The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says its men are now required to declare their assets as part of measures to promote transparency. A statement signed on Friday by the Public Relations Officer of the service, Wale Adeniyi, on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ibrahim Ali, disclosed that all “Officers are to comply…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been directed to beam its searchlight on the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to 2015. This order was given by President Muhammadu Buhari in a press statement issued on Friday in Abuja by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu. According…
Barely 24 hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered the arrest of former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, some suspected hoodlums blew up strategic pipelines in Warri South West local government area of Delta State. Tompolo failed to show up in court on Thursday when he was supposed…
National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, has been remanded in Kuje Prisons by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Metuh was arraigned on Friday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged fraud linking him with the $2.1 billion arms deal scandal. The opposition’s spokesman was brought…
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has been invited to appear before the Senate next Tuesday to answer questions concerning the increasing Naira depreciation lately. At the parallel market, the Nigerian currently sells above N300 to a Dollar and this has given many concerned citizens sleepless nights, including the lawmakers. As…
It was reportedly a violent scenario in the early hours of Friday, January 15, 2016, at a popular celebrity night club, Quilox, located on Victoria Island, Lagos, according to multiple reports. It was said that Wizkid broke a bottle on the head his colleague, Dammy Krane, who before the incident, accused him (Wizkid) of stealing…
Immediate past president of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was on Thursday, January 14, 2016, recognised in the United States of America, USA, by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, SCLC, in Atlanta, Georgia. The SCLC was founded by the late American Civil Rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Jonathan also had the opportunity to meet…
Counsel to famous Nigerian music producer, Oluwaseyi Christian Akerele, alias Shizzi, has sent a letter to comedian turn singer, Tunde Ednut and another top producer, Sunday Nweke, fondly called Masterkraft. The lawyer, Abimbola Fakeye, on behalf of his law firm, Fakeye & Co, wrote a letter to the duo, informing them of an alleged infringement…
Thirteen Commissioners were sworn-in and given portfolios on Thursday by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State. The ceremony was performed by the governor in Owerri, the state capital and was attended by many political figures in Imo State. Okorocha also sworn-in 27 Transition Committee Chairmen and an Economic Adviser in to office. The swearing-in of…
Former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, appeared in court with the help of a walking stick. Akpobolokemi was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged fraudulent land deal of the Nigerian Maritime University. He was arrested by the agency in December 2015. At a…