THE federal government has slammed Godwin Obaseki, the governor of Edo, for claiming that N60 billion was printed in March to fund federal allocation to states. On Wednesday, Zainab Ahmed, the minister of economy, budget, and national planning, stated this…
SENATOR Rochas Okorocha was grilled at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday for “suspected multiple cases of fraud and money laundering during his tenure as governor”. Okorocha, representing Imo West in the Senate, was governor between 2011…
A FORMER governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday, claimed that the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, was busy inaugurating roads that his (Okorocha’s) administration constructed. Okorocha, who currently represents Imo West at the Senate, said this while reacting to…
This new project is expected to not only enhance the resilience of SMEs owned/managed by women but to also support the National Economic and Social Development Plan (PNDES) of Burkina Faso JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, April 13, 2021/ —…
Participants in the Federal Government’s Special Public Works (SPW) programme are protesting the delay in paying their stipend more than three months after kick off. The SPW is an adhoc programme designed by the government to provide stop-gap three months…
JUSTICE Adamu Turaki Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday April 9, 2021 convicted and sentenced 11 internet fraudsters to various prison terms, for fraud.The convicts were prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
THE Medical Director of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City, Dr. Imafidon Osama Agbonile swipes at the leadership of the Psychiatric Hospital Uselu Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited (PHUSMCSL) for orchestrating malicious media propaganda against his less than a year administration…
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa has charged staff of the Commission to adhere to the virtues of courage, integrity and professionalism, which are the core values of the Commission, in tackling…
Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Nyanya Abuja on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 convicted and sentenced one internet fraudster, Farouk Olamilekan to three months in prison. The defendant who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, April 1, 2021 handed over the sums of ¥370,000 Japanese Yen and $1,800 USD, recovered from a fraudster, to the Japanese victim through officials of the Japanese Embassy, Abuja. The money was…
