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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of 25 internet fraudsters before seven different judges, sitting in Federal and State High Courts, respectively in Ibadan, Oyo State and Osogbo, Osun State.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-secures-conviction-of-25-internet-fraudsters-in-ibadan-osogbo/

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, turned down an application by a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello seeking a stay of proceedings and stalling of his arraignment in the alleged N80.2billion money laundering charge instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.



read more:https://frontiernewsng.com/alleged-n80-2bn-fraud-court-declines-yahaya-bellos-plea-against-arraignment/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Vincent Markus, a suspected serial internet fraudster.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-arrests-suspected-internet-fraudster-in-maiduguri/

Lagos State Government has denied social media report that the state has re-introduced the monthly environmental sanitation and was starting restriction of movement from July ending.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/weve-not-re-introduced-monthly-environmental-sanitation-from-july-lasg/

The Edo State government has cautioned the All Progressives Congress, APC, to stop dragging the palace of the Oba of Benin into politics with its allegation that there were purported plans to demolish the Benin Royal Museum.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/stop-dragging-oba-palace-into-politics-edo-govt-tells-apc/

Delta State Government, Tuesday, said opposition parties in the state were not serious with last Saturday’s local government council elections in the state, describing their calls for the cancellation of the polls as preposterous and ridiculous.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/delta-govt-describes-opposition-to-lg-polls-as-preposterous-ridiculous/

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has condemned the brazen threat to the life of Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, the National Chairman of Zenith Labour Party, ZLP.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/cnpp-condemns-threat-to-zenith-labour-party-chairs-life/

Justice Hamza Mu’azu of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, dismissed the application of a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele for a leave of the court to travel to the United Kingdom for medical examination.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-dismisses-emefieles-application-for-medical-trip-to-uk/

Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party, LP, presidential in the February 25, 2023, poll, has called on government and leaders in the country prioritize investment in youths through practical education, and support for innovation and entrepreneurship.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/govt-must-prioritise-investment-in-youths-through-education-entrepreneurship-obi/

The trial of Ali Bello and Dauda Sulaiman before a Federal High Court, Abuja, continued on Monday, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its seventh prosecution witness, PW7.
Trial judge is Justice J. Omotosho.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/i-received-n1bn-from-ali-bello-for-renovation-of-his-houses-efcc-witness/

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Monday, charged newly-elected Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the 25 local governments in the state to embark on viable infrastructural projects and ensure modesty, fiscal discipline, prudent management, judicious allocation of resources, and excellent service delivery.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/oborevwori-swears-in-lg-chairmen-tasks-them-on-modesty-fiscal-discipline/

Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023, poll, Mr. Peter Obi, said leadership failure has continued to keep Nigerian youthful population unproductive.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/leadership-failure-has-made-nigerias-youthful-population-unproductive-obi/

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called for enhanced and consistent commitment to whistle blowing by Nigerians from all walks of life to tackle the menace of economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-calls-for-stronger-commitment-to-whistle-blowing/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-arraigns-ex-power-minister-mamman-over-alleged-n33-8bn-fraud/

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr. Nyesom Wike “to immediately account for and return the local government funds which they have collected over the years.”


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/scourt-verdict-return-lg-funds-or-face-court-action-serap-to-36-govs-wike/

Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has commended the Supreme Court for its landmark judgment barring state governors from withholding funds meant for local government administrations.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/cnpp-hails-scourt-ruling-on-lg-autonomy-wants-erring-govs-prosecuted/

Justice A. Bello of a Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced Saadu Salisu, Omoruyi Osavbie (a.k.a Antonio Hendo Henderson) and Daniel Japheth (a.k.a Cain Steven) to various jail terms for internet fraud.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-jails-3-for-internet-fraud-in-kaduna/

The business relationship manager of Zenith Bank Plc, Mrs. Ifeoma Ogbonna, on Tuesday told Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos how the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, used his companies to secure several contracts from the apex bank.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/alleged-fraud-witness-narrates-how-emefiele-moved-funds-into-family-company-accounts/

The Edo State Government has commenced the screening of over 326 ex-staff of the former Edo State Colleges of Agriculture in Iguoriakhi and Agenebode.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/obaseki-okays-n1-2bn-payment-for-ex-staff-of-defunct-state-colleges-of-agric/

Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023, poll, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, focus more in investigating grand theft and corruption in government and public asset management, such as oil theft, budget padding, contract inflation, among others.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-should-focus-more-on-oil-theft-budget-padding-contract-inflation-obi/

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Tuesday, said the ban on motorcycle, popularly known as Okada, for commercial transportation, had led to a noticeable reduction in crime rate in Asaba, the state capital and its environs.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/okada-ban-has-reduced-crime-in-delta-state-oborevwori/

Media Rights Agenda, MRA, has expressed deep concern over weekend’s abduction of two journalists based in Kaduna State, along with their wives and children.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/mra-condemns-kidnap-of-journalists-families-calls-on-govt-to-secure-their-release/

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has vehemently condemned the recent Appeal Court ruling on Rivers State Assembly lawmakers’ defection, saying that the judgment has a semblance of a verdict procured from the black-market “meant to destabilise the state, leading to a parallel State House of Assembly, which is a very dangerous development for Nigeria’s democracy.”



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/rivers-lawmakers-defection-acourt-ruling-dangerous-for-democracy-cnpp/

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho has dismissed an application by a former Kogi State governor, Mr. Yahaya Bello, seeking to transfer his N80.2billion fraud case from Abuja to the court’s Kogi State division.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/n80-2b-fraud-chief-judge-rejects-yahaya-bellos-bid-to-transfer-case-to-kogi/

The Okun-Ajah Community in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State has commended President Bola Tinubu and Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, for reverting to the original gazetted route for the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project and saving over 2,000 of their homes from demolition.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/coastal-road-okun-ajah-praises-tinubu-umahi-for-reversal-to-original-route/

As the July 13, local government council elections approaches in Delta State, the state Orientation Bureau on Sunday called on all eligible voters in the state to come out en masse to cast their vote for chairmanship and Councillorship candidates of their choice in all DSIEC ward across the 25 local government areas.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/delta-orientation-bureau-calls-for-peaceful-council-polls/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has told Justice Oyindamola Ogala of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja that the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto, has paid back the sum of N2.25billion to the Commission.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/n4-8bn-fraud-ibeto-has-paid-back-n2-250bn-efcc-tells-court/

Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023, poll, Mr. Peter Obi, has lamented the non inclusion of Nigeria in Harvard Business School class of 2025 programme for select 16 countries for its global immersion course.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/obi-laments-nigerias-exclusion-from-harvard-business-school-global-immersion-course/

The African Population and Health Research Center, APHRC, in partnership with Wellcome, has today begun receiving applications for the Mental Health Data Prize—Africa 2024.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/applications-open-for-mental-health-data-prize-africa-2024/

The Labour Party, LP, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to suspend any action with regards to the Enugu South Rural Constituency election till further notice.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/labour-party-asks-inec-to-suspend-enugu-south-rural-constituency-poll/

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has sentenced one Freeman Ogbonna, to 25 years imprisonment.
Ogbonna, an Delhi, India-bound passenger, was arrested months after vomiting and excreting 80 wraps of cocaine following his arrest by operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/india-bound-drug-trafficker-bags-25-years-imprisonment/

Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, has called on the electorate to ensure 100 per cent votes for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the July 13, 2024, local government elections in the state.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/lg-polls-delta-dep-gov-onyeme-calls-for-100-vote-for-pdp/