Nigerian influencer Ramon Abbas, known online as ‘hushpuppi’ and ‘The Billionaire Gucci Master’ was denied bail and told by a judge on Monday in Chicago that he will remain detained until his trial later this year over money laundering allegations.  Appearing at a detention hearing, a court in the Northern District of Illinois ruled that Abbas will be transported to… Continue Reading

The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu,  could not give a proper account of missing 332 out of the 836 recovered properties in March, 2018, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. NAN reported on Sunday that the latest allegation against the suspended EFCC boss was contained in a report of the Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Assets. It also stated that… Continue Reading

                       The panel investigating Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has indicted the commission of re-looting some recovered loot. According to NAN, the EFCC was indicted in the report of the panel as it was discovered that the interest on the N550 billion recovered by the agency under Magu “has been re-looted”. The… Continue Reading

                           Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said that Nigerian schools will not reopen any time soon until it is safe to do so because of the COVID-19 pandemic.   He has therefore said that final year students preparing for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) will not be allowed to return to school contrary to what had… Continue Reading

                       The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo SAN FCIArb (UK) has revealed that, there’s a conspiracy to thwart his efforts and push him out of the ongoing federal government’s 774,000 jobs. The Minister noted this in reaction to the Senate President’s submission asking him, as the supervising Minister of the National Directorate of Employment- NDE to… Continue Reading

Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been sent back to area 10 force criminal investigation department (FCID) of the police in Abuja where he spent the night on Monday. Gathered that he was moved to detention at the end of questioning by the panel on Tuesday at about 7pm. Some of the aides of the anti-graft czar had earlier moved his personal… Continue Reading

 First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that its mobile banking application, FirstMobile has been upgraded with new and improved features to promote safe and convenient Mobile Banking experience for customers. The Bank’s award-winning and dynamic mobile banking application has been redesigned with improved security and self-service features to ease the navigation capability and proficiency of customers. Its unique cool blue colour background gives it a… Continue Reading

The embattled chairman of the Economic and Financial crimes commission, Ibrahim Magu has been suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to BBC Hausa, on Tuesday afternoon, Buhari suspended Magu from heading the anti-corruption agency. Magu’s suspension comes a day after he was grilled by an inter-agency presidential panel on allegations of Corruption and was later locked up in police cell at the force headquarters Abuja. He was detained at the FCID in… Continue Reading

                         United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, is pleased to announce the appointments of Ayoku Liadi and Oliver Alawuba as Deputy Managing Directors in charge of UBA’s Nigeria and Africa businesses, respectively. The creation of the new positions, reporting to Group CEO, Kennedy Uzoka, represents further strategic recognition of the growth of UBA’s… Continue Reading

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, spent last night in police cell after he was grilled for about six hours by a Presidential panel headed by Justice Isa Salami, a former President of the Court of Appeal. The PUNCH gathered that Magu was detained at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters in Area 10, Garki, Abuja He is expected to face further interrogation today at… Continue Reading