The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office has secured the conviction of two internet fraudsters, namely; Rasak Olayinka Balogun and Ayodeji Oluwaseun Olatona, who all pleaded guilty to separate one-count charge of criminal impersonation. The offence runs contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) (i) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) (iv) of the same Act. While Balogun was sentenced to seven months jail term by Justice Mohammed Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Olatona had his date with...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu Zonal Office on Monday, July 13,2020, arraigned one Kingsley Chukwudi Nkwoka before Justice L. J. Abai of Abia State High Court,  Aba, on nine-count charges, bordering on obtaining by false pretence and issuance of dud cheque to the tune of Nine Million, Eighty-Five Thousand (N9,085,000.00). Count One of the charges read: “That you, Chukwudi Kingsley Nkwoka, trading under the name and style of Chudis N. Kingster Enterprises on or about the 30th day of November, 2016 in Aba within the jurisdiction of...

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Abused and arrested in Lebanon, domestic worker arrives in Nigeria and urges others not to travel there. A Nigerian domestic worker who documented her abuse by former employers in Lebanon has arrived back home following a months-long ordeal that saw her arrested and accused of attempted murder. Ariwolo Olamide Temitope, 31, arrived in Abuja late on Saturday night after spending six weeks detained in Lebanon on charges of theft and attempted murder that were filed by her former employers. Temitope in late April escaped the home of Mahmoud Zahran and...

An American woman who was lured to Nigeria by a man she met on Facebook has been rescued after spending more than a year in captivity, authorities said. Police spokesman Frank Mba said that the 34-year-old man had persuaded the woman to come to Nigeria “under the pretext of love and deceitfully married.” But he then held her captive in a hotel and extorted $48,000 from her. “He also forcefully collected and took control of her credit and debit cards as well as the operation of her bank accounts including...

All embittered members of the ruling People's Democratic Party  (PDP) in Abia State have been advised to sheath their sword and allow peace to reign in the state. Chief of Staff (CoS) to the State Governor,  Dr.  A.C.B. Agbazuere gave the advice sequel to recent unguided statements making the rounds in different quarters.  The statements were credited to some PDP officials. According to him "I have been inundated, for some time now, with variegated comments from several groups and individuals on some issues in the state and I hereby urge...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, July 13, 2020 continued trial of Onwuzuruike Ikenna Kingsley, the alleged internet fraudster and scammer before Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and the prosecution presented its first witness, Abbas Suleiman, an Assistant Detective Superintendent (ADS) of the EFCC, before the court. While being led in evidence by prosecuting counsel, M. T. Iko, Suleiman told the court how the Commission, on receiving an intelligence on the alleged fraudulent activities of the defendant,...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the planned facelift of the National Theatre will create new job opportunities during and after the upgrade. The Minister stated this in Lagos on Sunday during the formal handover of the edifice and the adjoining 134-hectare fallow land to the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bankers’ Committee in Lagos. “Please permit me to start by making a clarification: this iconic National Theatre remains a national heritage and will not be ceded to any person or group, as some...

By Barrister Eze Chikamnayo The ongoing face-off between the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Engr. Chinedum Orji, (Ikuku), and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Deputy Governor’s Office, Chief Don Ubani, (Okwubunka), is indicative of the dire dilemma that has unfortunately been the lot of the Abia polity in recent times. Chief Don Ubani had demanded for the immediate resignation of the Speaker on ethical and constitutional grounds for clearly violating the spirit and letters of the oath of the exalted office which he holds in trust for the...

IT is often believed that camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees, run by international humanitarian actors, provide better services than those available locally outside the camps. (See, for instance, the World Bank's flagship report on displacement.) While camps are often crucial for the displaced populations in the immediate term, they are not a tenable option when displacement becomes prolonged , which is often the case across countries in sub-Saharan Africa, among others. Then, it becomes important to help IDPs and refugees integrate, to some degree, into local markets...