By Miriam Humbe The Arewa Broadcast Media Practitioners Forum, (ABMPF), has said that henceforth, it will boycott all official activities of Niger State Government if it continues to undermine the freedom of the press operating in Niger State. The Forum’s, Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Yelwa, (Ajiyan Yauri) made the threat after his meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of Badeggi FM Minna. He said: “I spoke this morning with Mohammed Shuaibu Badeggi, the Chief Executive Officer of the station, who confirmed to me that the station is fully operational in spite of the Governor’s illegal orders. “He, however, deployed the use…
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By Miriam Humbe The Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has charged Designated Non Financial Institutions Businesses and Professions, DNFBPs on compliance and cooperation with the Commission in order to combat money laundering and terrorism financing in the country. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday. Olukoyede made the call recently in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during A One-day Anti-Money Laundering/ Combating Financing of Terrorism/Countering Proliferation Financing AML/CFT/CPF Workshop for DNFBPS on Compliance and Obligations themed: “Effective Implementation of AML/CFT/CPT Measures Among The DNFBP Sector in Nigeria”. Speaking through the…
By Miriam Humbe Justices H. H Kereng and Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State have convicted and sentenced five fraudsters to various jail terms. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Spokesperson disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. The convicts are: Illiyasu Mohammed, Dan Musa, Elisha Elkana, Nasiru Mohammed and Saidu Mohammed Laddo. Mohanmed and Musa were arraigned on one- count charge of cheating and impersonation before Justice Kereng, while Elkana , Nasiru and Laddo were arraigned on charges bordering on cheating before Justice Yakubu. The convicts were arraigned by the Gombe Zonal Directorate of…
By Miriam Humbe The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 31, 2025, arraigned one Chukwuka Onovo on a one-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N42m before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Spokesperson disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. The petitioner alleged that he engaged the services of Onovo, who represented himself as an auto dealer, to sell, on his behalf, four vehicles he imported into the country in 2022: a 2009 Toyota Highlander SUV (chassis…
By Miriam Humbe Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, Borno State, on Thursday, July 31, 2025, convicted and sentenced the duo of Abubakar Rabiu Wada (a.k.a Sadiq Gali) and Abba Mohammed to various jail terms. This was contained in a statement signed on Friday by EFCC’s Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale. The defendants were arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count separate amended charges. While Wada was docked on charges bordering on criminal misappropriation and theft to the tune of N7,000,000.00 (Seven Million Naira), Mohammed was arraigned for…
By Miriam Humbe The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, was invited to the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting held on Thursday, 31st July 2025, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Manzo Ezekiel, NEMA’s Head of Press Unit disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. The meeting, chaired by the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, featured a presentation by the DG NEMA on the current status of flood incidents across the country. Mrs. Zubaida Umar also provided a detailed briefing on NEMA’s flood preparedness strategy, ongoing risk assessments, early warning dissemination, and coordinated response…
By Miriam Humbe Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu has warned Corps Members against exposing themselves to danger during their service year. Caroline Embu, NYSC’s Acting Director Information and Public Relations disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. The NYSC DG gave the word of caution on Friday while addressing the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream I Corps Members at Niger State Orientation Camp, Paiko. He said that NYSC had mapped out different strategies to ensure adequate security of all Corps Members throughout their service year. General Nafiu, who urged the Corps members to…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Directorate, on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 has arraigned eight suspected internet fraudsters before Justice Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa of the Federal High Court Lafia, Nasarawa State. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Spokesperson disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday. The suspects were arraigned on one-count separate charges bordering on obtaining by false pretences. The suspects are Timileyin Jude, Kelvin Godwin, Benedict Simon Udoh and Israel Ugwu. Others are Friday Onigbe, Ismaila Jemilu, Salifu Mustapha Achema and Paul Attah. Godwin’s count reads: “That you Kelvin Godwin sometime in the year 2025 at…
By Miriam Humbe The Imo State Division of Court of Appeal, has upheld the conviction and three-year sentence of Prince Laseberry Okafor Anyanwu, a former Commissioner of Transport in the Rochas Okorocha administration of Imo State, for N180, 000, 000 (One Hundred and Eighty Million Naira, only) fraud. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday. Anyanwu was arraigned by the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on November 26, 2020 before Justice E. F. Njemanze of the Imo State High Court on a four-count charge bordering on…
By Miriam Humbe The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) responded promptly to a flash flood incident that affected parts of Maiduguri and Jere Local Government Areas in the morning of today, Wednesday, 30th July 2025, following hours of intense rainfall. Upon receiving reports of the incident, NEMA, through its Maiduguri Operations Office, immediately activated its emergency response mechanism and deployed Rescue team in collaboration with the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA), Federal Fire Service, the Nigerian Police, the State Fire Service, and other critical stakeholders to affected communities to assist residents and mitigate the impact of the flooding. The…
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to strengthening collaboration between government institutions and the civil society through the Open Government Partnership (OGP) platform. The Minister of Youth Development and State Actor Co-Chair of the OGP, Nigeria, Mr Ayodele Olawande, reiterated this while receiving a delegation from the civil society actors and representatives of the OGP secretariat, in Abuja on Wednesday. Olawande said that the critical role of non-state actors in advancing transparency, accountability, and citizen participation in governance could not be over emphasised. “The OGP platform have consistently proven to be an effective channel for sustained engagement between ministries…
By Miriam Humbe Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eleven suspected illegal miners for engaging in mining activities without requisite licences. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement. The suspects were arrested on Thursday July 24, 2025, at Emem-Asuk community, Eastern Obolo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The suspects are seven Chinese identified as: Yang Chaobao, 32, Zhong Dun Yi , 33, Cheng Jiang , 35, Zhong Dun Long , 37, Pan Peiming , 33, Lai Yiping, 37 and Zhu Lekun, 35. Their…