Man who scammed a Chinese via internet gets 10 years jail
Justice H.A. Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Friday, convicted Frank Emem and sentenced him to ten (10) years imprisonment for internet-related offenses. The…
Final Year IMT Student Bags Two Years Jail for Bank Fraud
Justice M.N Yinusa of the Federal High court, Enugu has sentenced one Frank Joseph and his accomplice, Muonwuba Valentine, a final year student of Institute of Management and Technology (I.M.T)…
If we need to bite with our teeth to fight corruption, we will do so, Magu tells NEITI boss
The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Mr. Waziri Adio, has expressed the readiness of his agency to collaborate with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in…
Buhari is Nigeria’s Problem, Not its Solution – US Congressman
Former chairman of the United States House Intelligence Committee from 2004 to 2007, Mr. Pete Hoekstra, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s problem, and not its solution. He disclosed…
Dariye used defunct All States Trust Bank to launder N1.162bn Ecological Fund – Witness
A defence witness, Adonye Roberts, on Friday told an FCT High Court, sitting in  Gudu, that he helped former Plateau governor, Joshua Dariye, transfer foreign currencies to the UK. Roberts…
Boko Haram Kill 24 at Funeral in Adamawa, Police Say 18
Twenty-four people were killed when Boko Haram fighters opened fire on mourners, a local community leader said Friday, in the second attack in northeast Nigeria this week after a relative…
Avengers promise more destruction after NNPC pipeline blow-up
Hours after the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers blew up  oil pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC in Akwa Ibom State, their first strike outside Delta and…
IMF okay with Nigeria’s flexible exchange rate policy
The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it welcomed the decision by Nigeria’s central bank to abandon its currency peg and adopt a flexible exchange rate policy, saying this was…
CIA Director Says 7,000 Boko Haram Insurgents are Members of Islamic State
Islamic State’s “terrorism capacity and global reach” have not been reduced, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency said on Thursday, adding that the group has tens of thousands of…
Buhari still on sick leave, now to resume Monday
President Muhammadu Buhari  failed to report for duty Thursday fuelling speculation that his sick leave may be more than treatment for ear infection. He will now return to Nigeria on…