A court sitting in Kano, Kano, has convicted 31 persons over the abuse of naira. The conviction, CONVERSEER gathered was secured by the Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an unprecedented display of regulatory enforcement. According to sources, the 31 individuals were involved in illegal currency trading and the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, 17th May 2024, handed over the sum of $22,000 recovered from a convicted internet fraudster (Yahoo Boy), Hakeem Ayotunde Olanrewaju, to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in Lagos. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos had, on 15th August 2023,…
A man has been convicted of insulting Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera after posting a TikTok video showing an animated figure, with Chakwera’s face superimposed on it, doing some quirky dance moves. According to Africanews, a court found Sainani Nkhoma guilty on Thursday, which said he had posted the video and insulting comments about the president…
The operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested two suspected illegal forex traders, Surajo Umar and Muhammed Sadiq Lawal. They were arrested on Friday, 10th May 2024, at Udi Street in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital while selling dollars without appropriate licences. Their arrest followed credible…
…gives 7-day ultimatum A civil society group, Niger Delta Activists Forum (NDAF) has given seven days ultimatum, threatening to shut down Nigeria Upsring Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) headquarters over activities of Multinational oil companies in the Niger Delta region. The group threatened to mobilise 10,000 community dwellers to shut down the NUPRC headquarters and remain…
The activities of an Enugu-based business tycoon, Chief Henry Okechukwu, have caused an uproar in the community of Bendeghe-Affi in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State as over 100 youths take to the street. The activities of Okechukwu, CONVERSEER gathered include illegal exploitation of iron ore and timber logging from the community forest,…
By Our Reporter The Cross River State Government in a bid to stop the menace of illegal checkpoints and tolls, has begun a massive crackdown on such collections across the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Tolls Collection, Mr Bassey Ita Edet, who led a monitoring and inspection delegation to the Northern Part…
Multiple explosions were on Tuesday reported at the gas processing plant operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) at Gbarain, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The gas plant feeds the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) export terminal in Bonny Island, Rivers. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday evening, a community source said…
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, 13th May 2024, arraigned Babakura Muhammad Nur and Kaltum Mustapha for criminal misappropriation to the tune of N12,950,000 (Twelve Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only). The duos were arraigned separately before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High…
The Fourth Prosecution Witness, PW4, Bitrus Sambo Bako in the trial of Kassam Kopte and Yakubu Zwalnan, former Chairman and Secretary of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions respectively on Tuesday, 14th May 2024, narrated before Justice S.P. Gang of the Plateau State High Court, Jos how the defendants lured union members into fraudulent land deals…
