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      The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has condemned inducement of voters by politicians during elections, saying it is another form of corruption. Magu said the monetization of electoral process must be frowned on by Nigerians because it could impact negatively on the future of the country. Speaking during an interactive session with media executives at the EFCC’s Lagos Zonal office on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, Magu stated that “We are again at the cusp of history. In only a few weeks from now, we would be going to the polls to elect leaders at all levels of government.   “Howsoever that process goes depends a lot on all of us. Let us vote in leaders based on their programmes and priorities not on how much they are able to pervert the system.” The EFCC boss, who described the media as the compass providing clear direction for the Commission in its relentless efforts to rid Nigeria of corruption, also st...

    DCP. Abba Kyari trained over a hundred uniform personnel today in Jos on the use of modern technology. He captioned all the photos ''Delivered lecture Today,on the use of Modern Technology to Prevent and Investigate Terrorism and Other heinous Crimes at the Police Staff College Jos Plateau State.Officers from the Nigeria Police,Military,Custom etc,Who are participating in Advance Detective Course {ADC} 67/2018 were in full attendance.It's My Hope,Prayer and Collective Mission to groom Hundreds of Officers all over the country who will break Abba Kyari's Record Soonest''-He said. More photos below.

       Justice Valentine Ashi of a Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, on December 4, 2018, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Nigerian Police Force, the Department of States Security Service and all other security agencies to apprehend and arrest a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison Madueke within 72 hours. The order was made, following a motion ex par te made before the court by counsel to the EFCC, Msuur Denga, praying for an order of the court, to issue a warrant of arrest against Madueke, to enable the Commission apprehend and arraign her for alleged financial crimes in Nigeria. The EFCC investigated the former minister along with Jide Omokore, a former Chairman, Atlantic Energy Drilling Company, following a petition dated October 2, 2013, from Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, bordering on money laundering and official corruption. Investigations into the petition reveale...

      President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, in Oświęcim, Poland, where he paid tribute to Holocaust victims. After an hour and 10 minutes guided tour of the Museum, devoted to the memory of the victims who died at both camps during World War II, President Buhari penned a hand-written tribute in the visitor’s book, quoting Shakespeare ’s ''Julius Caesar". ''The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones''. The President also laid a wreath at Block 11 of the museum, known as the ‘‘Death block.’’ Here, according to an epitaph in the Block: ''Male and female prisoners from all parts of the camp complex where held in this building…following brutal interrogations, they were in most cases sentenced to death by shooting.'' Later and shortly before leaving the Museum, which includes the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau,...

    According to what was posted on the official social media of the Nigerian Custom Service,they shared these two photos with the caption '' Another 9 Containers of Tramadol and other controlled drugs seized at Port Harcourt II Area Command. It's a total crak down on dangerous drugs importers''.Meanwhile they also seized  some at Tincan Island,the wrote '' Tincan island Area Command seized 10 Containers of Tramadol and 3 others  Two suspects arrested. ''.More photos below.

     According to the magazine '' On Saturday, actress and international beauty icon Priyanka Chopra wed singer, songwriter, and actor Nick Jonas at the   Taj Umaid Bhawan Palace   in Jodhpur. The festivities started on Wednesday and will continue well into tomorrow. It was important to the couple that their wedding was a thoughtful representation of both their cultures, much like their   roka   engagement ceremony, which Chopra described as “an incredible coming-together of two really ancient cultures and religions,” in her   Vogue  cover story . The festivities began with a number of  traditional pre-celebrations : a puja ceremony (which took place at the bride’s mother’s home earlier in the week), a  sangeet  (a pre-wedding celebration that includes dances performed by relatives and friends), a  mehndi  ceremony (a private event in which the bride has traditional henna tattoos applied to her palms and arms), an...

        Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the reliance on litigation in the resolution of electoral issues is symptomatic of the failure of the electoral process. Delivering a keynote address at the conference of the Democratic Process and Electoral Litigation Committee of the Section on Legal Practice, at the NBA House on Monday, Governor Wike said  that litigation remains a powerful tool for the assertion of political rights. He said: "The Electoral process is a serious matter of concern to the citizenry. I regret that INEC and security agencies negatively affect the electoral process. "Post election matters for redress maybe symptomatic of the prevalence of perceived grievances with the electoral process. "The way to forestall rampant electoral litigation is not by constricting the right of access to the court as being advocated in some quarters, but rather strengthen the Democratic institutions to engender transparency...

       President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that his government will not rest until the remaining Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists in April 2014 are safely released. President Buhari renewed his commitment Monday in Katowice, Poland, at a bilateral meeting with Swiss President Alain Berset, on the margins of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP24. The President had spent the whole day at the International Conference Centre, Katowice, where he delivered his national address at the opening of the 12-day meeting of COP24, met with several world leaders and visited the impressive Nigerian pavilion at the climate summit. During his meeting with the Swiss President, the Nigerian leader thanked the Swiss Confederation for its efforts and important role as intermediaries to secure the release of some Chibok girls and assured him that the issue of the remaining kidnapped girls and other abducted persons will remain a ''key priority'' for the Nige...

     According to sources '' A popular musician, Small Doctor, whose real name is Adekunle Temitope, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for unlawful possession of a firearm and for allegedly threatening to shoot a police officer. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, revealed this on Monday while parading the musician alongside three other suspects. Mr Imohimi said, “It was alleged that some unknown men, four of them, in an unregistered green SUV had brought out a gun and threatened a policeman that if he does not leave the road, they will shoot him.” He explained that believing that the accused were armed robbers, he sent out his officials who eventually arrested them. He said the accused were brought to the police headquarters for interrogation. Mr Imohimi added that it was at that point it was discovered that one of them was Small Doctor. “They were arrested in possession of a functional rifle, cartridge and som...

      Justice Mojisola Dada of the Spe cial Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, December 3, 2018, turned down an application by John Abebe, for the release of his international passports. Abebe is being prosecuted for an alleged $4m fraud. Abebe is facing trial over a four-count charge of forgery, fabricating evidence, using fabricated evidence and attempt to pervert the course of justice preferre d against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In the application made orally, Abebe, through his counsel, E.D. Onyeke, sought the release of the passport to enable him travel to the United Kingdom, U.K. Abebe’s lawyer told the court that his client lost his mother last night in the UK; hence, the request for the release of the passport. However, in her response, Justice Dada ordered the defendant to file a formal application to the court. “Your oral application is not welcome,” the Judge held. Also, at today’s proceedings, ...

    Yesterday Monday, some group of young men who described themselves as Jemgbagh youths carried out an unlawful act in Gboko Local government area of Benue state where they indiscriminately shaved hairs and bearded men they assume where cultists.Sources gathered that the youths were going round with weapons like cutlasses and clubs, moving in a bus inscribed with Flight Transport limited, where they threatened the prevailing peace in Gboko as they continued in their manhunt attacking people keeping hair and forcefully shaving them away. According to them, it was a   cultists hunt and the situation almost turned messy thereby creating fears and tension.The young men were said to be chased on sight, and any person who was wearing any afro styled hair  was forcefully shaved, Ukan Kurugh alleges. What do you think?.More photos below.