A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Adeola Adedipe, on Thursday, applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja to withdraw his appearance for the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello Bello is facing a 19-count charge bordering on his alleged complicity in money laundering, breach of …

The bank accounts of Swift Networks Limited and its managing director, Charles Anudu, have been frozen by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. The court granted Union Bank interim injunction restraining Swift Networks Limited and its agents from accessing funds and assets in banks pending determination of a Motion …

Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation, and digital economy, says the federal government is thoroughly investigating the alleged breaches in its national data system. Speaking via his X handle on Wednesday, Tijani said the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and National Data Protection Commission (NDPC) are conducting the probe. The …

Seyi Makinde, Oyo state governor, says President Bola Tinubu has approved the upgrade of Ibadan airport into international standard. Makinde spoke on Wednesday when he received Hassan Baba Abubakar, the chief of air staff of the Nigeria air force (NAF), at the governor’s office in Ibadan. The governor said the …

The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested two former staff of Union Bank for allegedly stealing the sum of N4,199,500 belonging to a deceased customer of the bank. The suspects, Idah Ogoh, and Agbo Okwute, were arrested on Friday, June 21, 2024, in Makurdi, Benue …

The National Films and Videos Censors Board (NFVCB) has stated that releasing skits, films, or music videos without its classification is an offence. Movie classification attaches age rating and content advice to films and other audiovisual content. It helps children and families choose what is right for them and avoid …

A 45-year-old tax force officer, Ayodeji Aiyeku, on Thursday appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo, over alleged N264,000 fraud. The defendant whose address was not given, is facing a two-count charge bordering on breach of peace and advance fee fraud. The Police Prosecutor, Insp Zedekiah Orogbemi, told …

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said on Tuesday, that the Senate had not approved the purchase of new presidential jets for the use of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. He described as malicious a report quoting him to have said the National Assembly would approve the purchase …

Yahaya Bello, the embattled former governor of Kogi State, has urged the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, to be allowed to face his trial in Kogi. Bello, who is facing a 19-count charge in a letter to the chief judge through his team of lawyers …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arrested Dennis Baba Wdony, Wycliffe Midala and Samuel Kayode Melaye for allegedly parading themselves as military officers. They allegedly used the office of the Chief of Defence Staff to defraud unsuspecting members of the public through fake contract awards. According to …