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April 19, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Declares Yahaya Bello Wanted Over Alleged N80.2b Fraud

Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N80.2 billion fraud. EFCC called on those with vital information about the former Kogi governor’s whereabouts to reach the...

April 10, 2024 No Responses

Court Fixes Ganduje’s Arraignment For April 17

The Kano High Court will on April 17, 2024, arraign the immediate past governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, on charges bothering on allegations of bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds, including the purported acceptance of $413,000 and ...

January 31, 2024 No Responses

Reps Grills Customs Over Non-Submission Of Three Years Financial Statement

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday grilled the officials of the Nigerian Customs Services over the non-submission of audited financial statements for the 2016, 2017, and 2018 financial years to the Auditor General of the Federati...

January 29, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Declares Ex-Beauty Queen Wanted

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared an ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye wanted. She was declared wanted after escaping from her Lekki, Lagos residence when operat...

January 11, 2024 No Responses

Zenith Bank Denies MD’s Arrest

Zenith Bank Plc has refuted claims that its Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ebenezer Onyeagwu, was arrested and held by the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in relation to alleged fraud at the Ministry of Hum...

January 8, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Suspends Betta Edu

President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from office with immediate effect.According to a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President(Media & Publicity), Chief Ajuri Ngelale...

January 4, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Operatives Storm Dangote, Bua

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have besieged the Head office of the Dangote Group of Companies in Lagos State. According to The Punch, the search, which commenced at the company’s head office in Lagos around 3 p.m....

November 6, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds N13b Drugs In Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 14,481,519 pills of hard drugs with a street value of N13 billion in Amuwo Odofin and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The agency also arrested no fewer than 10...

September 18, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 6,600 Bottles Of Codeine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 6,600 bottles of codeine-based syrup and arrested six suspects in various raids across the country. A statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, expl...

August 21, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Raids Drug Warehouse, Recovers N4.8b Worth Of Opioids

Multi-billion-naira worth of illicit drugs were again seized at a warehouse tucked in the midst of popular International Trade Fair Complex, Alaba, Ojo area of Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA on Saturday 19th Au...

August 17, 2023 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 299 Cartons Of Codeine

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 299 cartons of codeine syrup, with a pledge to continue to curb unrestricted access to the drug being abused by some youths. The Acting Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, announced the.....

July 31, 2023 No Responses

Military Uncovers Another Illegal Refinery

Troops of the Nigerian Army, personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Tantita Security have uncovered an illegal oil refining site in Ughelli South in Delta State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in...

July 24, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds N3.7b Tramadol At Lagos Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has impounded over five million pills of Tramadol worth N3.7b. In a statement on Sunday, the agency’s Director, Media, and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed that the seizure was achieved through the collabora...

July 17, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Europe-Bound Student With Drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a teenage student, Benjamin Nnamani Daberechi, 19, with Methamphetamine drugs concealed inside crayfish. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi explained that Daberechi ...