South African prosecutor seeks to extradite Australian flight attendant over 1999 murder, kidnapping

South African authorities will try to extradite an Australian flight attendant accused of involvement in a high-profile kidnapping and murder, after three men were convicted over the killing. Sky

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EFCC gets presidency's nod to probe ex-president

President Muhammadu Buhari may have given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the nod to probe ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan.

 According to The Punch, President Buhari’s special assistant on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, in a chat on Friday, March 11, noted that there was no secret agreement between the present and past presidents to exempt Jonathan from the list of corrupt people to be probed by this administration.

– EFCC picks up another of Diezani Alison-Madueke’s ally and cousin Donald Amamgbo

Donald Chidi Amamgbo, a cousin to Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of Petroleum has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Premium Times reports.

Amamgbo, who is chief executive of Mezcor Oil and Gas limited, Tridax Oil and Gas Limited, Lynear Energy Limited and Bulk Strategic Reserved Limited, was arrested in Lagos state at about 4.20pm Today, February 25.

-PDP said the FG is using its agencies to destroy any opposition

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Nigerian government of plans to arrest some of its notable leaders.

A statement signed by the party’s national legal adviser, Victor Kwon, said the PDP is aware that the federal government has perfected plans to arrest the senator representing Akwa Ibom North West (Ikot Ekpene) senatorial district, Godswill Akpabio, the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu and other leaders of the party on “imaginary charges”.

So Sad! Israel Houghton Divorces Wife Of 20 Years

Grammy-winner Israel Houghton announced the end of his 20-year marriage to Meleasa Houghton, telling Facebook followers “I failed and sinned in my marriage.”

“Several years ago I failed and sinned in my marriage. … Although we tried, the challenges in our relationship have proven too much to overcome. We have always handled our family and ministry with grace and generosity toward others, discretion, and privacy,” Houghton wrote on his Facebook page.

EFCC operatives detained Abba Moro, a former minister of interior

Abba Moro was re-invited by the EFCC over N650million immigration recruitment scandal.

Comrade Abba Moro, a former minister of interior, was detained by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, February 22.

 The ex-minister along with Anaesthesia Nwaobia, a former permanent secretary, and a deputy-director were reportedly detained over N650million immigration recruitment scandal. The commission is probing how this sum collected from the applicants who indicated interest in recruitment exercise was spent.

Biafra: Ex-Militants Give Buhari 31-Day Ultimatum

President Muhammadu Buhari has been given a deadline for the release of Radio Biafra director, Nnamdi Kanu.
In alliance with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Niger Delta ex-militant leaders in support of the Biafran movement, have given the federal government a 31-day ultimatum to free the IPOB leader, or face the consequences.

APC Will Not Be in Power Forever- PDP Governors Say

PDP governors have asked the security and antigraft agents to be mindful of how they carry out instructions from the APC-led government as they will not be in power forever. In a statement sent of today by their coordinator Osaro Onaiwu, the governors from the main opposition party, condemned the handcuffing of its National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh to the Federal High Court yesterday and today. The statement in reads in part;

I Was In Labour For 20 Hours – Tiwa Savage

Top Nigerian female singer, Tiwa Savage who welcomed her first child with Tee Billz a couple of months back recently discussed the ordeal she faced while delivering her baby, Jamil.

Tiwa said while going through the pains of child delivery, she at the same time threw up and her mother was just there telling her it’s normal as she also went through same process.

Emefiele Blames Naira Fall On US Policy and Importation

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, explained to the Senate on Tuesday that some harsh monetary decisions taken by the United States and Nigeria’s over dependence on foreign goods were responsible for the continuous fall in the value of the naira against major foreign currencies.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Sabi Abdullahi, stated this when he briefed journalists at the end of the closed-door meeting with the CBN boss.

NIMASA Paid Me N546million for Doing Nothing – Witness Tells Court

Chukwuemeka Benjamin Onuoha, a fashion designer standing in as a prosecution witness told a Federal High Court that his account was credited with N546.8million by an official of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) even though he had no business relationship with the Federal agency.

11 Lawmakers Drag Dogara To Court Over New House Rules

Crisis rocks the House of Representatives as 11 lawmakers have sued Yakubu Dogara, the speaker of the House, and its clerk, Sani Omolori, before an Abuja High Court over the new Standing Orders.

Daily Sun reports that the lawmakers led by Aliyu Sani Madaki (APC, Kano) filed a suit by the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Ahmed Bello Mahmud, seeking 12 reliefs from the court, among which is a declaration that the new House Standing Orders is null and unconstitutional.

Discrepancies Between The Old And New Controversial 2016 Budget

Following various controversies trailing the submission and missing of the 2016 proposed Budget as submitted by the Presidency to the national Assembly, the Cable online platform has screened and highlighted areas where increase and reductions were made in the two version of the budgets.

14Year old girl drags a business man to court for alledge rape

A 14-year-old girl on Friday dragged a businessman, one Malam Yahai, before a Magistrates’ court sitting in Jigawa State for allegedly raping and impregnating her.

According to the unidentified complainant who works as a house girl to the accused’s wife, Yahai has raped her several times.

Lagos moves to ban street begging

The Lagos State Government has launched a campaign to sensitise the public on its zero tolerance for begging and destitutes on the streets of the metropolis

This is contained in a statement by Mrs Kemi lkotun-Adekusibe, Head, Public Affairs of the Ministry of Youth and Social Development on Friday in Lagos.

Lazy youths will not get Buhari’s N5,000 stipend – Ngige

Chris Ngige Minister for Labour and Employment on Thursday said lazy youths will not get the N5,000 stipend promised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government.

Ngige in a chat with newsmen at the secretariat of the APC in Abuja, said “We won’t pay N5,000 for people to be indolent. No country in the world would pay people to go home and sleep and collect cash,” he said.

You’ve been very unfair to Chibok parents, BBOG – Ezekwesili tells Women Affairs

Former Minister of Education and leader of the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, advocacy group, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has told the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Aisha Alhassan, that she has not being fair to the group and parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

This was after the minister faulted the parents and members of the group for not giving government prior notice on their Thursday’s march to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Nigerian man sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug trafficking

Crime5A 36-year-old Nigerian man, identified as Alexis Zogbelemow, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of drug trafficking in 2012 in the Asian country of Malaysia.

Policeman Kills Father Of 2 While Trying To Seize His Motorcycle

A policeman attached to Eziama Police Division shot and killed a father of two (Ikeokwu Onyemachi), while attempting to seize his motorcycle at Ogbor Hill, Aba, Abia State, yesterday.

Onyemachi, a Port Harcourt-based businessman, and his friend, Okike, from Abala community in Obingwa council were on their way home after depositing the body of one Pa Okike at Group Medical Practice, GMP, mortuary near Azuka Police Division when a policeman and his colleagues, who were in a grey Peugeot 504, tried to confiscate their motorcycle.

Breaking High Court Decides Kanu’s Bail Application

The Federal High Court in Abuja today, December 17, has ordered immediate and unconditional release of the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, bail. Naijcom

Justice Adeniyi Ademola at the resumed trial on Monday, December 14, gave the date  after taking arguments from both parties engaged in the bail application.