Justice J.A Kereng of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe, on Monday, April 8, 2024 convicted and sentenced the duo of Ibrahim Abdullahi and Umar Usman to various jail terms for obtaining the sum of N682,847.00 under false pretences. The judge also sentenced Mohammed Soja to six years imprisonment. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a statement issued Wednesday said all the three convicts were jailed for employment fraud. TheHintsNews reports that the convicts bagged their imprisonment when they allegedly approached their victims in October 2022 about some phony job opportunities in a private liability company in…
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The Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria) has lauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its recent recovery of N30 billion from the investigation of Betta Edu, the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs. A statement signed and issued on Wednesday by the Executive Director, TI-Nigeria, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, underscored the significance of the recovery, while emphasising the need to hold accountable those entrusted with public funds. According to him, It is highly commendable that the EFCC has taken action against corruption within the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, which should be focused on alleviating poverty rather than being a breeding…
The federal government has approved Thursday April 11 as an additional public holiday for this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration. TheHintsNews reports that the federal government had on April 7 declared Tuesday and Wednesday as public holidays for the Muslim celebration. However, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Aishetu Ndayako in a statement on Tuesday said the decision was because there was no sighting of the new moon on Monday. Ndayako said the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo congratulated the Muslim Ummah for a successful completion of a month of spiritual rejuvenation. The statement reads: “The federal government has approved Thursday 11th…
The Minority Caucus, as well as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives have said that the coalition of opposition lawmakers is unknown to the parliament. TheHintsNews reports that the coalition of opposition led by Ikenga Ugochinyere on Monday threatened to quit the PDP of the lists of local government caretaker committee members in Rivers State and eight states allegedly skewed in favour of the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were not reversed. The coalition, which comprises of 60 PDP lawmakers also demanded the resignation of the Acting Chairman of PDP, Umar Damagun to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that it has recovered N30 billion in the alleged money laundering case involving the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu. TheHintsNews reports that on January 8, President Bola Tinubu, suspended Edu from office and ordered a thorough investigation of the alleged transfer of N585.189m meant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun and Lagos states into a private account. However, in a bulletin titled, “EFCC Alert and signed by its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede also revealed that 50 bank accounts were currently being investigated. Giving an update on the…
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Dauda Biu Monday directed the over 28,000 Corps’ Operatives (Regular and Special Marshals) to effectively cover 51 Corridors during the Eid-El Kabir special Patrol which is expected to commence from 08 to 13 April, 2024. This directive, Biu said, was in view of the envisioned increase in vehicular movement and the need to make the highways safe by eliminating all variables that propel road traffic crashes, fatalities and injuries on the nation’s highways. Among the corridors to be covered by the operatives are: Akwanga-Lafiya-Makurdi, Jos-Bauchi-Gombe, Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Birnin Kebbi corridor, Katsina-Kano-Wudil-Dutse-Azare-Potiskum corridor, Kaduna-Saminaka-Jos corridor,…
Ahead of the April 20 governorship primary in Ondo State, one of the aspirants, Hon. Olugbenga Edema has said that it would be suicidal for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to field the Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for the November 16 Governroship election. TheHintsNews reports that the former governorship candidate of the APC in the 2019 Bayelsa gubernatorial election, David Lyon was declared winner of the election, but a day to his swearing-in as governor, his election was invalidated by the Supreme Court. The Apex court ruled that his running mate Degi Eremienyo Wangagra submitted a fake certificate to the…
Sixty Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers have threatened to quit the party if the alleged doctored list of Local Government Caretaker Committees of the party in Rivers and 10 other states allegedly skewed in favour of the All Progressive Congress (APC) members were not nullified. The lawmakers noted that the members cannot be in a political party where the activities of such a party are determined by another political party. The lawmakers led by a member representing Ideato Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Imo Ugochinyere under the aegis of the opposition lawmakers coalition disclosed while addressing a…
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has introduced the Face of Aviation Consumer Protection (FACP) to encourage creativity, passion, dedication to duty and excellence, NCAA noted that Mrs. Ifueko Abdulmalik, an Assistant General Manager Consumer Protection at the NCAA was crowned the maiden Face of Aviation Consumer Protection of the Authority. The crown, the agency said, is for the period of one year, after which, another will emerge. A statement issued Monday in Abuja by the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, Michael Achimugu, said the initiative was also part of the rebranding exercise of the Consumer Protection Department,…
The immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and some ministers who served in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, have vanished from public spaces over fears of imminent arrests by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Like other former governors, Bello who left office in January after eight years in office, has been named as a co-conspirator in an alleged corrupt conduct. Bello’s name was mentioned during the re-arraignment of his nephew, Ali Bello, and a co-defendant for money laundering at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The EFCC had amended the charges on 5 February,…