A forensic document examiner seconded to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Bamaiyi Haruna on Thursday said the analysis conducted on the documents used to release $6.2m from the Central Bank of Nigeria in February 2023 showed that they were forged. The EFCC had alleged that on February 8, 2023, a former CBN governor, Godwin…
Spanish prosecutors have called for Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to be jailed for four years and nine months for allegedly failing to declare earnings to the tax office. Prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday that they are accusing Ancelotti of two accounts of tax fraud worth 1 million euros ($1,1m). The Madrid state prosecutor’s…
President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, romped through more than a dozen states on Super Tuesday, all but cementing a November rematch and increasing pressure on the former president’s last major rival, Nikki Haley, to leave the Republican race. Their victories from coast to coast, including the delegate-rich states of California and Texas,…
This strategic move could sideline major global trading entities, which have been engaged in extensive negotiations for months, aiming to provide financial backing and crude oil supplies to Dangote’s refinery in exchange for product exports. Anticipation is high within the trading community as the colossal 650,000-barrel per-day refinery gears up to reshape global oil and…
The majority leader of the state house of assembly and member representing Ovia North East 1, Charity Aiguobarueghian, announced this during sitting. He stated that the petition against the deputy governor which dated March 5, 2024 was endorsed by 21 out of the 24 lawmakers. The majority leader maintained that the number of lawmakers that…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has rejected the Federal Government’s attempt to retry the former governor of Abia and the senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, in the N7.6bn fraud case preferred against him. Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court had on December 5, 2019, sentenced the former governor to 12…
One of the planes involved was a Dash 8 owned by Safari Link, bound for Diani with 44 passengers and crew. The other was a Cessna plane on a training session, carrying two people. The Cessna crashed in the park, while the Dash 8 safely landed back at Wilson Airport. Both planes had taken off…
For boxing purists , disaster was brewing. Was a UFC fighter, in his very first boxing match, about to knock out a reigning world heavyweight champion? Fury got back up and eventually won a much-discussed and unconvincing split decision victory, but Ngannou had made a spectacular entrance into the boxing world. On Friday, the Franco-Cameroonian…
Trust Africa News: By Buki Samuel As part of efforts to tackle unemployment in the country, the Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has unveiled a local fabric hub and training centre, Adire Ekiti Hub, to give economic empowerment to the unemployed youths and widows in the state. A total number of 220 beneficiaries made up…
