Transparency International: Nigeria ranks 146 out of 180 on annual corruption Index

   Nigeria has been ranked at 146 out of the 180 countries considered on the annual corruption index published by Transparency International.

We Will Repatriate Alison-Madueke To Face Financial Crime Charges – EFCC Boss, Magu

    The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has given an assurance that former minister of petroleum Diezani Alison-Madueke will be repatriated before the end of the year to face financial crime charges leveled against her.

VP Osinbajo presides 2020 maiden NEC meeting

 

   Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) is presiding over the first National Economic Council (NEC) meeting of the year 2020. The meeting, an expanded one, is expected to discuss issues affecting the states, like the Budget Support Fund.

Court Sentences Convicted Fugitive Oil Thief Mr Ogede To 10 Years In Jail

    An oil thief, Abednego Ogede, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and convicted in absentia by Justice Rilwan Aikawa of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on December 18, 2019, was on January 22, 2020, sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

Ariana Grande sued for copyright by rapper DOT

   Ariana Grande is being sued for copyright infringements along with more than a half-dozen other songwriters.

   The lawsuit has been filed by hip hop artist Josh Stone, who performs as DOT, who claims that 26-year-old Ariana's 2019 Grammy-nominated single '7 Rings' was plagiarised from a song he recorded two years earlier.

Three Americans killed in Australia firefighting plane crash

 

   Three people died on Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in the Snowy Monaro region of Australia’s southern New South Wales state, officials said.

   New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the deaths and crash in comments to reporters as Australia attempts to deal with an unprecedented fire season that has left a large swath of destruction.

Police seize cannabis plants worth £125,000 in Barnsley

 

  Three people have been arrested after cannabis plants worth £125,000 were found in Barnsley on Tuesday.