Saturday, August 17, 2019

FBI arrest Forbes’ celebrated Nigerian, Obinwanne Okeke for $12m fraud

 

   The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Nigerian entrepreneur, Obinwanne Okeke of conspiracy to commit fraud running into the sum of $12m.

Friday, August 16, 2019

FIFA Bans Samson Siasia For Life



    FIFA on Friday banned former Nigeria Football Federation official Samson Siasia for life after the body’s ethics panel found him guilty of taking bribes in connection with match fixing.

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq Donates 400 Mattresses, 200 Trunk Beds To NYSC Camp In Kwara


   
   Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday made a promise to the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) after  his unscheduled visit to the camp, describing it a “penitentiary that is not fit for human living.”

British Court Gives Process And Industrial Development Limited Go-ahead To Seize Nigerian Assets Worth $9bn

 

    A British court has given Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) the go-ahead to seize Nigerian assets worth $9 billion.

El-Zakzaky And Wife Back In Nigeria



   Ibrahim El-ZakZaky, leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) and his wife, Zeenat, have arrived in Abuja after their aborted medical trip to New Delhi India. They arrived with an Ethiopian Airlines that landed at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport about 11.41 a.m.
  The DSS detained couple rejected the Kaduna court-ordered medical treatment at Medanta Hospital, claiming the Nigerian government frustrated efforts to get their preferred doctors attend to them. The Daily Trust said El-Zakzaky was whisked away by security operatives on his arrival, thus denying journalists the chance to interview him on his India and Medanta hospital experience.