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The Delta State Government has thrown its weight behind the ongoing screening of civil servants, warning that it will not condone falsification of age, abuse of leave of absence, or indecent dressing in the workforce.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/delta-govt-backs-civil-service-screening-insists-on-decent-dressing-aniagwu/

As Delta State marked its 34th anniversary on Wednesday, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has called on citizens and residents to remain united, peaceful, and committed to building a greater and more prosperous state.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/delta-34-lets-build-a-prosperous-state-together-oborevwori-tells-deltans/

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, has congratulated Deltans on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the creation of Delta State, assuring them of better days ahead under his administration.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/oborevwori-congratulates-deltans-at-34-says-better-days-ahead/

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, and Coalition of National Civil Society Organisations, CNCSOs, have called for the extradition of the former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mr. Mele Kyari, to Nigeria to face trial.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/cnpp-csos-demand-extradition-of-mele-kyari-ex-nnpcl-boss/

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, convicted eight internet fraudsters who pleaded guilty to cybercrime offences following their arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/again-court-convicts-8-internet-fraudsters-in-lagos-orders-forfeiture-of-phones-cash/

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the temporary freezing of four Jaiz bank accounts linked to the immediate-past Group Managing Director, GMD, of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mr. Mele Kyari over alleged fraud.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/abuja-court-freezes-4-jaiz-bank-accounts-linked-to-mele-kyari-over-alleged-fraud/

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of a Federal High Court, sitting as vacation judge in Lagos, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced a businessman, Duru Damian, to three months’ imprisonment for failing to declare the sum of $49,000 to the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-jails-businessman-forfeits-49000-to-fg/

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, on Monday, flagged off the Widows Welfare Scheme, a landmark initiative designed to provide financial and healthcare support for 10,000 widows across the state.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/oborevwori-flags-off-widows-welfare-scheme-for-10000-beneficiaries-in-delta/

The Economic and Financial crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of three internet fraudsters, who were arrested at a hotel located within the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, complex in Abeokuta.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-secures-conviction-of-3-internet-fraudsters-arrested-at-obasanjo-library-complex/

Mr. Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, has said that the the poor must not be punished while the powerful walk free, with the way untruly Ibom Air passenger, Ms. Comfort Emmanson was treated, compared to how some supposedly influential and politically connected persons were treated.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/embattled-ms-emmanson-the-poor-must-not-be-punished-while-the-powerful-walk-free-obi/

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, must be transparent in its fight against corruption in the country.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/tambuwal-arrest-corruption-fight-must-be-transparent-sincere-obi/

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr, Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that many public officers are now perfecting the antics of anticipatory declaration of assets to justify their intended stealing of public funds and other acts of corruption.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/how-public-officers-make-fraudulent-anticipatory-declaration-of-assets-olukoyede/

Officials of Edo State Government have arrested over 10 individuals for illegally extorting money from drivers, traders, and market women.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/edo-task-force-cracks-down-on-illegal-revenue-collectors-arrests-10-offenders/

Former Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, President, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, has said that Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom does not owe Nigerians anything and should be allowed to be.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/nigerians-should-let-kemi-badenoch-be-daudu-san

Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has faulted the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government for planning to spend N712 billion on the renovation of Lagos airport when the United Nations had warned that 34 million Nigerians were at risk of hunger.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/obi-slams-fgs-n712bn-airport-spend-amid-hunger-in-nigeria/

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, yesterday, set aside a Federal High Court ruling that struck out an interim forfeiture order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to seize 14 properties allegedly linked to former governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/acourt-restores-efccs-interim-forfeiture-order-on-14-properties-linked-to-yahaya-bello/

The Federal Government has appealed the judgment of a Federal High Court that acquitted former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Dr. Femi Thomas, of multiple counts of money laundering charges.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/fg-appeals-acquittal-of-former-nhis-boss-in-2-2m-money-laundering-case/

Media Rights Agenda, MRA, has condemned the closure of Badegi 90.1 FM, a private radio station based in Minna, Niger State, on August 1, 2025, on the orders of Governor Mohammed Bago of the state, describing the action as illegal, arbitrary and a dangerous assault on broadcasting freedom.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/mra-calls-on-governor-bago-to-immediately-reopen-badegi-radio/

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to eradicate irregular migration, human trafficking, and the associated human rights abuses that have long plagued Edo State.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/gov-okpebholo-unveils-plans-to-reintegrate-trafficked-youths-tame-irregular-migration

Labour Party, LP, Presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi has warned that the country’s debt might likely be over N200 trillion by the end of 2025.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/nigerias-debt-likely-to-hit-n200-trn-by-end-of-2025-peter-obi/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested eleven suspected illegal miners for engaging in mining activities without requisite licences.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-arrests-7-chinese-4-nigerians-over-allege-illegal-mining-in-akwa-ibom/

Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi has accused the President Bola Tinubu of overfeeding Nigerians with wrong statistics from wrong unemployment and inflation figures, and GDP rebasing.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/tinubu-overfeeding-nigerians-with-wrong-statistics-peter-obi/

In a mid-term assessment report on the Tinubu Administration’s first two years in office released Monday, Media Rights Agenda, MRA, has decried what it described as an alarming escalation of attacks on media freedom and civic expression, particularly through the misuse of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act by law enforcement agencies to silence or punish journalists and critics of government.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/attacks-on-journalists-intensifies-under-tinubu-govt-says-mra-in-new-report/

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday struck out the N12.3 billion charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against the Chairman of Honeywell Group, Dr. Oba Otudeko, and three others.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-strikes-out-charge-against-honeywell-chair-otudeko-as-efcc-withdraws-case/

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ruled that former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has a case to answer in the N3.1bn fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/ex-gov-suswam-has-case-to-answer-in-efccs-n3-1b-fraud-charges-court-rules/

The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Sulaiman Kwalla, in the trial of Bishop Katung Jonas and Okewole Dayo, chairman and secretary of Covenant Fadama Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Jos, Plateau State, respectively, Tuesday, told Justice Sharon Ishaya of a Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, Plateau State that many of the victims of the alleged fraudulent cooperative society, including him and his wife were lured into investing their resources in the venture by the church sermons and religious influence of Bishop Jonas.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/alleged-n178m-fraud-how-bishop-jonas-lured-victims-into-fraudulent-scheme-witness/

Dame Judith Amaechi, wife of Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation, has described the allegation by Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike that she collected N4billion monthly from the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, as utterly baseless and falsehood.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/wikes-nddc-n4b-monthly-payment-allegation-baseless-mrs-amaechi/

Delta State Executive Council, EXCO, has approved N230 billion worth of projects across different sectors in line with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s continued commitment to infrastructure development and wellbeing of Deltans.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/delta-approves-n230bn-worth-of-projects-to-construct-flyovers-at-agbor-ughelli/

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party, LP, Young Progressives Party, YPP, African Action Congress, AAC, Action People’s Congress, APP, and the Accord Party, have called for outright cancellation of Saturday’s Local Government Elections in the state, describing the exercise as undemocratic and “a daylight robbery”.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/lagos-council-polls-pdp-lp-ypp-others-demand-results-cancellation/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, arraigned one Muhammad Ramat before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-arraigns-man-over-n5m-fraud-in-maiduguri/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, secured the conviction and sentence of two Chinese for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-jails-2-chinese-for-cyberterrorism-internet-fraud-in-lagos/

Organised labour, on Monday, expressed grave concern and ondemned the arbitrary redeployment of some management staff and in-house union leaders at the Voice of Nigeria, VON, by the Director General of the agency, Mr. Jibrin Ndace.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/redeployment-nlc-tuc-demand-reversal-of-anti-union-policies-at-von/