By Miriam Humbe The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, has reaffirmed the Agency’s commitment to strengthening collaboration with Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, in disaster risk management, research, capacity building and institutional resilience. Mrs. Zubaida Umar gave the assurance on Monday, 13th July, 2026, while receiving the Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Prof. Adamu Ahmed, who led the university’s management team on a courtesy visit to the NEMA Headquarters in Abuja. The Director General assured the University of NEMA’s commitment to scaling up the existing partnership between the two organizations. She said that…
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By Miriam Humbe The Nigerian Navy has reinforced its commitment to combating illicit drug trafficking through a successful joint operation with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), resulting in the disruption of illegal drug activities across parts of Warri, Delta State. The Director Naval Information, Nigerian Navy, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. The operation was conducted by personnel of Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA and operatives of the NDLEA as part of ongoing efforts to sanitize the Nigerian Navy’s area of operation and deny criminal elements the freedom to traffic and distribute…
By Miriam Humbe Troops of Sector 7, Operation ENDURING PEACE, have successfully disrupted a suspected arms trafficking syndicate and recovered a cache of illegal weapons during a coordinated, intelligence-driven operation in Kaduna State. Acting on credible intelligence regarding the movement of illicit arms from Jos, Plateau State, to Niger State, troops conducted a targeted stop-and-search operation in the early hours of Monday, 13 July 2026. During the operation, an ash-coloured Mercedes-Benz was intercepted at the Samaru Checkpoint in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area. A thorough search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of three locally fabricated AK-47 rifles and…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigerian Navy has sustained the operational momentum of Operation DELTA SENTINEL by pre-empting another attempt by crude oil theft syndicates to establish illegal storage infrastructure within the Bonny axis of Rivers State. Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, the Director Naval Information, Nigerian Navy disclosed this in a statement released on Monday. Personnel of Forward Operating Base (FOB) BONNY conducted a targeted anti-crude oil theft operation around Dema Abbey Community in Bonny Local Government Area, leading to the discovery of seven concealed dugout pits strategically established within the area. Preliminary assessment revealed that four of the dugout pits…
By Miriam Humbe The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has applauded the Proceeds of Crime Act, POCA, for strengthening asset recovery and management and for providing a clear legal basis, improving transparency and reducing delays in the disposal of recovered assets. Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement. He gave the thumbs up on Friday, July 10, 2026, in Abuja, while speaking at a high-level seminar, themed, “Scaling up the Promotion of Integrity and Anti-Corruption Actions Across Africa,” organised by the Inter-Agency Task Team to commemorate…
By Miriam Humbe The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Egwuche Chinyere Gladys, Group Managing Director of Brass Engineering and Construction Nigeria Limited before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State, for alleged abuse of office and embezzlement of public funds to the tune of $600, 000 (Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement. Gladys was arraigned alongside a company, Brass Engineering and Construction Nigeria Limited on a twelve-count charge bordering…
By Miriam Humbe The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 9, 2026 arraigned a former staff of a new generation bank, Chinonso Akujobi, for an alleged N294,595,992 theft before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. This was contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale. Chinonso is being prosecuted on a five-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N294.5m. One of the charges reads:”That you, Chinonso Akujobi, sometime between January and December, 2025, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction…
By Miriam Humbe The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 10, 2026, secured the conviction and sentence of one Minnis Uchenna Howard and his company, Howard Minnis Asset Management Limited, before Justice R. A. Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, for fraud involving N822,422,260. Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement. The defendants were initially arraigned on November 30, 2023, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence and stealing, to which they pleaded not guilty. During…
By Miriam Humbe Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, July 9, 2026, admitted in evidence the extra-judicial statement of a lawyer, Olasubomi Osinusi, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the alleged forgery of documents relating to the sum of $6,520,190 (Six Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand, One Hundred and Ninety United States Dollars). Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement. At Thursday’s proceedings, the first prosecution witness, PW1, Umar Hussain Babangida, an Assistant Commissioner of Police and an…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has filed a notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, against the judgment of Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, finding it liable for defaming former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye over a social media publication of an alleged $6billion Mambilla Power Project fraud. Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Sunday. The Notice of Appeal was filed on Friday, July 10, 2026 by counsel to the EFCC, Wahab Shittu, SAN. In the appeal…
By Miriam Humbe The Independent National Electoral Commission has insisted that the July 11 deadline given for political parties to submit the names of their presidential and National Assembly candidates for the 2027 general elections process remains sacrosanct. INEC National Commissioner, Mohammed Haruna, in an interview on Saturday, therefore ruled out any extension of the deadline. Mohammed Haruna said that political parties had until midnight to upload the names of their candidates through the commission’s nomination portal. He said: “The deadline remains July 11. Political parties have until 12 midnight to complete their submission”. He revealed that, as of the…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting efficient broadband infrastructure deployment in Nigeria through collaborative implementation of the Dig Once Policy. Nnena Ukoha, the NCC’s Director, Public Affairs disclosed this in a statement released on Sunday. The Commission gave the assurance at the Second Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum to Develop a Pricing Mechanism and Cost-Based Structure for Sharing Ducts Built Under the Dig Once Policy in Nigeria, held at the NCC Annex Office, Mbora, Abuja, on Wednesday. The forum brought together representatives of federal and state government institutions, telecommunications operators, infrastructure companies, industry associations,…