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A former Relationship Manager with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, GTB in Enugu,Onyekachi Nwosu was on Thursday,February 27, 2020 convicted and sentenced to Eighteen (18) years imprisonment by Justice D.V. Agishi of Federal High Court, Enugu on a six (6) amended count charge  bothering on forgery, altering and giving a loan with defective collateral brought against him by the Enugu Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Justice Agishi, in her judgement, ruled that the prosecution team led by Mashal Umukoro Onome Esq. proved their case beyond reasonable doubt and that the convict had failed to extricate himself from the self evidenced proofs before…

Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON) on Thursday, 27 February, 2020, honoured the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan with an award in appreciation of his invaluable contribution to surveying profession. The Distinguished Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan Award for Development of Surveying and Geoformatics Profession in Nigeria was newly instituted by SURCON and conferred on Lawan at the induction ceremony of new Surveyors in Abuja. Lawan studied Surveying at a post graduate level at Ahmadu Bello University(ABU) before he proceeded to the UK for his Masters and Doctorate degrees in Remote Sensing and GeoInformation System. “Let me thank SURCON for this…

SuperSport viewers on GOtv Max will soon be treated to the biggest club football match in the world as the latest edition of ‘El Clasico’ – the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid – draws ever closer. The teams’ La Liga Round 26 clash is set for Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday 1 March 2020 and you can see all the action live on SuperSport Select 4 at 9pm. El Clasico has a rich history which dates to the teams’ very first meeting back in 1902. Here are 10 key players who have helped to shape this incredible rivalry down the decades.…

Woke up this morning and ruminated over all we did as journalists under President Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Sani Abacha. I was prompted to do this after reading Farida Waziri’s autobiography, One Step Ahead – Life as a Spy, Detective and Anti-Graft Czar. I found the chapter where she reported the investigation of the phantom coup in which Obasanjo and Yar’adua, the Senior, were implicated very gripping and revealing. Our own Kunle Ajibade too got pulled in for this famous ‘coup’ as an ‘accessory after the fact of a coup’ and was jailed for life. I have read quite a…

•By Dare Ojelade, Lagos An armed robber has fallen victim of the dreaded thunderbolt, Magun, losing his life after raping his victim, The Gazelle News.com can report. The man, The Gazelle News.com gathered, robbed his victim but his eyes could not resist her nakedness, hence proceeded to rape her. The robber, 28 years of age called Gbaga, started rolling on the floor after having forced sexual intercourse with the lady. He later started demanding for water. The Gazelle News.com reports that the woman ran out to seek for help but before help comes, Gbaga had given up the ghost. Gbaga,…

•By Dare Ojelade, Lagos The Chairman of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB), Hon Wahab Alawiye-King has assured the Lagos State Government through his agency is committed to taking primary education to greater heights in the state, The Gazelle News.com reports. Alawiye-King, The Gazelle News.com reports, spoke during his meeting with  BEQA officers at the state and the 20 Local Government Education Authority which took place at the Maryland secretariat of LASUBEB. “The introduction of EKOEXCEL is a bold innovation of the Sanwo-Olu administration aimed at improving teaching and learning through effective digitalisation,” he said. According to him,…

Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, 26 February, 2020 declared that his administration has been deepening the war against corruption in the state. The governor, who stated this during the commissioning of the Oyo State branch office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), maintained that upon the realization that his government’s focus to transform the state through the four service point agenda would not succeed if corruption was allowed to retain its hold on the system, it took the fight against corruption seriously. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor…

Justice Mojisola Giwa-Ogunbanjo of Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, struck out the application of Patrick Are, who is the second defendant in the trial of former director-general of National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Emeka Mba, and four others for alleged N2.9billion fraud. Are, through his counsel, I.F, Chude, had filed a motion on February 17, 2020, seeking to unfreeze his account. The court struck out the motion on the grounds that it lacked merit, noting also that it was civil in nature in a matter that was gravely criminal. The second defendant upon cross-examination told the court…

•By Ademola Akanni, Abuja Nigeria has the highest number of tuberculosis infection in Africa, The Gazelle News.com can report. More disturbing is the fact that the country also ranked among the top 10 countries globally with the infection of the dreaded disease, The Gazelle News.com reports further. A Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tereza Kasaeva, revealed the disturbing statistics during a visit of a delegation of the United Nations Programming Mission to the office of the President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan on Wednesday, 26 February, 2020. The Gazelle News.com reports also that Kasaeva was the leader…

The Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has pledged his full support to the Nigeria Police towards the realization of the objectives inherent in organizing the 12th Biennial Nigeria Police Games, which holds in Anambra State from 29th February to 7th March, 2020. He gave this assurance when the Central Organizing Committee for the Games led by the Chairman, AIG Usman Baba Alkali visited him in his office on Tuesday, 25th February, 2020 to apprise him on preparations towards the historic event. The Minister further stated that the Ministry has already reeled-out plans to take full advantage of the…

Justice Dimgba Igwe of Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the corruption trial of the former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro till March 25, 2020. Moro is facing prosecution for money laundering and procurement fraud matter, preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to the tune of N675,675,000 (Six Hundred and Seventy-five Million Naira). He is charged alongside Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, a former secretary in the ministry, Mahmood Ahmadu, currently at large and Drexel Tech Nigeria Limited, a firm involved in the ill-fated 2014 nationwide recruitment exercise of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) that consumed 15 applicants with…

The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, arraigned an auto dealer, Anwalu Ila, before Justice S. Belgore of the High Court of the FCT, Apo, on a one-count charge, bordering on breach of trust, dishonesty and misappropriation to the tune of N65, 000, 000 (Sixty Five Million Naira). Anwalu Ila landed in EFCC’s net when the anti-graft agency received a petition, dated July 4, 2017, from one Yusuf Dankofa & Co., solicitors of Saba Products Co. Nig. Limited, on behalf of their client, one Alhaji Mohammed Kabiru, who alleged that the…

The Enugu Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Ikechukwu Prospect Onyeka, before Justice Onuoha A.K. Ogwe, of the Abia State High Court, Umuahia, on a two count charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence. Onyeka was alleged to have posed as a staff of EFCC, offering to help a complainant bring an end to his case, if he would pay him some money. The petitioner disclosed that he became suspicious of the defendant knowing that the EFCC brings professionalism and integrity of the EFCC in carrying out its duties. When the petitioner…

The Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, has implored sports administrators to work with their state Ministries of Education in order to discover and develop young potential athletes who can represent Nigeria in any international competition. NOC President, Habu Gumel, who was represented by the President of Nigeria Badminton Federation, Francis Orbih, made this remark at the opening ceremony of the NOC/Olympic Solidarity Advanced Sports Management. Gumel, who explained that the course is designed for participants at the Executive level of NOC,National Federations, said the course  was to equip the sports Administrators with the knowledge and tools to help them to bring…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, will lead a delegation of Senators to the funeral service of Late Senator Longjan Ignatius Dantong slated for March 2, 2020, in Plateau State. The resolution to lead a delegation to the burial was reached after a valedictory session on Tuesday, held in honour of the deceased by the Upper Chamber. The Senate President, while paying glowing tribute to the former Senator who represented Plateau South Senatorial district in his lifetime, said his death leaves a lot of lessons to be learned by Nigerians. “This kind of presence tells a story that Plateau today…

Lagos State government has expressed its commitment to the Lagos State Agro-Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS), a World Bank intervention programme, saying that the essence of the project is to improve on the productivity of farmers to increase food production in the state. This commitment was given on Tuesday by the Deputy Governor of the State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat after a close-door meeting of the State Steering Committee of the Lagos APPEALS at his office in Alausa, Ikeja. Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Hamzat, who heads the State Steering Committee, said Lagos State is passionate about…

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, dismissed the application against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), by former General Manager, Kwara State Television Authority, Alhaji Abdulfatai Adewale Adebowale, seeking the court to compel the Commission to produce the reports of the sale of Kwara State government’s properties from 1999, till date. Justice Oyinloye in quashing the application said he sympathised with the applicant but added that the law is not about sympathy. He stated that the application lacked merit and dismissed it, accordingly. “The need for the applicant to prove to this honourable Court that the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 25, 2020 began a two-day training  in evidence handling for officers of the Nigerian Army in the various brigades of the 6 Division, comprising the Division’s Headquarters, Bori Camp, Port Harcourt; 63 Brigade, Asaba; 13 Brigade, Calabar; 2 Brigade, Uyo;  16 Brigade, Yenagoa and 3 Battalion, Warri. Declaring the training open in Port Harcourt, Usman Imam, Head of the Port Harcourt Zonal office of the EFCC stated that the need for the Commission to secure 100 per cent conviction against oil thieves in the region underlie the capacity building workshop for the…

Talent is described as a natural aptitude or skill embedded in every human, regardless of age, gender, color or race. This is the story of multi-talented OzzyBee a.k.a OzzyBosco, the youngster in the Nigerian music industry who has steadily harnessed his God-given talents. He recently dropped his first love single titled ‘Superman’ for the young and young at heart. While still trending his with his album, ‘Journey of Life’, this track announces his arrival to teenage era. OzzyBee has been making unprecedented progress far beyond his young age despite his excellent school performances. According to the UNESCO Child Advocate Awardee,…