January 2021

How National Assembly “Padded” 2021 Budget With Over ₦500 Billion

The budget additions include N100 million for “empowerment for selected young ladies and girls in Nsukka, Enugu State” and N500 million each for “provision of empowerment materials to youths in some selected states in the north-east.” By Kabir Yusuf Before transmitting the 2021 budget to President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Assembly added several controversial projects,

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EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected Yahoo Boys In Lagos

EFCC Arrests Three Dubai-based Suspected Internet Fraudsters, 14 others in Lagos  Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, have arrested three Dubai based suspected internet fraudsters and 14 others in Lagos. They were arrested, Tuesday January 26, and Wednesday 27, 2021 at different locations following series of intelligence detailing their

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Fraudster Who Bought A Car With Fake Bank Alert Arrested In Akwa Ibom (Photos)

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a suspected fraudster identified as Emeka Akuma, who bought a Lexus 330 Salon car with fake bank alert at Festac town in Lagos state and escaped with the vehicle to Uyo, IgbereTV reports. Spokesperson of the command, SP Odiko MacDon, who disclosed this in a statement on

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Isa Pantami: NIN Registration Will Help To Curb Crime

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami has expressed hope of the National Identity Number registration helping to curb crime and also helping Nigeria achieve a digital economy, IgbereTV reports. The Minister who spoke at the Global Privacy Day Celebration, 2021 said the value of the registration exercise would become appreciated with

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EFCC Arraigns Ex-bayelsa Governor’s Aide, Two Others, for Alleged N864m Procurement Fraud

A former Senior Special Assistant on Millennium Development Goals to the immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, Embelekpo Apere, was on Thursday, January 28, 2021 arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, IgbereTV reports. Apere, was arraigned alongside Rollins Allison Amacree, Clever Loveday and

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EFCC Arrests 16 Alleged Internet Fraudsters In Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has effected the arrest of 16 young men in Lekki, a cosmopolitan area in the state, for allegedly engaging in internet fraud, popularly known as yahoo yahoo, Insidenaija reports. The suspected internet fraudsters are: Habeeb Adebayo, Marcus Wisdom, Caleb Triumphant Ezikiel, Akinduro Henry,

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