Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has adjourned till March 13, 2025 further hearing in the trial of Ismaila Mustapha for an offence bordering on alleged money laundering. The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on January 12, 2022 arraigned Mompha alongside his...
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CSOs Join Forces with EFCC on Budget Monitoring
The Initiative for Leadership and Economic Watch in Nigeria has expressed willingness and determination to team up with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on monitoring of budget to ensure its optimal performance. The group, comprising scores of civil society organizations made this disclosure in Abuja on Thursday, February 6, 2025, when Ambassador Splendor...
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Kaduna Journalist robbed, his phones stolen, begs for protection
By Achadu Gabriel, kaduna The story is everywhere in kaduna state council of Nigerian Union of journalist (NUJ), platform, that the kaduna based multiple award winning investigative journalist, Idibia Gabriel has been robbed. His two cell phones were stolen during the sad incident that occurred last Sunday night of 26th January 2025, in which the...
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N50m Ransom: Why Church Abandon Abducted Rev Paul, Wife in bandits captivity – Activist Alleges
N50m Ransom: Church Abandon Abducted Husband, Wife in Bandits Captivity – Activist Alleges *Say’s COCIN hqters Jos building N1.5bn guest house, Borno too By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna The sympathetic incident of Rev. Paul Musa and his wife Mrs. Ruth Musa is a one horrible experience no human beings would wish their enemies to encounter. From...
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Nigerian Rights Activist Raises Alarm over 3 death threat calls in Borno – Victim alleges
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna A courageous and fearless northeast based right activist Rev. Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa, popularly know as Dikwa has raised and alarm of alleged three threat calls put to him to quit Borno state or be killed.Dikwa who’s the Director General, Centre for Justice on Religious and Ethnicity in Nigeria, raised the...
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ICPC urges El Rufai’s ex-Chief of Staff’s prosecution over Alleged Money Laundering:
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission(ICPC) has dragged Malam Nasir El Rufai’s former Chief of Staff(CoS), Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Saidu, to the Federal High Court in Kaduna, for alleged money laundering. Alhaji Bashir Saidu who was also a one-time Commissioner of Finance in Kaduna State during the El Rufai...
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Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) Committee is newly established by the Finance Ministry.
The Federal Ministry of Finance has taken a significant step towards promoting transparency and accountability in the public service with the inauguration of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) Committee. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs Lydia Shehu Jafiya, stated that the inauguration of the Anti-Corruption Committee marks a decisive step in our...
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Kaduna:1Bandit with 8 Ak47 Mags, live Ammunition, 3 car snatchers nap
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna The Kaduna state police command said it has arrested one bandit, three car snatchers and recovered eight AK47 magazines, fifty rounds of live ammunition with one stolen vehicle respectively. A statement by the command spokesman, Asp Mansir Hassan, Wednesday disclosed that, police operatives successfully intercepted and arrested a 22-year-old suspect, Aliyu...
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Kaduna: NTA staff allegedly kidnapped on his way from Zamfara
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna A Staff of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Bashir Umar has been reportedly kidnapped by people suspected to be gunmen. He was reportedly kidnapped on 16th December 2024 on his way back from Zamfara to Zaria in Kaduna state, according eyewitness report. Our correspondent reported that no reason has been advanced on...
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KEKERE-EKUN, AGABI, OTHERS LAUD UMAHI
The Honourable Minister of Works, Sen. (Engr.) Nweze David Umahi, CON, FNSE, FNATE has advocated for better welfare for judiciary officers. He stated this at the occasion of the Court of Appeal’s Annual End of Year Conference on Thursday, 12th December, 2024. Umahi emphasised the critical role of infrastructure development in fast tracking the dispensation...