By Miriam Humbe The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced the process of reviewing the National Disaster Management Framework (NDMF) and the National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP) to ensure that Nigeria’s disaster management architecture remains responsive to emerging risks and evolving realities. Declaring the inception workshop open in Abuja on Wednesday, 24th June, 2026, the Director General of NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, said the review had become imperative in view of the changing disaster risk environment characterized by increasingly severe floods, climate-related hazards, conflict-induced displacement, disease outbreaks, urban emergencies, transportation accidents, and other complex humanitarian situations. She noted that…
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By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is set to arraign Bello Abdullahi Bodejo before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over allegations bordering on terrorism financing and money laundering to the tune of $2.530million. Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. The EFCC, on Monday, June 22, 2026 filed a twelve-count charge before the Federal High Court against Bodejo, alleging him of receiving and possessing large sums of cash in foreign currency linked to proceeds of unlawful activities in contravention of the Money Laundering (Prevention &…
By Miriam Humbe Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, adjourned the trial-within-trial in the alleged N109.5 billion fraud case involving a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, till October 13, 2026, for adoption of final written addresses. This was contained in a statement signed on Wednesday by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale. Idris is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside Geoffrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Kudu Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited on a 14-count charge bordering…
By Miriam Humbe The Arewa Youth Progressive Alliance (AYPA) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and sections of the media of promoting a one-sided narrative in the ongoing trial of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, while suppressing critical facts that emerged during court proceedings. The group expressed concern over what it described as an orchestrated attempt to influence the mind of the Court and condemn Malami in the court of public opinion through sensational headlines and selective reporting rather than through evidence tendered and tested before the court of law…
Date: June 23, 2026. To: 1. The Honorable Minister of Works, Federal Ministry of Works, Headquarters, Abuja. And His Excellency, The Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna. SUBJECT: FROM TRAGEDY TO CONSCIENCE: A HISTORIC PLEA TO RENAME MARARRABAN JOS JUNCTION TO “UMMULKHAIR JUNCTION” AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT AGAINST MOB ACTION. Distinguished Leaders, We write to you with a heart heavy with grief, yet fueled by an unyielding hope for justice, collective reformation, and the preservation of human sanctity. We write to address a scar on our national conscience that occurred on the very asphalt that connects…
By Miriam Humbe The Management of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has approved Thursday, 9th July, 2026, as the passing-out date for the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream One Corps Members. This was contained in a statement signed on Wednesday by Caroline W. Embu, the Director, Information and Public Relations. The series of activities heralding the event will commence on Tuesday 23rd June, 2026, and will include Job Advisory and Counselling (JAC), by the NYSC and other relevant agencies, registration and clearing of Corps Members by Local Government Inspectors (LGIs), as well as the signing of final clearance by the Zonal…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NiHSA) hosted a National Stakeholders’ Coordination meeting for the commencement of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Regional Technical Cooperation Project RAF7024. It was titled: “Accelerating the Use of Isotope Hydrology in Water Resources Management in Africa.” The meeting brought together relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), research institutions, technical experts, and key stakeholders. Discussions were hinged on strengthening collaboration, national priorities, defining institutional responsibilities, and establishing a framework for effective participation in the regional project. The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of NiHSA, Umar Ibrahim Mohammed, welcomed participants and highlighted the…
By Miriam Humbe Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested one Onwughalu Chikodi Godwin, a 30-year old businessman for allegedly stealing vegetable oil belonging to a company, Bro-kenn Agro Allied Industries, worth N30, 853, 800. 00 (Thirty Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty-three Thousand, Eight Hundred Naira). Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head of Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday. The company, engaged in the refining and processing of vegetable oil, alleged that Godwin, a major customer of the company, conspired with others at large to defraud the…
Photo News: Building A culture of safety from the classroom! President of the Road Safety Officers Wives Association (ROSOWA), Dr. Nafisat Shehu Mohammed, led a road safety sensitisation programme for pupils of Fouad Lababidi Islamic Academy. She educated them on critical safety practices including the use of child restraints, safe road-crossing habits, and responsible road use. By empowering children with life-saving knowledge, ROSOWA continues to nurture a generation of safer and more responsible road users.
The suspects By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Directorate has arraigned one Shamsudeen Lawal and Abubakar Abdulkadir before Justice A.Y. Shafa of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Nyanya, Abuja. Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head of Media and & Publicity disclosed this in a statement. They were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and obtaining by false pretence. Count one reads “That you Shamsudeen Lawal, Abubakar Abdulkadir and another (at large) sometime in 2024 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, did agree amongst yourselves to…
By Miriam Humbe Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Chukwujindu Goodness Nchekwube, Chief Executive Officer, Goodben Global Travels and Tours Limited alongside Rogers Oluwaseyi Eruku (a.k.a Bakary Rogers Yanni), a suspected fraudster, for allegedly defrauding 24 (Twenty-four) victims the sum of N68, 020, 000. 00 (Sixty-eight Million, Twenty Thousand Naira) under the pretence of assisting them to process work visas. This was contained in a statement signed by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale. A petitioner, James Ikechukwu, alleged that Nchekwube approached him and introduced herself…
By Miriam Humbe The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Chinyere Okoroafor in the trial of the Chief Executive Officer of Onome Global Market Resources Limited and Lexicon Multi-concept Media Limited, Osabohein Alex Ologbose and his wife Hope Onome Oghelemu before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, June 22, 2026 narrated how she was defrauded by the couple in an investment scam. Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday. The defendants, alongside their two companies, Onome Global Market Resources Limited and Lexicon Multi-concept Media Limited are being prosecuted…