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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/

Justice Marianne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, reserved ruling till July 17, 2025, on an application filed by former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, seeking permission to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/alleged-n110-4bn-fraud-court-reserves-ruling-on-yahaya-bellos-travel-application-till-july-17

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested nine suspected illegal miners in Niger State.
They were arrested in Kaniyan Village, Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, following actionable intelligence on their illegal mining activities.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-arrests-9-suspected-illegal-miners-in-nigerefcc-arrests-9-suspected-illegal-miners-in-niger/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, arraigned Abel Sokari, Nkiruka Chukwuma, and a company, Zakah Global Investment Limited, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, possession of fraudulent documents, and forgery to the tune of €49million.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/alleged-e49m-fraud-efcc-arraigns-2-in-lagos/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, arraigned Awerusuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim before Justice Muhammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/cbex-scam-efcc-arraigns-2-over-alleged-investment-fraud/

The Chief Press Secretary to Delta State governor, Sir Festus Ahon, has faulted comments made by a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Chairman of Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state, Chief Wilson Omene, describing his criticisms of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s infrastructural projects as ill-informed and misleading.

read also: https://frontiernewsng.com/oborevworis-flyovers-are-strategic-not-wasteful-cps-replies-omene/

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday sentenced nine Chinese nationals to one year imprisonment for their involvement in a Ponzi-terrorism scheme busted in Victoria Island, Lagos, in December 2024.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-jails-9-chinese-nationals-over-ponzi-terrorism-scheme-in-lagos/

Justice Mohammed Umar of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has scheduled October 6, 2025, for hearing in a suit filed by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, challenging the final forfeiture of her assets to the Federal Government.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-fixes-oct-6-for-hearing-in-diezanis-asset-forfeiture-challenge/

The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Ismail Lawal in the trial of the former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku on Wednesday, informed Justice S. Oriji of a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Ishaku advised him to run away for a period of six months, so as not to report to the EFCC that needed him for its investigations concerning the former governor.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/alleged-n27b-fraud-ishaku-advised-me-to-run-away-because-of-efcc-witness/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun State.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-arrests-18-suspected-internet-fraudsters-in-ogun/

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, and a coalition of over 75 Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, under the banner of the Coalition of National Civil Society Organisations, CNCSOs, have issued a strong and uncompromising demand to President Bola Tinubu: “Go beyond sacking Mele Kyari. Arrest him and launch a public judicial probe into the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL.”


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/cnpp-csos-to-tinubu-arrest-mele-kyari-launch-judicial-probe-of-nnpcl/

Labour Party, LP, Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has said that President Bola Tinubu’s St.Lucia when Nigerians are being killed in their homes is inappropriate and unacceptable.
He said that at this critical time when our people die daily and our schools and hospitals are not functioning, we should focus on fixing our country.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/tinubus-st-lucia-visit-inappropriate-unacceptable-peter-obi/

Dangote Refinery has reduced ex-depot price for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol, by N40 as more marketers join partnership deal.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/dangote-reduces-ex-depot-price-by-n40-as-more-marketers-join-partnership/

The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Rivers has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Sole Administration of the state, Vice Admiral Ibok-Eke Ibas (retd) to submit breakdown of major items in the 2025 N1.48 trillion Appropriation bill.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/reps-committee-query-n24bn-cctv-allocation-demands-rivers-budget-details-in-48-hours/

Women of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta Central senatorial district have unanimously endorsed President Bola Tinubu and Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, as the sole candidates of the party for the 2027 general elections.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/2027-delta-central-apc-women-endorse-tinubu-oborevwori-as-sole-candidates/