EFCC bans officials from raiding people’s homes at night

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEFCC bans officials from raiding people’s homes at night

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 2, 2023

…reviews arrest and bail procedures. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has banned its officers from embarking on night raids to effect an arrest. The order came after the agency came under fire for raiding students’ hostels on Tuesday night and arresting 69 male students whom they labelled “Yahoo boys”, otherwise known as internet fraudsters. The students were arrested at Oduduwa Estate in Ile-Ife, the town housing the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, in Osun...

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President Tinubu vows to sack nonperforming ministers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPresident Tinubu vows to sack nonperforming ministers

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 2, 2023

…ministers to sign performance pact President Bola Tinubu has said that he would not hesitate to fire any member of his cabinet over incompetence. “We can’t complain and give excuses,” Tinubu said at a retreat for ministers, presidential aides and other top government officials in Abuja, on Wednesday. The President reminded the ministers of their responsibility to serve the people who entrusted their mandate to him. “We have to give hope to the near hopeless,...

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Reps to investigate how NPC spent N200bn for postponed 2023 census

NewsNigeriaPoliticsReps to investigate how NPC spent N200bn for postponed 2023 census

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 1, 2023

The House of Representatives has said it will investigate how the National Population Commission, NPC, spent N200 billion out of the N800 billion the previous administration released for the postponed 2023 census. The resolution followed the unanimous adoption of a motion co-sponsored by Dominic Okafor (APGA, Anambra) and Patrick Umoh (APC, Akwa Ibom) at plenary on Wednesday. The census earlier scheduled for May 3–7 was postponed indefinitely with the past information minister Lai Muhammed saying...

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Army kills wanted bandits’ gang leader Mai-Nasara in Kebbi

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaArmy kills wanted bandits’ gang leader Mai-Nasara in Kebbi

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 1, 2023

A team of Nigerian soldiers stationed in the Danko Wasagu local government area of Kebbi State has reportedly killed a suspected notorious bandits’ commander Mai-Nasara. Mai-Nasara was gunned down in Sengeko forest in Kebbi State on Tuesday during a fierce exchange of fire between his gang and men of the Nigerian Army. The team also arrested five other members of the same gang who tried to escape during the gun duel. The gang is behind...

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First Lady hails Supreme Court’s judgment as the “Lord’s doing”

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFirst Lady hails Supreme Court’s judgment as the “Lord’s doing”

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 1, 2023

The First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu has welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict on the election of President Bola Tinubu, her husband, saying it is the “Lord’s doing.” Pilot Need reports that the Supreme Court, last Thursday, aligned with the presidential election petition tribunal and affirmed Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election in February At a Tuesday political rally in Imo State, the First Lady told a mammoth crowd of the ruling All...

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EFCC arrests 69 internet fraudsters in OAU

NewsNigeriaEFCC arrests 69 internet fraudsters in OAU

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 1, 2023

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested several students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, in southwestern Osun State suspected to be Yahoo boys, the Nigerian-speak for Internet fraudsters. The students numbering up to 69 were arrested on Wednesday during a raid at their off-campus hostels in Oduduwa Estate, Ile-Ife. “Credible intelligence linked Oduduwa Estate with activities of suspected internet fraudsters,” the anti-graft agency said in a post on X. EFCC Arrests 69 Suspected...

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Police council confirms Egbetokun’s appointment as IGP

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPolice council confirms Egbetokun’s appointment as IGP

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 31, 2023

The Nigeria Police Council, NPC, has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the Inspector General Of Police, IGP. The NPC gave its nod on Tuesday at the police council meeting, presided over by President Bola Tinubu, at the State House, Abuja. The NPC comprises the 36 state governors, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and the chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC. Egbetokun has been serving as the IGP albeit acting capacity since his appointment...

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Lionel Messi wins the 2023 men’s Ballon d’Or

NewsSoccerLionel Messi wins the 2023 men’s Ballon d’Or

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 31, 2023

Lionel Messi won the prestigious Ballon d’Or for the men’s category on Monday, a reward for his remarkable feat during last year’s World Cup. This is the eighth time the Argentine forward has won the trophy. He won it in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, and now 2023. Messi, 36, was pitted against heavyweights like Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, his former PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe and Nigerian-born Napoli star Victor Osimhen, among others....

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APC berates Atiku for holding press conference over S’Court’s verdict

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC berates Atiku for holding press conference over S’Court’s verdict

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 31, 2023

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described Atiku Abubakar’s speech during a press conference his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, hosted on Monday as “long, windy, incoherent and preposterous.” Atiku, at the press briefing, said the presidential election tribunal and the Supreme Court dismissed his “incontrovertible evidence that Bola A. Tinubu was not qualified to contest the presidential election because he forged the qualifying academic certificate, which he submitted to INEC” and the “irrefutable...

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ICPC indicts suspended UNICAL dean guilty of sexual harassment

EducationNewsNigeriaICPC indicts suspended UNICAL dean guilty of sexual harassment

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 31, 2023

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has found Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended dean of the University of Calabar’s (UNICAL) law faculty, guilty of sexual harassment, corruption and abuse of office. The ICPC’s spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, in a statement, said the commission had subsequently filed a criminal charge against Ndifon following the conclusion of its investigation into the allegations against the professor by some of his students. The ICPC said Prof....

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