ICPC Quizzes Ex-IGP, Okiro, over Alleged N275m fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has drilled a former Inspector General of Police and the Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Mike Okiro over fraud related…
Jimeta Bomb Kills 10, the seventh explosion since May 29
Yola, the Adamawa State capital, North Eastern Nigeria Thursday evening, was hit by another fatal bomb explosion, leaving 10 people dead and many injured. The deadly blast which erupted in…
CBN Currency Fraud: More Suspects Arraigned
The last batch of suspects connected with the N8 billion fraud at the Ibadan branch of Central Bank of Nigeria have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
House Mocks Legislation as 47 Members out of 360 Pass Petroleum Industry Bill
The House of Representatives took the mockery of law-making exhibited by the Senate Wednesday when a scanty chamber of only 47 members out of 360 passed the controversial Petroleum Industry…
100 Die in Ghana Petrol Station Fire
No fewer than 100 people have died in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, the fire service says. Most of the dead people were persons taking…
Banks Wary of Doing FIFA Business over Corruption Scam
The disclosure that some of the world’s largest banks had been used as a conduit for bribes allegedly paid to soccer officials has prompted the banks to scrutinize their ties…
EFCC Docks Man for Failure to Declare $1.9m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Ani Paulinus Onyeka before Justice Rita-Ofili Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court, Lagos on a 2-count charge of Money Laundering. Onyeka…
IGP Arase Wants 6,000 Houses in Six Months for the Police
In a bid to improve the welfare of police officers especially Inspectors and Rank and File, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has mandated the Police Works Department…
Buhari, in Chad, Seeks More Commitment from Neighbours to Tackle Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in N’djamena called on member-countries of the Lake Chad Commission to redouble their efforts to intensify the operations of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) established…
Jack Warner Threatens to Reveal all in FIFA Scam, Says “I Fear for My Life”
Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner said in a TV ad he bought that he’ll reveal corruption in global soccer and the government of his native Trinidad and Tobago. Warner,…
