Category: Metro
Wike, NIA tussle over ownership of N13bn seized by EFCC
The controversy surrounding the ownership of the N13bn ($43.4m, N23m and £27,000) found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Osborne [...]
Three NNPC chiefs fired over missing N11bn petrol
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday sacked three of its senior officials and deployed four others in vacant positions. Although th [...]
NIA debunks reports linking it to seized $50m cash by EFCC
The National Intelligence Agency of Nigeria (NIA) has vehemently denied a report that its officials were laying claims to the cash hoard of $50 millio [...]
Obasanjo and Adebutu’s wedding to hold as planned
The families of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and businessman, Chief Kessington Adebutu, have said that the wedding of their children, Olujonwo [...]
Fire razes FAAN headquarters, affects sensitive departments
A fire broke out at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) headquarters on Tuesday morning, affecting some of its most important departments [...]
Suspect flees as whistle-blower exposes N4bn in secret accounts
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has stumbled on two bank accounts containing a joint sum of N2bn suspected to be the proceeds of [...]
Kemi Olunloyo granted N1 million naira bail
Detained Kemi Olunloyo, has finally been granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.The controversial jou [...]
For attacking residents of Ikorodu, OPC threatens revenge raid on militants as 9 residents remain in captivity
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), a socio-cultural group in Nigeria’s south-west has threatened to carry out a raid in the Ikorodu area to avenge the [...]
Skye bank refuses to pay former first lady, Patience Jonathan
Former Nigerian First Lady, Patience Jonathan, on Monday visited the Maitama branch of the Skyebank in Abuja to withdraw part of her $5.9million rece [...]
Another cash haul recovered by EFCC
A whistleblower yesterday led operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to intercept another cash haul in various currencies a [...]