Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has denied reports of assassination attempts on his life by gunmen in military uniforms as claimed by his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo. LEADERSHIP reports that the Commissioner had earlier on Sunday issued ...
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…My hands are clean of the allegation – Accused Hours after his inauguration as chairman of a 25-member committee for the establishment of Sokoto State Community Guards, aimed at strengthening support for conventional security agencies against the backdrop of insecurity ...
Read More »Police Investigate As Teenager Found Hanging In Adamawa
Police in Adamawa State are investigating the case of a teenager who allegedly committed suicide in Runde-Baru area near the Jambutu main motor park in Yola-North local government area of Adamawa State. The cause of suicide could not be ascertained ...
Read More »Nigeria Lost N2.9trn To Contract, Procurement Fraud In 3 Years — EFCC Chairman
The newly appointed chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that Nigeria lost N2.9trillion to contract and procurement fraud between 2018 and 2020. Olukoyede made the revelation while fielding questions from Senators during his ...
Read More »NCoS Sacks 2 Officers, Sanctions 35 Others For Stealing, Trafficking Contrabands
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed two officers and sanctioned 35 others over gross misconduct. The affected officers were sanctioned for trafficking contrabands for inmates, unauthorised absence from duty, stealing, negligence of duty, criminal conspiracy, as well as aiding ...
Read More »Tinubu Sacks Owasanoye As ICPC Chair, Appoints Jigawa AG As Replacement
President Bola Tinubu has sacked Bolaji Owasanoye as the chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). Consequently, the President has appointed Attorney-General of Jigawa State, Musa Adamu Aliyu, as the new chairman of the anti-graft ...
Read More »EFCC Arrests Abuja Musician For Defrauding Briton £9,300, American $2,000
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested an Abuja based musician, Aniji Shedrack Chidubem (a.k.a Sanij-D), for allegedly defrauding a Briton and American. In a statement issued by EFCC, the suspect allegedly defrauded a Briton, Susan ...
Read More »EFCC Arrests Wanted Suspect For N2bn Fraud In Lagos
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested an unlicensed foreign exchange dealer, one Chike Nosa Agada for an alleged N2 billion fraud. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale said Agada, a 37-year old native of Udi local government ...
Read More »CPC Website Ranked Overall Best Among MDAs
The website of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), (www.icpc.gov.ng), has again emerged overall best in the 2023 ranking of all federal government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) websites by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms ...
Read More »Police Commission Promotes 12 CPs, 19 DCPs, 21 ACPs
Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 12 Commissioners of Police (CPs), 19 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), and 21 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs), to the next rank. This is part of the promotion of 5,718 senior police ...
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