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The National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) says the country’s social register is an aggregation of state registers. In a tweet on Friday, the office said the 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) “built the register”. “The national social register is an aggregation of state registers built by each […]

A UK court has ordered the confiscation of £101.5 million allegedly linked to James Ibori, former governor of Delta state. Delivering the judgement on Friday after “factual findings”, David Tomlinson, a judge at Southwark Crown Court, said Ibori should pay the sum immediately or face an eight-year jail sentence. Reacting in a […]

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) to take over the N5 billion suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Stella Oduah, former aviation minister. The EFCC alleged that Oduah misappropriated public funds estimated at N5 billion while serving […]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reportedly destroyed an illegal refining site at Dariama village in Rivers state. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, said the site was destroyed by the air component of operation Delta Safe. The publication said the airstrike on the illegal refinery was intelligence-driven, […]

Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of the governor of Ondo, has shared the photograph of her husband in a medical facility amid death rumours. Betty posted the picture on Friday across her social media handles. The picture shows the ailing governor sitting on a motorable chair while his wife posed beside him. The […]

The trial of Tukur Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald, has commenced before a federal high court in Abuja. Mamu was arraigned in March by the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) on a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism. However, in March, he pleaded not guilty to all the counts and denied having […]

The Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed media office says “rogue trolls” are deploying fake news to distract the judiciary. Obi and Baba-Ahmed were the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election. LP and its candidates are challenging the outcome of the election at the […]

A London court is set to rule on the confiscation charge of about £100 million loot allegedly linked to James Ibori, former governor of Delta state. At the hearing on Thursday, the prosecutor asked the court to confiscate £101.5 million traced to Ibori. According to Reuters, Jonathan Kinner, the lead prosecution counsel, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Stella Oduah, former aviation minister, over allegations of fraud. The EFCC alleged that Oduah misappropriated public funds estimated at N5 billion while serving as minister. The charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/316/2020 was first filed in 2020. Although the case came up for arraignment numerous […]