The Federal High Court in Lagos State has ruled for the final forfeiture of significant assets belonging to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, directing that a cash sum of $2.045 million and eight prime properties located in Lagos and Delta states be surrendered to the Nigerian government. In a judgment delivered…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is set to open its recruitment portal for tax officer roles, with applications starting at midnight on November 2, 2024. This initiative aims to fill Officer I and Officer II positions in various states across Nigeria. FIRS is particularly encouraging women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities to apply. Positions…
Following his arraignment for impersonation on Friday, social media critic, Martins Otse aka VeryDarkMan has been granted bail in the sum of N2 million with two sureties in like sum. The court also ordered VeryDarkMan to deposit his international passports and any other means of identification. The Police had arraigned VDM as heās popularly called…
The detained 76 #EndBadGovernance protesters just arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja for their scheduled arraignment before Justice Obiora Egwuatu. Some protesters, mainly minors, looked malnourished as four of them were hurriedly rushed out of the courtroom as they couldnāt stand on their feet. Looking very sickly, they wriggled in pain in a…
Popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky, will be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) office in Abuja for interrogation regarding allegations of bribery and corruption. Bobrisky was stopped and removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos by EFCC officials on Thursday night. Bobrisky, according to…
The Group Managing Director of Sujimoto Holdings, Olasijibomi Ogundele, has been arrested by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) in Abuja for alleged fraud involving $325,000. The investigation centres around a real estate deal dating back to November 2020, in which Sujimoto Construction Limited reportedly received the sum from a client, Kabiru Garba…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Rivers state has threatened to withdraw services over the court order stopping disbursement of financial allocations to the state. On Wednesday, a federal high court in Abuja restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN ) from further disbursing financial allocations to the Rivers state government….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that popular social media influencer, Martins Otse, well known as VeryDarkMan will appear in court today (Friday) in Abuja for allegedly impersonating a policeman. The Nigeria Police Force disclosed this in a statement on Friday titled, āImpersonation: VDM To Appear In Court Today, FCT Command Leading Prosecutionā It said, āIn response to…
Some underage #EndBadGovernance protesters detained by the Nigeria Police Force since August on Friday morning collapsed inside the courtroom of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The protest was against exacerbating insecurity and deprivation occasioned by President Bola Tinubu’s policies. Meanwhile pictures and videos of the incident seen by our correspondent on Friday show some…
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun has disclosed a new government policy that would permit Nigerians who are keeping dollars outside the banking system to bring those funds into the financial system. Edun, said such individuals have a nine-month grace period to comply with the directive without attracting legal liability…