by Admin | May 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confiscated 18 houses in an estate allegedly belonging to Alhaji Aliyu Usman, an associate of the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.). Usman and two companies linked to him- Leaderettehe Nigeria Limited and Nordeen Global Resources – were among 300 others listed among those who allegedly received contracts from the Office of the National Security Adviser while he was still in office. The anti-graft agency said Musa allegedly diverted N897m he received from the ONSA fund and allegedly used it to build the estate. The inscription, ‘EFCC, Keep Off!’ was spotted on the 18 terrace houses in the estate which is located at Mbora District, Abuja. A statement by EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren also said Usman allegedly used part of the money to buy a three bed-room flat at OAU Quarters Wuse 2 Abuja. EFCC said, “The EFCC is investigating the involvement of Aliyu Usman, who is linked with Leaderettehe Nigeria Limited and Nordeen Global Resources for their involvement in the monumental fraud that allegedly took place in the Office of the National Security Adviser during the regime of the embattled Col. Sambo Dasuki. “The two companies allegedly received about N897m from the arms deal funds from ONSA and diverted part of the money in the construction of an estate with 18 unit blocks of flats at Mbora District Abuja and another for the purchase of a three bed-roomed flat at OAU Quarters Wise II Abuja. source: daily...
by Admin | May 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Court of Appeal has fixed July 5, 2017 to hear the appeal filed by Patience, the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, to challenge the interim order of the Federal High Court in Lagos which temporarily froze her Skye Bank account with a balance of $5.9m. Patience’s lawyer, Mr. Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN) and Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), who disclosed this on Monday, therefore, urged Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court to suspend further proceedings in the case pending the outcome of the appeal. Ozekhome, who represented La Wari Furniture and Bath Limited, whose Ecobank account with a balance of N2.4bn was also frozen, argued that it would be disrespectful for Justice Olatoregun to proceed with the case after the appeal had been entered and the appellate court had issued a hearing notice. “The appeal in this matter has been entered and going by Rule 5 of the Court of Appeal Rules, this court ceases to exercise jurisdiction to proceed in this matter. It will amount to an illegal judicial voyage if this court embarks on the proceedings in this matter,” Ozekhome contended at the Monday proceedings. Consequently, Justice Olatoregun, in a short ruling, adjourned the case till September 24, 2017 to give the parties time to “ventilate their views in the appellate court.” She held, “I have seen the hearing notice issued by the Court of Appeal. I believe it will be in the interest of justice for parties to ventilate their views at the Court of Appeal. I will, therefore, adjourn this case until the 20th of September.” Justice Olatoregun, who had on April...
by Admin | May 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it will stage an anti-corruption walk on Tuesday to further encourage Nigerians on the need to shun corruption. A statement from the EFCC’s head of media and publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the walk will hold simultaneously in 10 states of the federation where the commission currently has offices. According to the statement, the walk which will be led by the acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, is part of activities to mark the second year of this administration’s fight against corruption. The ruling All Progressives Congress led by President Muhammadu Buhari will on May 29 attain its second year since the party assumed leadership of Nigeria, and began its plan to fight corruption in the country. According to the statement, the EFCC, says it will involve various stakeholders from major sectors of the economy in the rally. “The EFCC walk against corruption is expected to feature stakeholders from diverse sectors including the organized labour, youth organizations, women groups, civil society organizations, and lots more. The exercise is expected to hold simultaneously in all the cities where the EFCC currently have offices. These include Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Gombe, Ibadan, Benin, Maiduguri, Kano and Kaduna. “In Abuja, the walk is expected to take off from the EFCC head office in Wuse 2, with brief stop at the Unity Fountain where invited groups are to join the procession,” the statement said. source: premium...
by Admin | May 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A principal staff of the Federal Neuropshychiatric Hospital, Enugu is presently cooling off in police custody over alleged job scam. The Staff, Mrs. Stella Achalla, the secretary to the Medical Director of the Hospital, is currently being detained at the Enugu Area Command, alongside her alleged accomplice, one Mrs. Stella Egotanwa. She was whisked away from the hospital premises by 4 pm. on Wednesday by plain cloth policemen. The arrest followed a petition from one of the victims, Mrs. Agbanyim Roseline. In the petition dated 20th April, 2017 and addressed to the Area Commander, Area Command Headquarters, Enugu, the victims claimed that “one Mrs. Stella Achalla, a staff of Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, fraudulently duped me and collected the total sum of three hundred and seventy thousand naira (370,000.00) from me on three different occasions for the purpose of securing job for my cousin, Mr. Agbanyim Uchenna in their hospital. “Sometime in November 2015, Mrs. Achalla Stella contacted me though a friend, Mrs. Loveth Mbah and demanded initially the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand naira, (N250,000) for the job, but dramatically twisted and demanded extra one hundred thousand naira (100,000) claiming that Uchenna is a graduate and that those paying N250,000 for employment are NCE holders and below. “I complied and she promised that appointment will come out in the early month of 2016, but we waited patiently for over a year and nothing happened.” She further stated in the petition that by December 2016, “she came up with another trick and demanded another fifty thousand naira, (N50,000) meant for preparing the appointment letter which...
by Admin | May 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 36-year-old Charles Abam, a fraud suspect, who is now being held at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, for attempting to defraud the children of President Muhammadu Buhari, was at one point in his life, a police sergeant. According to Abam, after being jobless since 2003 when he lost his job as a policeman, he found out he could make a lot of money by defrauding influential Nigerians. The suspect allegedly got hold of the phone number of a prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, whom he contacted by impersonating Mrs. Daisy Danjuma, wife of Gen. T.Y. Danjuma. Through the APC chieftain, he was able to contact some members of the First Family, setting in motion a con that was supposed to net him millions of Naira. The indigene of Ndukwa East, Delta State, told investigators after he was tracked down and apprehended by the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, that he quitted his police post in 2003 after being enticed by a chance to travel abroad. He said, “When I had an opportunity to travel out of the country I left my duty post and went on to process my documents, but I was defrauded and I lost all my money. “I went back to my police job but I was told that I had been declared a deserter. I begged to be reinstated but was not taken back. I then began to look for work. I also applied for a bank security job but did not get it.” A source at the IRT said that in April 2017, Abam sent an SMS to...
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