Former Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria,Senator Pius Anyim, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja over fraud he allegedly committed involving Centenary City in Abuja. it was gathered that Mr. Anyim is in detention and is being interrogated by EFCC officials.
Autopsies on the bodies of 26 teenage Nigerian girls found dead in the Mediterranean in early November has been confirmed that they drowned at sea by Italian news agencies. The victims’ bodies were found floating in the water by a Spanish military ship and brought to Italy on November 3 after two separate rescue operations. According to the autopsy report carried out in Salerno, Italy, 25 of the girls died from asphyxiation in the water, while one girl suffered a wound to her liver. Two out of the 26 women…
Justice E.O Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State on Thursday, 16 November, commenced hearing of a matter involving a former official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Fidelia Omoile, who is facing trial on a one- count charge bordering on bribery to the tune of N112, 480, 000.00 (One Hundred and Twelve Million, Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira only). Omoile was a former INEC official in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State during 2015 general elections. She is among scores…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, said it has arrested a former Kano State High Court Judge, Kabiru Auta, for an alleged N220 million fraud. The spokesperson of the commission, Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Mr. Okoduwa said the suspect was detained on Tuesday when he honoured an invitation by the commission over allegations of criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery. Mr. Auta, according to her, allegedly conspired with some other persons to defraud a Kano businessman named Bashir Yakasai of N220 million.…
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is in talks with military officials, South African government ministers, and a Catholic priest to determine his future and that of the country he has ruled since 1980. Mr. Mugabe was placed under house arrest following the military’s seizure of power on Tuesday night. Reuters reports that sources close to the talks said the 93-year-old president is resisting pressure from the military and the mediating priest, Father Fidelis Mukonori, to voluntarily resign ahead of the elections slated for next year. The South African government sent envoys…
Google has resolved to change its logo to a doodle in honor of the late Chinua Achebe, who is considered to be one of Africa’s greatest storyteller. He would have been 87 on Thursday. Born in Ogidi to an Igbo family of Nigeria, West Africa in 1930, Achebe was the son of an evangelical priest. In love with reading and writing, he completed English studies at the University of Ibadan in just four years instead of five, which was the standard. Achebe was disappointed in the European interpretation of African…
The Federal Government has resolved to build a naval base for the Nigerian Navy in Shagamu, Borgu Local Government area of Niger State by 2019. The Minister of Defence, Brigadier General Monsur Dan Ali (rtd) disclosed this to newsmen in his office in Abuja after a closed door meeting with the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello. The minister said plans for the building of the naval base have reached advance stage, alluding the progress made on the project to the determination of Governor Sani-Bello , whom he said initiated…
The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has challenged world leaders, researchers and charitable organisations to join efforts in finding a cure for diabetes. Obaseki made the call on Monday, in commemoration of the United Nations World Diabetes Day, celebrated on November 14, each year. He said, ”While previous efforts at finding a lasting cure for diabetes have produced drugs with which diabetes sufferers could manage the health condition, millions of people across the world still bear the disease burden, denying them of fulfilment and happiness.” He advised stakeholders such as…
Patients and workers of the University College Hospital UCH Ibadan were on Monday morning prevented from entering into the hospital premises by the striking security men, cleaners and other junior workers who were protesting over unpaid salaries and allowances. As early as 7am, the two roads leading to the medical institute were blocked with hundreds of other road users, including workers heading for the state secretariat nearby, trapped. Many patients who had early appointments at the hospital lamented the situation. Newsspeak reports that One of the workers, who pleaded anonymity,…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has advised Presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubbakar to seek reconciliation with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo if his dream of becoming President must be realized. Jonathan described Obasanjo as the boss of bosses in the Nigerian political space. The former Bayelsa Governor said any “politician who ignores Obasanjo does so at its own peril.” He called on Atiku to find a way of courting his former boss, if he must realise his presidential ambition. Atiku, Vice-President during Obasanjo’s eight years regime, fell out with his former boss towards the…