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The EFCC has preferred a 30-count charge against a Federal High Court Judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia and Godwin Obla, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. In the charge listed as number LD/367/C/16, Ofili-Ajumogobia was listed as first defendant, while Obla was named as second defendant. The defendants were said to have committed the offence on May 21, 2015, by conspiring to pervert the course of justice with five million naira. The money was alleged to have been transferred to one Nigel & Colive Ltd. in relation to a charge number FHC/L/C/482/10. Ajumogobia is said to be a sole signatory to Nigel &…

The Football Association will not take action against England and Liverpool midfielders Jordan Henderson and Adam Lallana after reports they visited a strip club while on international duty. The pair allegedly made the trip a day after a World Cup qualifying win over Scotland and less than three days before a draw in a friendly with Spain. It is also understood the FA did not tell England captain Wayne Rooney to apologise over “inappropriate” pictures of him at a wedding at the team hotel during the same international break. The Sun newspaper published images it said showed Rooney drunk at…

Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, a Supreme Court judge, arraigned on Monday for alleged money laundering has pleaded not guilty. He was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Abuja on a 16 count charge of money laundering and breaches. Ngwata was one of the judges arrested by Department of State Service (DSS). He was alleged to have transferred N505 million to a firm, Nwamba Linus Chukwuebuka, between January and May this year. Justice Ngwuta was also alleged to have instructed a relative to remove exotic cars from his Ebonyi home during investigation. In addition, two valid diplomatic passports and two standard Nigerian…

Nigeria’s recession deepened in the third quarter and oil production fell, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday, as a dollar shortage kept Africa’s biggest economy in a stranglehold. Gross domestic product contracted by 2.24 percent, the NBS said. A slump in crude prices led Nigeria’s economy to shrink by 2.06 percent in the second quarter, tipping it into recession for the first time in 25 years. The NBS report comes a day before an interest rate decision, where analysts expect the central bank to hold benchmark rates at 14 percent, amid galloping inflation that hit a more…

Pope Francis has granted priests the ability to forgive abortion. In a speech at the Vatican, he made permanent the temporary measure put in place for the Vatican’s jubilee year. “I henceforth grant to all priests, in virtue of their ministry, the faculty to absolve those who have committed the sin of procured abortion,” the pope wrote in an apostolic letter marking the end of the “Year of Mercy”, which wound up Sunday. “The provision I had made in this regard, limited to the duration of the Extraordinary Holy Year, is hereby extended, notwithstanding anything to the contrary,” he wrote.…

Police have broken up a terror ring plotting an attack in France after arresting seven suspects in Strasbourg and Marseille, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Monday. The arrests of the alleged plotters from France, Morocco and Afghanistan “enabled us to prevent a long-planned terror attack on our soil,” Cazeneuve told a televised news conference. He said the investigation would show whether “the foiled attack was a coordinated attack aiming to target several sites simultaneously on our soil.” Police raids were carried out overnight Saturday to Sunday in the eastern city of Strasbourg and Marseille in the south following an…

Gemalto the world leader in digital security, has launched the world’s first solution for real-time reactivation of dormant SIMs in Ghana. LinqUs SIM Reactivation, allows operators to seamlessly reconnect lost prepaid subscribers at a fraction of normal acquisition costs. Gemalto’s innovative platform is designed to support customer experience management strategies by easing the reacquisition process. Lapsed subscribers can simply reuse their old SIM to instantly rejoin a network, anytime and anywhere. Research by GSMA reports that in 2016, most of the Ghanaian telecom SIM market is prepaid (97.46%). The research findings also prove that the country is also facing Multi…

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has called on the Federal Government to pay greater attention to the welfare of Nigerian soldiers on active service and families of fallen soldiers. Bello made this call while on a condolence visit to the immediate family of the late Lt. Col Muhammad Abu Ali in Kaduna on Sunday, 20th November. He was accompanied by the Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Imam Umar, where they both met with the widow of the deceased, Mrs Samira Abu Ali, and the three children. Gov. Bello, while acknowledging the improvement in the welfare…

Muhammad Babandede, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that the President Buhari administration is considering extending validity period for international passports from its current 5 years to 10 years. Babandede said this to reporters in his office on Saturday. He added that the announcement will be made in the coming months. “We have submitted a memo to the president and we believe we’ll get a positive response to that soon,” Babandede said. According to PREMIUM TIMES, He said that this development is in response to several complaints from Nigerians and the international community. “We have received complaints…

The Ebonyi Police Command says it will start impounding and prosecuting drivers of vehicles with factory fitted tinted glasses who have not obtained the newly approved permit. Mr George Okafor, its Public Relations Officer (PPRO), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Monday that the new permit, with unique security features, was to prevent hoodlums from using such vehicles for crimes. According to him, the new permit contains bio data of the car owner which include the photograph, finger prints, name and date of birth, among others. “The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, on…