The Federal High Court in Abuja, presided by Justice Emeka Nwite on Wednesday, 24 December, 2025 ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to produce Commissioner of Finance, Bauchi State, Yakubu Adamu, in court on Dec. 30 for arraignment over alleged N4.6 billion money laundering. Justice Nwite, who gave the order after EFCC’s lawyer, Samuel Chime, failed to produce Adamu in court to take his plea, threatened to sanction the prosecuting counsel if he failed to come with the defendant in the next adjourned date. It was gathered that although Adamu, alongside a firm, Ayab Agro Products and Freight…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Following the political path of his uncle, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, famous Nigerian Afrobeats sensation, David Adeleke, popularly addressed as Davido, on Tuesday, 23 December, 2025, announced that he is joining the Accord Party(AP). Davido, who confirmed the development through his verified X account on Tuesday, 23 December, 2025, said he would be in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Wednesday, 24 December, 2025 to collect his Accord Party membership card. “I will be live in Osun to pick up my Accord Party membership card at Imole House, Osogbo,” the singer wrote. This move comes about two weeks after…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered 41 properties valued at over N212 billion allegedly linked to Abubakar Malami, former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. The assets, spread across Kebbi State, Kano State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, include hotels, universities, schools, factories, fuel businesses, radio stations and luxury homes. Investigations showed that properties in Kebbi State alone are worth N162.1 billion, while assets traced to Kano State are valued at N16 billion. Properties in the FCT were put at N34.6 billion, bringing the total value to N212.8 billion. Following the discovery, the…
By Tunde Akanni “Like play…”, as they say, Dangote emerges the Man of the Year 2025! A consumerist perspective, you may say. But who could have imagined that the 2024 Gen Zs’ “no gree for anybody” slogan would get a lease of life from the least likely quarter? Dangote volunteered. He tore through the muscles of powerful oil sectors’ big men. Only one was in sight but big ones fell! And even a third. Dangote no gree for anybody. He has come to reaffirm his conquest of the sector. May the conquest signal better future for citizens. Yeah, unlike POTUS…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, 24 December, 2025, in Lagos, inaugurated a Committee on Strategy, Conflict Resolution and Mobilisation to resolve conflicts within the All Progressives Congress as it approaches the 2027 general elections. The committee, which comprises Governors of the party, members of the Federal Executive Council, and other notable stakeholders, has the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Bala Buni, as Chairman, and Dr Muiz Banire, SAN, former National Legal Adviser of the APC, as Member/Secretary. Other members include: Senator Adamu Aliero; Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman AbduRazak; Chairman of Progressive…
Detectives in India have arrested a Nigerian Esther Iyanuoluwa Olajide for peddling cocaine hidden in bread loaves on the Streets. The Times of India which reported the arrest said “Sleuths from the Central Crime Branch (CCB) have arrested a 29-year-old Nigerian national for trafficking cocaine, taking recourse to a rather unusual method: She had concealed the contraband inside bread loaves to evade detection.” According to the report: Police seized 121 grammes of cocaine, valued at approximately ₹1.2 crore, from the accused, highlighting a growing trend among smugglers using everyday food items to transport drugs. Although she had arrived in New…
By Immaculate Oluwanisola Following the devastating collapse of the “EMAAR” digital investment platform, a coalition of aggrieved investors has announced plans to file a class-action lawsuit against Moniepoint Microfinance Bank. The legal action accuses the fintech unicorn of gross negligence, failure to protect users, and providing the primary financial infrastructure that enabled a shadowy syndicate to defraud over 4,000 Nigerians of billions of naira. The controversy centers on a Moniepoint account held under the merchant name “CreditB-24H.” Investigative reports from Saturday PUNCH reveal that this single account served as the collection point for thousands of victims who believed they were…
Local government workers in Lagos State have been comparing notes on the Christmas and New Year packages by their newly sworn-in Chairmen and there has been praises for some while others received bashing from the workers, reports thegazellenews.com Workers have been praising the likes of Prince Idris Balogun, Egbe-Idimu Local Council Development Area; Usman Akanbi Hamzat, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government; Akinpelu Ibrahim Johnson, Alimoso Local Government; Jimoh Olawale Saliu, Apapa-Iganmu LCDA; Idowu Adejumoke Senbanjo, Apapa LG; Olusegun Olowa, Ibeju-Lekki LG; and Oluseyi Lawal Jakande, Odiolowo-Ojuwoye LCDA among others. Thegazellenews.com learnt that Balogun approved N60,000 each and 10kg of rice for all…
A petrol tanker on Sunday, 21 December, 2025, rammed into the convoy of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, killing a police dispatch rider, Ibrahim Hussaini. Akpabio announced the pässing of the dispatch rider on Tuesday, 23 December, 2025 during the plenary, where he condöled with the family of the decæsed. Dispatch riders, often police officers, usually ride government-branded motorcycles as part of public officeholders’ convoys. The Senate President, who entered the red chamber minutes after proceedings started, informed senators that Hussaini was buried on Tuesday morning, 23 December, 2025. Although Akpabio did not disclose the exact location, he said the incident…
The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi TINUBU has called on Nigerians to tow the path of peaceful coexistence citing the Holy Bible which underscores it as a prerequisite for prosperity. She stated this in Kaduna during the annual distribution of food items to the Christian Northern Nigeria Political Forum (CNNPF) for Christmas and New Year Celebrations. According to Senator Oluremi TINUBU, whatever the narrative in the world presently, she was optimistic it is for the good of the Nation. “Let us all stay and make Nigeria great again. “Good things are already happening in this country,” she said. She…