According to the agency’s Acting Director of Public Affairs Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC won’t spare anyone or businesses transacting in dollars. “The ship has already left the train station. We have started a movement, and we are not going to relent,” he said on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today. “The advice I will…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele on Wednesday for approving the printing of N684.5m at the rate of N18.96bn.The anti-graft agency also accused Emefiele of unlawfully approving the withdrawal of N124.8 billion from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation….
A celestial Church Prophet, Moris Gbade Fadehan has been killed by one of the members of the Church. The incident happened on Monday inside the church located at Omitoto area in Ile-Ife in Osun State where the deceased was found in a pull of blood. He was said to have been stabbed in the neck…
KPMG, Global tax and advisory firm has criticized the federal government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on its move to implement the cybercrime levy stipulated in the 2024 Cybercrimes Amendment Act stating that no country can tax its way to prosperity. The company while commenting on the new levy stated that there is empirical…
Korra Obidi, a prominent Nigerian-American dancer have been criticized for allegedly diverting the $50,000 target of her GoFundMe campaign towards a vacation in Hawaii, United States. Recall that Obidi on Friday, created a GoFundMe with the sole aim of hiring a good lawyer who would help fight her case against her ex-husband, Justin Dean, over…
Ex-President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has applauded Gov Ademola Adeleke over the development project in Osun state.He also charged the governor to sustain the peace and tranquility existing in the state, saying Osun remains one of the most peaceful states in the country.Speaking at the commissioning of the Government House VIP Lodge in Osogbo, the former…
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has said it’s been “humbling” to find out through a genealogy test that she is partly Nigerian as she met with women in the West African nation Saturday. According to Associated Press on Saturday, Meghan on her second day in Nigeria, where she is visiting for the first time with…
The dead body of a woman, simply identified as Iya Ibukun in Ogun State has been allegedly thrown into a canal by her landlady and her husband. The landlady, Bola Abiodun, and her husband, identified simply as Sunday, reportedly committed the crime at about 12:05 pm on May 8, 2024 The incident happened in Temidire…
Senator Shehu Umar Buba, Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, clarified that the cybersecurity levy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) targets financial institutions and telecom companies, not individuals or ordinary bank customers. The levy aims to enhance cybersecurity measures and national security, and the relevant section of the…
Richard “Rick” Slayman, the first human to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant, has died almost two months after the procedure. Slayman, who had end-stage kidney disease, underwent the transplant in March at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston at age 62. The hospital said in a statement on Saturday that there was “no indication”…
