By Henry Umoru, Abuja The Senate has endorsed the dismissal of Ms. Sandra Nimi Harry, a senior staff member of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), over her involvement in a high-profile examination malpractice case. The decision followed the presentation and adoption of a report by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and…
The Chief Security Officer to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), ACP Mohammed Iya Musa, has been charged in a land dispute involving a female associate of the Inspector General of Police, Rebecca Omokamo Godwin Isaac—also known as Becky or Bilikisu Ishaku Aliyu—over property located at Plot 1862 in Katampe District, Abuja. Musa…
In a move that could undermine Nigeria’s anti-corruption efforts, a judge of the Niger State High Court sitting in Minna has granted an ex parte order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting, arraigning, or prosecuting Mustapha Abubakar Bida—one of the defendants in the N33.8 billion corruption case involving former Minister of…
One of the music industry’s biggest challenges today is the increasingly large volume of AI-generated content on streaming platforms. In April, Spotify rival Deezer disclosed that more than 20,000 AI-generated tracks are being delivered to its platform alone every day – around double the 10,000 daily AI uploads Deezer reported in January. The flood of low-cost, low-quality algorithm-produced tracks…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday convicted and sentenced seven Chinese nationals to one year imprisonment each for their involvement in cyberterrorism and internet fraud linked to a massive Ponzi scheme uncovered in December 2024. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned the convicts separately before Justice Ayokunle Faji, Justice…
An Abuja Real Estate Developer, Mrs Godwin-Isaac Rebecca Omokamo has been arrainged. She was arraigned on Wednesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over her alleged complicity in land fraud and money laundering to the tune of N500 million. The defendant, also known as Bilkisu Ishaku Aliyu, was arraigned before…
The 14 members are: Gwottson Fom, Sani Abubakar, Jwe Philip Gwom, Thomas Dantong, Happiness Mathew Akawu, Cornelius Dotyok and Agbalak Ibrahim. A former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Moses Thomas Sule has been arrested alongside 14 other members for alleged money laundering. They were arrested by men of the Economic…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, arraigned the duo of Halima Buba and Innocent Mbagwu before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja for alleged fraud. According to a statement by the EFCC, the defendants, who are Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Bank Ltd and Executive Director/Chief Compliance…
Nigerian Afrobeats musician Dapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’Banj, has pleaded with the Federal Government of Nigeria, led by President Bola Tinubu, to wade into the $1 million fraud case between the Okoye brothers, Peter and Jude. Recall that Peter Okoye (Mr. P) sued Jude Okoye, his elder brother and former manager of the defunct…
ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a former staff of the Court of Appeal, Munirat Abdulazeez, before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Bwari, over her alleged involvement in a N9.2 million job scam. This was disclosed in a statement on Saturday by ICPC spokesperson,…
