A woman, Nkechi Mercy Ikogwe alongside two companies, Elites Finance Investment Limited and Efinc Global Investment Limited, were on Monday arraigned before Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State over alleged N179 million fraud. Newsextra24 has learnt The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …

Mr Peter Esele, a former staunch APC ally of Gov. Godwin Obaseki, says he has no intention of joining the governor in the PDP. “As for me and my house, we’re going nowhere. I will not be leaving the APC,’’ Esele told the Newsextra24 on Tuesday in Benin. According to …

The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi has gone into self-isolation for COVID-19. This followed his meeting with the foreign affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, who tested positive for the virus. Dingyadi and a former Sokoto State governor, Senator Aliyu Wammako, met with Onyeama last Thursday. The spokesman, police affairs ministry, …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has said it will commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari if the “calculated blackmail” against the National Assembly and insecurity in the country is not checked. The caucus, in a statement issued on Monday by its leader, Kingsley …

LAGOS State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved an average of 46 per cent increase on bus services on the routes operated by the Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL). A statement by the Assistant Director, Corporate Communication, at the Lagos Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LAMATA), Mr. Kolawole Ojelabi, said the increase takes …

Some officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have received letters of suspension, Newsextra24 understands. Although details of those suspended are yet to be made public, Newsextra24 learnt that Olanipekun Olukoyede, secretary to the commission, is among those who received the letters. The development is not unconnected to …

President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has been advised to scrap the Niger Delta Development Commission and the North East Development Commission for allegedly taking advantage of the masses. Isah Abubakar, National President, Northern Youth Council of Nigeria and Chairman, Nigeria Citizen Action Group, in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna, …

The House of Representatives has asked Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to publish, within 48 hours, members of the 9th National Assembly who got sixty percent of contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Ruling on a matter of privileges brought by Minority leader, Ndudi Elumelu, …

12 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials have been suspended indefinitely after being quizzed by the Presidential Investigation Committee, headed by Justice Isa Ayo Salami (red). The new development comes days after 12 directors of the agency were suspended by the Presidency in relation to the ongoing probe of …

The Senate is currently in an emergency closed session to discuss the outcome of the meeting between the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd . ), and the presiding officers of the National Assembly last Thursday . The closed session started immediately the red chamber resumed plenary on …