A Malaysian businessman, Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard,” has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for orchestrating the largest corruption scandal in US Navy history and for evading his initial sentencing. The 60-year-old admitted in 2015 to bribing senior Navy officials with millions of dollars, luxury gifts, prostitutes, and high-end liquor and…
The running mate to Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 election, Ifeanyi Okowa, remains in detention at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, marking his second night with the anti-graft agency. Okowa, who was the former Delta State Governor responded to an EFCC summons on…
Kenyan court has sentenced two men to 35 years in prison for killing Ugandan Olympian Benjamin Kiplagat last year. Peter Ushuru Khalumi, 30, and David Ekai Lokere, 25, were found guilty of stabbing the 34-year-old steeplechaser to death. The High Court in the northwestern city of Eldoret announced the sentence following a nine-month trial. In…
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa has announced the reversal of the admission age benchmark for tertiary institutions in the country from 18 years to 16 years. The Minister stated this at an inaugural press briefing after he assumed office in Abuja. He said the decision by the immediate past Minister of Education…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed charges against 119 protesters involved in the #EndBadGovernance movement. On Tuesday, Justice Obiora Egwuatu struck out the case after the counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation, M.D. Abubakar, filed to take over and discontinue the charges. The protesters had faced serious accusations, including treason and…
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has met with minors recently released from legal proceedings connected to the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This development follows President Bola Tinubu’s directive to withdraw charges against the minors. The protest, held from August 1 to 10, spotlighted economic challenges facing Nigerians and prompted widespread…
The national grid has yet again suffered another collapse for the tenth time this year. This was confirmed on the official National Grid page via X.com on Tuesday. They wrote, “BREAKING: National Grid suffers another setback. Restoration soon!” As seen on the page, the hourly generation reading reads 0 megawatts as of 3:30 pm for…
Equatorial Guinea’s Vice President, Teddy Nguema, has announced an initiative to install surveillance cameras in all state offices to strengthen enforcement of public service laws and reduce misconduct among government officials. In a statement released on social media on Tuesday, Nguema emphasized the administration’s commitment to transparency and accountability, saying, “We have taken this measure…
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of NIgeria, PETROAN, on Monday insisted that the price of premium motor spirit, also known as petrol, it intends to import will be cheaper than the current rate sold in the country. The group in a statement by its National Public Relations Officer, Dr. Joseph Obele said competition…
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Ifeanyi Okowa, former governor of Delta State, over allegations of misappropriating N1.3 trillion from funds allocated to oil-producing states. Okowa was taken into custody on Monday after he reported to the EFCC office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following an official summons. Sources involved in the investigation disclosed…
