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A major security breach was recorded at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the early hours of Wednesday, August 16, 2017, as unknown gunmen attacked the office located at Wuse Zone 7, Abuja. The group of heavily armed bandits invaded the office at about 05.00 hours and began shooting into the premises, damaging vehicles parked in the premises in the process. However, the attack was repelled by guards on duty. The hoodlums escaped in a getaway vehicle but not without leaving a message; a white envelope dropped by the fleeing attackers was found to contain a death threat addressed to Ishaku Sharu, a senior investigator with the Commission. Ishaku who heads the Foreign Exchange Malpractices Fraud Section is in charge of corruption investigation involving several politically exposed persons and retired military brass hats. The attack on the Zone 7 office which houses the Commission’s AMCON Desk, Procurement Fraud and Foreign Exchange M

Y our Excellency Dr Jonathan, this is the economy you left behind, in case you have forgotten. With due respects to the former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, these are the facts about the economy you left behind, in case you have forgotten. I hope this will help to erase the wrong statement credited to you at your party, the PDP Convention at the Eagle Square last weekend that you handed to President Buhari a robustly healthy economy. To the same extent, this should also help to erase yet another false statement by Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, the Caretaker Chairman of the party, to the effect that under the previous administration there was money but now things are very hard. Let me start by reasserting an obvious statement, which is that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was handed an economy ravaged by years of mismanagement and corruption. It is understandable that Dr Jonathon kept his comments short, because a cursory look at any sector

I t just got real with outspoken on-air personality, Daddy Freeze, who is ready to start officiating marriages in Christ. Yes, he intends to start getting people married. Recall that he had replied someone who confronted him on his relationship status and advised that he make the relationship legitimate, that is, get married. ‘From this day onwards, I will begin officiating ‘marriages in Christ’ for citizens of the #FreeNation and anyone else who wishes to be married in Christ, without the bondage of the legal system or the burden of tradition and religion,’ he wrote. According to Freeze, all that’s required is two consenting adults, him praying over the intending couple, a party afterwards which would cater to at least 10 people, as well as alcoholic wine which, like the party, he said is a must. Freeze added, ‘It might take a while for people to catch on, but trust me, very soon, they will all realize that being ‘married in Christ’ is all we really need and rel

Multiple social media posts and graphic images coming in from Ekwuluobia in Anambra State says that two members of Biafra have been shot dead by Police. One post reads, 'Two biafrans shoot dead in Ekwulobia by Nigeria police now' while another one says, 'Some of the people waiting for the arrival of Nnamdi Kanu in Ekwuluobia,Anambra state were today shot by army and police.They also used teargas on them'. See more photos below...

N ews website, Saharareporters, has taken steps to upturn the judgment of a Kwara State High Court which awarded N4billion damages to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, in a controversial libel suit. Justice Sikiru Adeyinka Oyinloye gave the judgment against the news platform and its founder, Omoyele Sowore, on June 28. SaharaReporters has described the judgment as fraudulent and dodgy. The news website has now mounted a strong challenge to the court decision, which it said “contains a plethora of curiosities”. In the suit (No. KWS/23/2017), Mr. Saraki had claimed that he was defamed in several reports and opinion articles published on SaharaReporters between September and December 2015. In a motion on notice filed by SaharaReporters’ lawyers, Falana & Falana Chambers, the website and its founder are seeking an order extending the time within which they may apply to set aside the entire proceedings in the suit and the court judgment. They are also se

A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has fixed August 29 to deliver judgment on the fundamental rights suit filed by alleged kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, (popularly known as Evans). The judge, Abdulaziz Anka, had earlier ruled in favour of Olukoya Ogungbeje, the lawyer representing Evans, after he disclosed that he had complied with the court’s order to serve the respondents. The court said the matter was ripe for hearing.

T he Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has assigned portfolios to the two ministers who were sworn in three weeks ago. Stephen Ocheni and Suleiman Hassan were sworn in in May, several weeks after they were confirmed by the Senate, due to President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence. ‎Mr. Ocheni will fill the vacuum created by the death of James Ocholi who hailed from the same state, Kogi State. He is to resume as Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Productivity. Suleiman Hassan who was appointed to fill the Gombe State slot will resume as Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing. Mr. Osinbajo also swore in 15 permanent secretaries to fill the vacancies created in various government agencies. Source: Premium Times

M embers of the #ResumeOrResign group, which is leading a public demand for President Muhammadu Buhari to quit office if he cannot work, were today attacked during a visit to Wuse Market. In a statement signed by Deji Adeyanju and Adebayo Raphael, Co-Conveners of Concerned Nigerians and Our Mumu Don Do Movement respectively, #ResumeOrResign said the attack was spearheaded by a member of Buhari sit-tight group which meets at the Unity Fountain in the city. In the middle of the attack was Charly Boy, the leader of Our Mumu Don Do. Charly Boy is said to have arrived in the market riding a motor bike. But he and other members of his group were denied entry by the market officials, leading his supporters to try to force their way into the market. Sensing that Charly Boy had brought the #ResumeOrResign protest to the market, some supporters of President Buhari in the market are reported to have started chanting “Sai Baba! Sai Baba!! Sai Baba!” They then descended on

E xactly 100 days since he left Nigeria on Sunday, May 7 for London to attend to his ailing health, controversy has continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s continued absence from the country. Since Mr. Buhari’s travelled, the presidency has repeatedly tried to assure Nigerians he was getting better and would soon return to the country. Photos of the president meeting with different categories of public officials and politicians in London, where he is receiving treatment, have been circulated to calm concerned citizens. Also, officials who have met the president including Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo have repeatedly said he was getting better and would soon return to the country. His aides have also said he would only return when his doctors so advice and that only Mr. Buhari could tell Nigerians the true nature of his illness or indeed his health status. However, while the latest trip is Mr. Buhari’s longest outside