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News Jagaban R In order to curb corruption and embezzlement of public funds, the Nigerian government has said that henceforth politicians and other public office holders would be required to justify their wealth. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made the declaration on Saturday in Lagos during a town hall meeting organized by the United Action for Change (UAC). Mr. Osinbajo promised that he and President Muhammadu Buhari would lead by example by presenting details of their bank accounts and assets owned at the end of their tenure to convince Nigerians they did not abuse their positions to acquire illegal wealth. “The era of people becoming emergency billionaires is gone,” Mr Osinbajo, a professor of Law told the audience at the Ikeja Airport Hotel, venue of the meeting. “Anybody who can’t explain his wealth must be brought to account. Everyone who has served in public office must account for what they own. This is the change we want Nigerians to support,” he said. He ...

News Jagaban A witness in the ongoing trial of a senior lawyer, Joseph Nwobike, on Friday, told a Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere how Mr. Nwobike paid N750, 000 into Justice Mohammed Yunusa’s bank account with Zenith bank. Mr. Nwobike is standing trial for allegedly bribing a Federal High Court judge. The witness, Oyekunle Aderemi, a compliance officer with Zenith Bank, made the disclosure when he was confronted with the statement of account of the defendant. In the account statement, the witness identified a transaction of March 19, 2015, in which the defendant paid N750, 000 into Mr. Yunusa’s account. Earlier, the prosecution had moved to tender the account statement but the defence counsel, O. Akanni, objected to the admissibility of the document. But when the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, applied to withdraw the document, Mr. Akanni dramatically withdrew his objection and the document was admitted and marked as exhibit P2. Mr. Oyedepo also cross-ex...

News Jagaban The Nigerian Army on Friday April 22nd paraded Prince Onyemauche pictured above, accused of impersonation as a Colonel in the Army. According to Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman who paraded Onyemauche before journalists at the army headquarters in Abuja, said he was arrested alongside one sergeant Jacob Phillip by troops of 176 Special Forces Gurads Battalion along Wazobia Motor Park, Gwagwalada Abuja on Feb 17th. Sani said Onyemauche was driving Toyota Tacoma Pick-up van when he was arrested after earlier escaping check in Abaji where he claimed to be a Colonel in the Nigerian army. Sani said after the suspects were arrested, items recovered from their vehicle includes an Ak 47 Rifle, with registration number 3290 and four magazines, out of which, two were empty while the other two were loaded with 42 rounds of 7.62 ammunition. “A luger pistol, 21 x 9mm Parabellium ammunition and the sum of one million, eleven thousand three hundred naira (N1, 011,300.00) was found.”...

News Jagaban In Eritrea, the Grand Mufti, the highest religious authority in the country, declared that every man must marry two women or face a jail sentence. The declaration was leaked last Thursday on several social media platforms. Eritrean Brides To Be The Eritrean government will compensate Eritrean men for the marriage ceremonies and houses. The declaration is motivated in part by the shortage of men which is a byproduct of the Eritrean-Ethiopian War which took placed from 1998-2000. The war left 150,000 Eritrean soldiers dead out of a population of only 4 million. The statement referenced harsh punishments for refusal of the new decree. “First that every man shall marry at least two women and the man who refuses to do so shall be subjected to life imprisonment with hard labour. “The woman who tries to prevent her husband from marrying another wife shall be punished with life imprisonment,” the statement read in part

Comrade Shehu Sani Chairman Senate Committee on Foreign and Domestic Debts Senator Shehu Sani on Monday in Kaduna said 200 billion United States dollars was carted away to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, disclosed that the monies were carted away to Dubai to acquire estates, purchase exotic houses and business partnership in the last 16 years. The lawmaker who revealed this when a group of APC women under the umbrella of Alheri Allah Maigashi Movement, paid him a solidarity visit at his Ward 6 office on Monday, also pointed out that the corrupt Nigerians also used names of their cronies, family members and friends to siphon public funds out of Nigeria. He said sooner than later those who are parading themselves as Buhari’s friends, but are corrupt, will be interrogated, adding that the President does not know friend or relation as far as the fight against corruption is concerned. According to Shehu Sani, ...

The Federal Government has widened the criminal charge against the former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo to include advance fee fraud, better known as 419. In a fresh 22 count charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, Tompolo and 12 others were said to be engaged in advance fee fraud, stealing and money laundering to the tune of N22.76 billion. Tompolo will face trial along with former boss of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and his four brothers – Victor, Nobert, Emmanuel and Clement – said to be at large, allegedly aided the suspects to commit the fraud. The other suspects are Kime Engozu, Josephine Otuaga, Rita Uruakpa and Pondi Kestin as well as seven companies – Mieka Dive Training Institute Ltd/GTE, Oyeinteke Global Network Ltd, Wabod Global Resources Ltd, Boloboere Properties Estate Ltd, Gokaid Marine Oil and Gas Ltd, Muhaabix Global Services Ltd and Watershed Associated Resources. They were accuse...

News Jagaban Olisa Metuh at the Federal High Court, Abuja Olisa Metuh, at the Federal High Court, Abuja Olisa Metuh at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, 25 January, 2016 The trial of Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, on seven-count charge of corruption and money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, began on Monday at the Federal High Court, Abuja. However, the trial was not without drama as the the presiding judge, Justice Okon Abang had to rule on two applications by lead defence counsel, Onyeachi Ikpeazu (SAN) to adjourn the trial. In his first application before the commencement of the trial, the Defence Counsel had asked to adjourn the trial based on the application for variation of bail he had filed before the court. Ikpeazu who informed the court that he has just been served by additional proof of evidence by the prosecution counsel said he needed to have access to information from his client to be...