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WorldStage Newsonline– President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to sign the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) before 2019 elections campaigns begin.
NAEE urges Buhari to sign PIGB Bill before 2019 campaigns Read More
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Adekunle Ajasin University and the Government of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu SAN over “unfair and arbitrary tuition hike, abuse of power, lack of free, prior, and informed consultation as well as a fundamental breach of legitimate expectations of students.”
SERAP asks court to quash tuition hike by Ajasin varsity, Areredolu Read More
WorldStage Newsonline— The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, threatened to close the case of alleged fraud of $1.6 billion instituted by the Federal Government Jide Omokore and five others.
$1.6bn fraud: Court threatens to close case against Omokore, others Read More
WorldStage Newsonline– Justice Dije Aboki of the Kano State High Court today convicted and sentenced one Charles Ngezelonye, a former staff of the Nigeria Prison Service to 2 years imprisonment on a two count charge of cheating.
EFCC: Fraudster bags two years jail term for job scam, Internet fraudster gets one month Read More
WorldStage Newsonline– The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Managing Director of Margif Properties Limited, Yohanna Margif and the company, Margif Properties Limited before Justice O.O. Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Maitama, on a four-count charge, bordering on conspiracy, forgery, and obtaining by false pretence.
EFCC arraigns properties firm’s boss over land scam Read More
WorldStage Newsonline— In a bid protect the residents of the state, the Lagos State Government said it had begun dismantling and removing abandoned and substandard communication masts compromising the safety of residents across the state.
Lagos govt commences removal of dangerous communication masts Read More
WorldStage Newsonline— Despite high rate of corrupt cases reported in Nigeria, it is now clear that the two anti-corruption bodies, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) can only brag of securing ten high profile convictions in the last 17 years.
Corruption: 10 high profile convictions secured by EFCC, ICPC in 17 years Read More
WorldStage Newsonline– The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) , on Tuesday arraigned Aliyu Waziri, Imam Yakubu and Eneikarewajai Gordons before Justice A.I. Kutigi of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Apo on a two-count charge bordering on advance fee fraud.
EFCC arraigns three for N44m fraud Read More
WorldStage Newsonline– Justice D.Z. Senchi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Jabi has found Usman Baba Yusuf (a.k.a Usman Dakingari) guilty of his involvement in the cloning of the phone number of Abdulmumini Bako, a former Special Assistant to the former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko Inde, and sentenced him to 12 months in prison.
EFCC: Court convicts fraudster who cloned phone, adjourns $328,974.37 fraud trial to May 5 Read More WorldStage Newsonline– Ruling was adjourned on Monday by Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on an application for stay of proceedings filed by a former governor of the state, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, and two others in an N11.5 billion fraud suit.
Court adjourns ruling on Alao-Akala’s N11.5b fraud case Read More