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Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested twenty one ( 21) suspected internet fraudsters in an early morning sting operation in Umuahia, Abia State.   The suspects are: Orji John Chika; Stanley Chukwkreka; Torti Nnana; Chukwuebuka Onwuegbu; Anyanwu Emmanuel Gideon; Obioma David; Inadinma Daniel; Ohakwe […]

In its continued efforts in fighting economic and financial crimes in Nigeria, the Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, today September 22, 2021, met with compliance officers of Mobile Telecommunications service providers in Nigeria at its office in Kano.   The meeting was part of efforts to improve the synergy between […]

A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Dije Abdu Aboki on Thursday September 23, 2021 convicted and sentenced the duo of Aliyu Ashiru and Tahir Suleiman on a one count charge each of cheating.   The defendants, parading themselves as customer services officers with Opay, tricked unsuspecting victims into disclosing their personal financial […]

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has imposed one-year imprisonment on one of the players of Ibrafix Football Club, Ilorin, Baraye Bamidele Saoban, for offences bordering on love scam.   Baraye, 25, who hails from Ilorin, was jailed alongside one Adaraloye Ezekiel, a native of Osi, Ekiti Local Government […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reminisced on the life and times of late Madam Ayo Edna Awo-Osagie, mother of his former Special Adviser on Political Matters, Chief Osaro Idah, hailing her support for his administration.   The governor paid glowing tributes to late Madam Awo-Osagie, during a condolence visit to the residence […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has mourned the passing of retired surgeon, writer and Edo historian, Dr. Ekhaguosa Aisien, who died aged 91. The governor, in a statement, described Dr. Aisien’s death as a loss to the Edo nation, noting that he bequeathed a rich oeuvre on Benin people and their history to […]

The Federal Government says the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will continue to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) following the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the matter.   The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York while speaking on […]

The establishment of Nigeria Electricity Services Agency (NEMSA) in Enugu will help check the proliferation of substandard electricity members in the Southeast network and environs.   Mr Chiso Nwangwu, Managing Director of Sabrud Consortium Limited, an indigenous meter manufacturing company based in Awka, said this in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Thursday.   […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Wednesday said the apex bank has concluded plans to launch the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) on Oct. 1.   Rukiya Mohammed, Director, Information Technology of the apex bank, disclosed this in a webinar, themed “Digital currency and the prospects of CBDC in Nigeria,” organised by the committee […]

The President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce, Mr Sergey Katyrin, has said that Russian companies and businesses were ready to partner and invest in Nigeria.   This is contained in a statement signed by the Nigerian Embassy in Moscow, Russia, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Abuja. […]