THE arraignment of a businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja for an alleged N4.8 billion fraud was, again, stalled on Tuesday, December 5, 3023 due to his absence in court. Ibeto alongside Ibeto Energy Development Company and Odoh Holdings Ltd were …

JUSTICE Mohammed Madugu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Bwari, has dismissed all the forgery allegations levelled against the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA) Chief Edozie Njoku by the Nigeria Police. The Police had on November 22, 2022, charged Chief Njoku …

AMID a bid to reduce immigration in the United Kingdom, the government has unveiled new measures. According to James Cleverly, UK’s Home Secretary, the immigration measures are expected to take effect next spring. The development comes as the government worries over the rising number of immigrants, which rose to 750,000 …

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, presented a budget of N76.586billion (Seventy Six Billion, Five Hundred and Eighty Six Million Naira) as its budget proposal for 2024 to the House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Crimes.   The proposed budget represents a 53.48% increase over …

FRENCH’s Minister of the Interior and Overseas, Laurent Baile has expressed support for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its relentless fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. He made this disclosure on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 in Abuja while on a courtesy visit to …

AFRICA Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the leading infrastructure solutions provider on the continent, announced that it has signed a US$350 million long-term line of credit with the African Development Bank (AfDB). The agreement, which was signed during the ongoing 28th Conference of the Parties (COP 28), supports urgently needed financing for …

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday in Abuja directed all intra-party litigants to withdraw their court cases. The party gave the directive in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, after the party’s National Working Committee’s (NWC) 578th meeting. Ologunagba stated that the committee gave …

THE Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, November 30, 2023, presented two more witnesses, comprising a Foreign Service National Investigator with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI and one other witness while closing its case against the quartet of Mark Obisesan, …

AFRO-pop sensation Chike Agada narrowly escaped an attack by unknown gunmen in Abuja. The musician made this known in a series of posts on his official X on Tuesday. Reflecting on the events of the past 24 hours as a testament to his life, Chike expressed gratitude to God and …

THE federal government has launched the National Policy on Welding and Welding-Related Fields to conserve about ten billion dollars in capital flight from certified welder imports. While launching the policy, Uche Nnaji, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, said that it would address the long-standing issue of neglect and lack …