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Emefiele: I Was Forced To Give $600,000 Bribe For Contract Payment – Witness

Ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele
A prosecution witness in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele has said he was forced to pay a bribe of $600,000 before being paid for a contract he did for the apex bank. The witness who is the Managing Director of Resource Computer Limited, Victor Onyejiuwa disclosed this at the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja yesterday. Being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, Onyejiuwa said his company deploys hardware and software-tailored security, network, storage and backup solutions. Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, are facing trial on a 26-countRead More

Gov Ortom: Herdsmen from Libya, Mali, Others Still Killing Benue People

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom
Buhari: I will crush terrorists before I hand over in 2023 *ACF seeks urgent action against criminal acts in schools Gboyega Akinsanmi in Lagos and John Shiklam in Kaduna BenueRead More

Teenager Stabs Sugarcane Seller To Death In Borno

Knife stabbing
The Borno State Police Command has arrested a 13-year-old boy identified as Abdullahi Sanusi for the alleged murder of a 19-year-old man named Mohammed Abdullahi over refusal to pay forRead More

Imo Police Bust Alleged Terror Camp, Kill One, Recover 10 Explosive Devices

Nigerian police
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, has announced the discovery of a terror camp in Onicha, Ezinihitte Mbaise area of the state. Imo Police spokesperson, Michael Abattam, saidRead More

Bandits Raid Niger Market, Kill Three, Abduct 30 Persons

Bandits
No fewer than three persons have lost their lives while 30 others were abducted by gun-wielding terrorists, who laid a siege on a market in Manigi District, Mashegu Local GovernmentRead More

UN Official: Nigeria Must Win Boko Haram War In People’s Minds, Not Battlefield

Martin Griffiths
Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists cannot be won on the battlefield, a top United Nations official has said. In an interview with Associated Press, Martin Griffiths, HeadRead More

Malabu Fraud: Anti-graft Agency, EFCC Detains Businessman, Aliyu Over Property Sale To Ex-Attorney General, Adoke

Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arrested and detained Nigerian businessman, Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar, in connection with probes into the Malabu oil and gas mega fraud. Flavision learntRead More

Police React To Relocation Of Bandits’ Kingpin, Bello Turji To Kwara State

Notorious bandits’ leader, Bello Turji
The Kwara State Police Command has said claims that the fleeing Zamfara State bandits kingpin, Bello Turji, has relocated to an unidentified forest in the state, are untrue. Spokesman ofRead More

Bandit Leaders Now In South-West Region – Afenifere Laments Rising Kidnapping On Lagos-Ibadan Road

Bandits
The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has lamented the spate of insecurity in the country including incessant kidnapping on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. According to the National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, inRead More

Panic As Gunmen Kill Two Soldiers In Abia

Gunmen
Residents of Owaza and Obibor communities in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State have deserted the villages after gunmen killed two soldiers in the area. The gunmen afterRead More

Lady Takes Legal Action Against Father’s Friend Who Molested Her 15 Years Ago

Rape
A Nigerian lady, Hirhyel Hassan, has instituted legal action against one of her father’s friends, who allegedly defiled her while she was a child. In court documents obtained by Flavision,Read More