Author: Akintayo Adams

Erstwhile Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has been accused of approving the printing of ₦684,590,000 at the rate of ₦18.96 billion. This is a fresh charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It was alleged that the immediate-past apex bank chief acted outside the ambit of the law with intent to harm the populace during his implementation of the naira swap policy of the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The anti-graft agency also accused Emefiele of willfully and unlawfully directing the removal of the sum of ₦124.8 billion from the Consolidated Revenue Fund…

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Ogun State chapter, have announced the suspension of their indefinite strike which began on the 8th of April due to non-payment of 40 per cent peculiar allowance by the Dapo Abiodun-led government. The union made this known on Monday, in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital, by Adewale Adenekan, its Publicity Secretary. The statement revealed that a meeting was held between the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), National Officers and the Ogun JUSUN Executive Committee on Monday. It said the meeting also had in attendance the state chairmen of Nigeria Labour…

Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says, Yahaya Bello, the immediate-past Governor of Kogi state withdrew $720,000, from the state coffees, while in office, to offset his child’s school fees in advance. The anti-graft agency supremo disclosed it in a chat with journalists at the Commission’s headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja, on Tuesday. The former Kogi helmsman moved the money from the state coffers to a Bureau de Change operator before it was diverted to pay for his offspring’s education fee. “A sitting governor, because he knew he was leaving office, moved money…

The head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, disclosed how he contacted the ex-Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, via telephone, amidst accusations of corruption leveled against him. Olukoyede shared this insight during a gathering with editors, bureau chiefs, and media executives in Abuja on Tuesday. “I called Yahaya Bello, as a serving governor, to come to my office to clear himself. I shouldn’t have done that. But he said because a certain senator had planted over 100 journalists in my office, he would not come,” the EFCC boss stated. “I told him that he would…

Former Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, who is also the national chairman of All Progressives Party, received a vote of confidence from the Forum of State Chairmen of the party on Tuesday. This was revealed during a visit to the party office in Abuja, when the delegation of 37 state party chairmen, which included the FCT, offered the endorsement, pledging their support for the beleaguered national chairman. The acting chairman of the forum and Lagos APC chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues said they were united behind Ganduje and would be available whenever they…

On Monday, the Kano State High Court, presided over by Justice Usman Na’Abba, reversed earlier rulings supporting the suspension of Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress. In an unexpected turn of events, however, the Presiding Judge, Justice Na’Abba, declared that he had revoked the order suspending Ganduje after reviewing a Motion Ex-Parte, a 27-paragraph affidavit in support, and a written statement dated April 22, 2024, sworn to by a litigation secretary named Glory Adah of the fourth respondent solicitors law firm. “And after hearing, Mr. L. O. Oyewo Esq, with A. Falana Esq and…

Kogi State House of Assembly has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to obey the rule of law and work within the ambit of law following allegations levelled against former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, over alleged N80.2billion fraud. This was part of the resolutions of the House during plenary on Tuesday. The lawmakers also demanded that the tag ‘WANTED’ laced around the name and person of the former governor be immediately removed. Other resolutions of the Assembly reads: “The EFCC, IGP, IMMIGRATION, NSA and other agencies conscripted into this melodrama be so informed and involved…

Former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has been arrested by The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The arrest is not unconnected with an ongoing N8,069,176,864.00 money laundering probe. According to a report by The PUNCH, the former Minister arrived at the Federal Capital Territory Command of the EFCC at about 1:00 pm on Tuesday. Sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity, because they were not authorised to speak, confirmed the arrest. “Yes, that was Hadi Sirika who was taken into our FCT custody. He is currently meeting with EFCC investigators over the alleged N8,069,176,864.00 aviation ministry contract fraud,” a…

Convicted Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, aka Baba Ijesha, has petitioned the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, to overturn his conviction by a Lagos State High Court for sexual assault on a minor. On July 14, 2022, Judge Oluwatoyin Taiwo (retd.) of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sentenced Baba Ijesha to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor. However, Baba Ijesha was displeased with the decision and filed an appeal to dispute his five-year prison sentence. Baba Ijesha, through his counsel Kayode Olabiran, told the appeal court on Tuesday that his client was set up and…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has resumed the sales of dollars to Bureau De Change operators. The apex bank disclosed this in a circular referenced TEM/FEM/PUB/001/013 uploaded to its website on Tuesday and signed by Dr Hassan Mahmud, its Director, Trade and Exchange Department. It stated that it is set to sell $10,000 to BDCs at N1,021 per dollar while directing the operators to sell at a spread not more than 1.5 per cent above the CBN rate. The statement read, “We write to inform you of the sale of $10,000 by the CBN to BDCs at the rate of…