend. Fanafa, outlining the company’s recent achievements, reaffirmed its dedication to collaborating with key government agencies…
The convoy of former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), was attacked by suspected political thugs in Birnin Kebbi. The incident happened along Old NITEL Road, shortly after he returned from a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief Imam of Dr. Bello Haliru Jumu’ah Mosque. Witnesses said…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has recovered over N5bn and $10m from contractors and government officials indicted in the fraud in the turnaround maintenance of the nation’s refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna and Warri. According to report, the anti-graft agency was working to recover another N10bn and $13m allegedly siphoned through contractors engaged…
The Osun State Police Command has arrested eight persons over alleged murder and suspected ritual killing. The command made this known in a statement issued by the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Gotan, and signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Abiodun Ojelabi, on Monday in Osogbo. Ojelabi said the suspects were arrested for…
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, has called on the Osun State Police Command to assist in locating a female student who has been missing for four days. In a statement issued by the University’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju on Sunday, the missing student was identified as Dorcas Oseghale, from the Department…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has confiscated banned, expired and unregistered products worth more than N1.5 billion during a sweeping enforcement operation at the Trade Fair market in Lagos. The raid, which focused on the cosmetics section of the market, was part of a broader national effort to rid…
Several fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, have been killed and an ammunition dump destroyed in a series of airstrikes conducted by the Nigerian Air Force in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. The precision strikes, carried out by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai on Sunday, targeted terrorist…