Justice J.A. Kereng of the Gombe State High Court, sitting in Gombe on Friday, May 10, 2024 convicted and sentenced one George Habu Nuhu to six months imprisonment for fraud. Nuhu was prosecuted by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a one-count charge of intent to defraud. The…
Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court, Ilorin on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, struck out the objection against the admissibility of the statements tendered by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a $10,000 fraud trial of an Ilorin-based businessman, Chukudubem Ezenwa and one Adeleke Damilola. Ezenwa and…
Investigators at the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested forty-four(44) suspected internet fraudsters. The suspected fraudsters were arrested in an early morning sting operation on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Satellite Town, Tinapa junction and parliamentary extension areas of Calabar in Cross River State. Items recovered from them…
A federal high court in Abuja has rejected a request to cancel an arrest warrant issued against Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi state. The judge, Emeka Nwite, criticized Bello for filing applications while failing to appear in court. He accused Bello of trying to derail the case brought against him by the Economic…
A contractor with the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Victor Onyejiuwa, on Thursday, told the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja how he was pressured to pay $600,000 before he was paid for a contract. Onyejiuwa, the Managing Director of Resource Computer Limited, testified in the ongoing trial of the former CBN Governor, Mr…
The Kogi State Government has confirmed the abduction of nine students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene. This was as the State Governor, Usman Ododo assured the people of the state of the safe return of the abducted students. Trust News Africa gathered that the students, who were reading for their…
The couple arrived Friday in the Nigerian capital Abuja where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students there.Greeted by a drum and dance group from the Igbo ethnic group, Prince Harry and Megan toured the Lightway Academy where they were welcomed by pupils.“If you take anything away from today,…
Trust News Africa gathered that the Lagos-Kano narrow gauge rail line will begin services soon It was reported that during the visit of the Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, to the project site in Kano State on Thursday. The contractors, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, disclosed that the line had been successfully linked to the…
The Dr Asue Ighodalo and Osarodion Ogie Campaign Council for the Edo 2024 Gubernatorial election wishes to express strong disapproval of actions that tend to insinuate any form of disrespect for the highly revered person of Oba Ewuare II , Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, and the Royal throne of the Great Palace. We are…
