Category: Metro
Court orders Providus bank to return N329m fraudulently transfered from customer’s account
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered that Providus Bank Limited should transfer back the remaining balance of N329,454,650.28 alleged to [...]
Tafa Balogun, former IGP tried jailed by Obasanjo for stealing $100m is dead
Mustapha Balogun, otherwise known as Tafa, a former Nigerian Inspector-General of Police (IGP), is dead.
He was aged 74.
Balogun who became IGP [...]
Kenya bars banks from engaging with Flutterwave, Chipper Technologies.
The Central Bank of Kenya has issued a notice instructing all commercial banks in the country from operating with Nigeria fintech, Flutterwave Payment [...]
How suspended accountant-general, diverted TSA, IPPIS funds for personal gain
Hayatu Ahmed, chief superintendent of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Ahmed Idris, suspended accountant-general of the feder [...]
Army reshuffles personnel over rising cases of insecurity
The Nigerian Army has redeployed senior officers in a major reshuffle that affects some principal staff officers of the Army Headquarters, General Off [...]
Court denies billionaire oil mogul Indimi access to his bank accounts over $1.5m debt
A Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained Oriental Energy Resources Limited owned by billionaire, Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi, from withdrawing, transf [...]
Organ harvesting: Ike Ekweremadu remanded as UK court grants wife bail
A United Kingdom court has granted former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu’s wife, Beatrice bail.
Ekweremadu and his wife were accu [...]
Terrorists vow to kidnap Buhari, El-Rufai, flog mercilessly, remaining abducted passengers on Abuja-Kaduna bound train (Video)
Terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna bound train and killed eight people have released a fresh hostage video showing their victims in an unidentifi [...]
Sanwo-Olu’s chief of staff, Tayo Ayinde, accused of impersonation, assault, land grabbing
Tayo Ayinde, the Chief of Staff to the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been accused of gross impersonation, assault over a landed proper [...]
Court remands suspended AGF, Ahmed Idris, two others in prison over N109bn fraud
A high court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered that the suspended Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, and tw [...]