News Flash

Apr
18
2024
0 Comments
By Abia ThinkTank
FG Orders Yahaya Bello To Submit Himself For EFCC Probe

FG Orders Yahaya Bello To Submit Himself For EFCC Probe

Crime, News Flash, Security
FG Orders Yahaya Bello To Submit Himself For EFCC Probe The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has called on the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to follow the path of decency and submit himself for probe. Bello is being wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged corrupt practices while in office as governor of Kogi State Recall that in the last 24 hours, there have been dramas and hide and seek game between both parties over the move to arrest the former governor for arraignment this…
Read More
Apr
18
2024
0 Comments
By Abia ThinkTank
Yahaya Bello Absent In Court, EFCC Mulls Military’s Help To Fish Him Out

Yahaya Bello Absent In Court, EFCC Mulls Military’s Help To Fish Him Out

Crime, News Flash, Security
Yahaya Bello Absent In Court, EFCC Mulls Military’s Help To Fish Him Out Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja, has adjourned the suit instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to April 23rd. The adjournment is for substituted service and possible arraignment of Bello for alleged N84bn money laundering. At the resumed sitting, Counsel for the EFCC, Kemi Phinro, told the court that the immediate past governor of Kogi State was absent from court for his arraignment because he was being protected by someone with…
Read More
Apr
18
2024
0 Comments
By Abia ThinkTank
JAMB Orders Arrest Of Parents Found At CBT Centres

JAMB Orders Arrest Of Parents Found At CBT Centres

Education, News Flash
JAMB Orders Arrest Of Parents Found At CBT Centres The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test centre owners to arrest any parent, who is found near any of their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise. The body said all arrangements have been concluded for the conduct of the 2024 UTME, which will be held in over 700 CBT centres across the nation. The directive was issued at the final briefing of the Computer-Based Test Centre owners, which was held virtually on Wednesday, 17th April 2024 a transcript of which was obtained by our correspondent on…
Read More
Apr
18
2024
0 Comments
By Abia ThinkTank
Army Rescues Another Chibok Girl, Lydia Simon In Borno

Army Rescues Another Chibok Girl, Lydia Simon In Borno

Crime, News Flash, Security
Army Rescues Another Chibok Girl, Lydia Simon In Borno Another Chibok girl, Lydia Simon, has been rescued by troops of Operstion Desert Sanity III, North East Operation Hadin Kai. She was rescued along with her three children by the troops of 82 Division Task Force Battalion in Ngoza LGA, on Wednesday April 17, 2024. Intelligence Sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, that Lydia who was on serial number 68 among the abducted missing girls escaped from the camp of Ali Ngulde in Mandara Mountain where she was held in captivity…
Read More
Apr
18
2024
0 Comments
By Abia ThinkTank
EFCC Declares Former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello Wanted

EFCC Declares Former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello Wanted

Crime, News Flash, Security
EFCC Declares Former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello Wanted The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has issued a public notice seeking information on the whereabouts of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. According to a post on its official Facebook page, the anti-graft commission said Bello is wanted in connection with alleged economic and financial crimes amounting to N80.2 Billion. ”Anybody with information as to his whereabouts should report immediately to the Commission or the nearest Police Station,” the EFCC stated. Bello was whisked away from his Abuja home yesterday by his successor, Governor Usman Ododo, while EFCC operatives laid…
Read More
Apr
18
2024
0 Comments
By Abia ThinkTank
Wike Gives N20m To FCT Police Command For Arresting Wanted Kidnap Kingpins

Wike Gives N20m To FCT Police Command For Arresting Wanted Kidnap Kingpins

Abuja, Crime, News Flash, Security
Wike Gives ₦20m Bounty To FCT Police Command For Arresting Wanted Kidnap Kingpins The Commissioner for Police, FCT, CP Benneth Igweh, has expressed heartfelt gratitude on behalf of the management and personnel of the FCT Police Command for the kind gesture of the minister, FCT, Chief Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, for fulfilling his promise to the Command. The minister had directed the FCT Command to hunt down and arrest or neutralize two wanted bandit/kidnapping kingpins who had been terrorizing Abuja particularly the Bwari, Dutse Alhaji and Kubwa axis. He backed the decisive action/directive by placing a bounty of twenty million…
Read More
Apr
18
2024
0 Comments
By Abia ThinkTank
Court Orders Mohbad’s Wife To Do DNA Test

Court Orders Mohbad’s Wife To Do DNA Test

Health, Judiciary, News Flash
Court Orders Mohbad’s Wife To Do DNA Test A Magistrate Court sitting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos has ordered that singer late Mohbad’s wife, Wunmi, be served notice of a pending DNA test application, by substituted means. A statement signed by a member of the legal team to the Aloba family, Monisola Odumosu, disclosed this on Wednesday, April 17. Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, in the application filed by the legal team to the family sought an order to serve Wunmi by posting all the originating processes and other processes in the suit on the last-known address of the respondent.…
Read More
Apr
18
2024
0 Comments
By Abia ThinkTank
Naira Abuse: Court Grants Cubana Chief Priest N10m Bail

Naira Abuse: Court Grants Cubana Chief Priest N10m Bail

Crime, Judiciary, News Flash
Naira abuse: Court grants Cubana Chief Priest N10m bail The Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, granted businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, N10m bail with two sureties in like sum. Earlier, the celebrity bar man pleaded not guilty to tampering and abusing the naira during his trial. Cubana Chief Priest was arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on three counts bordering on abuse of naira by allegedly spraying and tampering with the nation’s currency at a social event, contrary to the provisions of the Central Bank Act of 2007. He was alleged to…
Read More
Apr
18
2024
0 Comments
By Abia ThinkTank
Court Affirms Ganduje’s Suspension

Court Affirms Ganduje’s Suspension

Judiciary, Kano, News Flash, Politics
Court Affirms Ganduje’s Suspension A Kano State High Court has affirmed the suspension of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The court, while granting an ex parte order, also restrained Ganduje from further parading himself as a member of the party. The order was granted by Justice Usman Malam Na’abba, on Tuesday, a copy of which was cited by Daily Trust. The order followed an ex parte motion filed Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani by their counsel Ibrahim Sa’ad. The plaintiffs, who identified as executive members of APC Ganduje ward, said they brought the…
Read More
Apr
18
2024
0 Comments
By Abia ThinkTank
Former EFCC Boss, Bawa, Conferred With Traditional Title

Former EFCC Boss, Bawa, Conferred With Traditional Title

Culture, News Flash, Northern Nigeria
Former EFCC Boss, Bawa, Conferred With Traditional Title NEWSFormer EFCC Boss, Bawa, Conferred With Traditional Title Abdulrasheed Bawa, the fourth Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has been conferred with the traditional title of ‘Tafidan Jega’, by the Jega Emirate Council of Kebbi State. According to Arewa PUNCH, the former EFCC chairman was honoured with the ‘Tafidan Jega’ title, his uncle, Alhaji Ibrahim Yahaya Bawa, a former Executive Director, Services, of the Kaduna Refining and Petro-chemical Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, bagged the ‘Cigari Jega’ title. Bawa was appointed by former President…
Read More