A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has confirmed his reassignment as Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to South Africa. Fani-Kayode announced his new post on Thursday, May 7, noting that President Bola Tinubu had approved the shuffle. He was initially posted to Germany. Fani-Kayode said he had made a formal request to Yusuf Tuggar, then-minister of foreign…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman on a 12 count money laundering case involving the alleged diversion of about N33.8 billion in public funds. Delivering judgment on Thursday, May 7, Justice James Omotosho ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had successfully proved the allegations against…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman on a 12 count money laundering case involving the alleged diversion of about N33.8 billion in public funds. Delivering judgment on Thursday, May 7, Justice James Omotosho ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had successfully proved the allegations against…
Operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in close coordination with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Lagos Country Office, and law enforcement partners from Switzerland, France, and Greece, have successfully dismantled a Transnational Criminal Organization allegedly involved in drug money laundering operations running into hundreds of…
American rapper, Kodak Black, has been arrested in Florida for alleged drug trafficking. The 28-year-old Hip Hop star was taken into custody on Wednesday and booked into the Orange County Corrections Department for trafficking MDMA, according to Page Six. Kodak, whose real name is Bill K. Kapri, looked serious in his mugshot…
Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has announced that he has been reassigned as Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to South Africa after initially being posted to Germany. The former minister confirmed the development on Thursday, stating that President Bola Tinubu approved the change following his request for redeployment. According to him, he informed the former minister of…
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has found former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, guilty of money laundering. The ruling was delivered by Justice James Omotosho, who convicted Saleh Mamman on all 12 charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The judge stated that the prosecution successfully proved its…
Police have reportedly arrested two suspects in connection with the movement of a pistol and ammunition linked to the killing of 28 year old Oghenemine Ogidi in Effurun. The arrests are said to include the alleged sender of the Beretta pistol and four rounds of ammunition from Yenagoa, which authorities believe eventually led to the…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has dismissed fears of a religious agenda against Christians in Nigeria, insisting that Muslims are not seeking to eliminate Christians from the country. The Sultan made the remarks during the first triannual meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council in Abuja, where religious and government leaders called for greater…
The All Progressives Congress has announced that it has waived screening requirements for Bola Tinubu ahead of the party’s upcoming presidential primary elections. The decision was reached during the 188th meeting of the party’s National Working Committee held on Wednesday, according to a statement issued by APC National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka. Morka said the…
