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EFCC Sets To Appeal The High Court’s Bail Granted To Agbele

Kunle Edun — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 19:45:42 +0000

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has said it will immediately appeal the ruling of a Federal Capital Territory High Court which today granted bail to one Abiodun Agbele, a suspect who is being investigated by the Commission for a range of alleged criminal infractions bordering on fraud and money laundering. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, [...]

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N1.2bn Fraud: Ex-Governor Dariye Wrong For Diverting State Ecological Fund, Witness Tells Court

Kunle Edun — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:19:41 +0000

A former member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Geoffrey Teme, on Monday, June 27 told a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Gudu, Abuja, that it was wrong for Joshua Dariye, a former governor of the state, to divert the state’s ecological fund for personal gains. Under cross-examination by prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, [...]

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EFCC Docks Mohammed Sufyanu And Abbas Attahiru For Conspiracy And Impersonation

Kunle Edun — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 22:02:03 +0000

The duo of Mohammed Sufyanu and Abbas Attahiru were today arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Apo, Abuja for conspiracy, impersonation and obtaining under false pretence. Abbas allegedly conspired with Sufyanu to obtain money from one Dr. Modibbo Ahmed. While [...]

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Nigeria’s Resident Doctors Urged To Support FG’s Efforts At Ensuring Industrial Peace And Harmony In The Health Sector

Ade Adewale — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:47:50 +0000

Mr. James Ocholi (SAN), the Minister of State Labour and Employment, urged Nigeria’s Resident Doctors to support the Federal Government’s efforts at ensuring industrial peace and harmony in the health sector. The Minister stated this when he received an award of Ambassador of Conscience and Notary Personality from the Association of Resident Doctors, FCT chapter in [...]

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Minister Urges Nigeria’s Broadcasters To Support War Against Insurgency

Ade Adewale — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:39:30 +0000

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, has called on the nation’s broadcasters, under the aegis of the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON), to support the Federal Government in the war against terrorism. The Minister, while speaking at a meeting with representatives of BON members in Abuja on Thursday, said the Federal Government is launching a National Security [...]

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More Influential Nigerians Are On The Radar Of The EFCC, Says Ibrahim Magu

Ade Adewale — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:27:53 +0000

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, in Abuja on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at a meeting with online media practitioners and broadcast media managers, has said that more influential people will be arrested soon. According to him, “more influential Nigerians are on the radar of the EFCC and, [...]

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$2.1bn Arms Deal Scandal: EFCC Acting-Chairman Determined Not To Spare Involved Bureaux De Change Operators

Ade Adewale — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:19:23 +0000

The Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, during a courtesy call to his office in Abuja by Bureau De Change operators on Tuesday, January 5, 2015, has said that no Bureau De Change operator involved in the ongoing $2.1bn arms deal probe will be spared. The EFCC Boss also re-iterated the [...]

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Mothers Should Not To Take Lightly The Issue Of Training Their Children To Avoid Social Vices, Says Aisha Buhari

Alaba Rotimi — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 09:42:29 +0000

Mrs. Aisha Buhari, the wife of the President, while receiving the first baby of the year, 2016, baby Destiny Agu at the Asokoro District Hospital in Federal Capital Territory tasked mothers not to take lightly the issue of training their children to avoid social vices like terrorism in the country. Aisha Buhari who was represented at the [...]

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By The End 2016 2nd Quarter, Nigerians Will Feel The Positive Impacts Of The Budget, President Buhari Assures

Kunle Atiba — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 09:58:05 +0000

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has defended the records of the administration in response to criticism that it was slow, saying that steps must be taken with caution to avoid mistakes. He stated this yesterday in Abuja in an audience with Women In Politics Forum (WIPF). “People say we are slow. [...]

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Alleged Marginalization: Igbo Occupied Strategic Positions In My Cabinet – President Buhari

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:01:50 +0000

What else does South-East want after CBN, Petroleum, Labour Ministries’ top jobs? That was the questions President Muhammadu Buhari thrown out to the people from South-East Nigeria who are alleging the president of marginalisation. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday dismissed claims that his administration marginalized the South East geo-political zone in political appointments. The president, who [...]

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President Buhari Set To Hold Maiden Presidential Media Chat Today At 7pm

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 14:22:05 +0000

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will today address current national issues as he holds his first Presidential Media Chat at 7:00pm Nigerian Time. According to a statement issued in Abuja by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the media chat will be broadcast live on the network services of the Nigerian [...]

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BRISIN Pilot Project Set To Commence In Abuja – Coordinator

Kunle Atiba — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 11:06:12 +0000

The National Coordinator of Corporate Affairs at Basic Registry and Information System in Nigeria (BRISIN), Mr Tony Okorocha, said the pilot stage of the project will begin in FCT by first quarter of 2016. He made this known in an interview with newsmen in Abuja yesterday. He said that the Federal Government had approved the implementation of [...]

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