The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, 18 April, 2023, urgedJustice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos to refuse the application filed by Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, a former Executive Director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, seeking to strike out his name from an alleged N1, 151, 214,000.00(One Billion One Hundred and Fifty One Million Two Hundred and Fourteen Thousand Naira) money laundering charge. Agaba is standing trial alongside Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General of NIMASA and Captain Warredi Enisuoh on an amended 22-count charge bordering on money laundering. At the resumed sitting today, Agaba,…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
Justice Babs Kuewumi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, adjourned till May 30 and 31, 2023 for further hearing in the alleged N2.8bn fraud trial involving a former Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Authority, NAMA, Ibrahim Abdulsalam and others.Abdulsalam is facing trial alongside Nnamdi Udoh (still at large), Adegorite Olumuyiwa, Segun Agbolade, Clara Aliche, Joy Ayodele Adegorite, Randville Invesment Limited and Multeng Travels and Tours Limited for conspiring to induce the Agency to deliver the sum of N2.8billion to Delosa Limited, Air Sea Delivery Limited and Sea Schedule Systems Limited on…
The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Isah Jere Idris, has been directed to hand over to the most senior officer in the Service, thrgazellenews.com can confirm. This is coming on the heels of several news report that CG Isah Jere Idris who was appointed in acting capacity just before his retirement in April 2022 has got another extension ahead of the expiration of his initial one year tenure extension which lapses on April 24, 2023. In a letter dated Monday, 17 April, 2023, addressed to the Acting Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service and signed by the…
Contrary to negative reports about the whereabouts of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, thegazellenews.com can authoritatively revealed that he is in Paris holding series of strategic meetings with his team and foreign investors ahead of his inauguration on Monday, 29 May, 2023. A source close to the President-elect confirmed that Tinubu did not eventually attend Ummurah (Lesser) and will not be attending the lesser Hajj this year. “Yes, the President-elect is not in Mecca and I can confirm to you that he won’t be attending the lesser Hajj again this year,” sources told thegazellenews.com. According to our investigations contrary…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered the Commissioner of Police on election duty in Adamawa State, Mohammed Barde, to withdraw from the state with immediate effect. The IGP also ordered that the Commissioner of Police in charge of Gombe State, CP Etim Equa, immediately proceed to Adamawa State for election security for the conclusion of the supplementary governorship poll. The removal followed declaration of Aishatu Dairu Ahmed (aka Binani) of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the governorship election while collation of the supplementary election results was still ongoing in the state.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Muhammadu Buhari has hosted religious and traditional leaders from across the six geopolitical zones of the country at an Iftar dinner (breaking of fast) as part of his ongoing official engagements in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. At the end of the event, President Buhari underscored the policy of his administration to develop all parts of the country without discrimination. Buhari expressed the hope that the special occasion of Ramadan will deepen the spirit of harmony in Nigeria and inspire citizens to work hard for the country and care for those who are in need. The…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared incumbent Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) as the winner of the Adamawa State governorship election. The Returning Officer, Muhammed Melee, declared Fintiri winner on Tuesday, 18 April, 2023 after polling 430,861 votes to defeat his major rival, Aisha Binani Dahiru, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 398,788. The electoral umpire reopened the collation centre for the supplementary election results on Tuesday, 18 April, 2023. The supplementary election held in the state on Saturday,15 April, 2023, after the election of March 18 was declared inconclusive…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least six people were burnt to death and six others sustained injuries after a house was burned down by fire in the Indonesian city of Medan in North Sumatra province on the morning of Tuesday, 18 April, 2023. The city’s fire department chief Muhammad Yunus told local media that the fire at the two-story house, occupied by 13 people, occurred around 6:00 a.m. local time. Yunus explained that the fire allegedly broke out in a kitchen on the first floor. Six tenants on the second floor were then trapped. “The fire spread really fast and made…