GistReel Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, Fatuyi Yemi Philips, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison by a Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, for N43.5m fraud. The businessman was sentenced on Monday, after Justice Mojisola Dada found him guilty of two counts brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC had ...

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Jesutega Onokpasa, has slammed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the appointment of Daniel Bwala, a former campaign aide to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. News Direct reported that Daniel Bwala, who was recently appointed Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, was on Monday night redesignated as ...

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has called on governors of the 36 states of the Federation to intensify efforts to end open defecation in the next five years. Shettima made the call on Tuesday during the 5th anniversary of the ‘Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet’ campaign and the launch of the Revised Strategic Plan at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Vice President, who was ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed two staff over corruption allegations. The Commission’s Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, announced this at the commencement of the 6th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference, organized by the Rule of Law Development Foundation in Abuja. Olukoyede revealed that the dismissals occurred two weeks prior and emphasized that, in addition to ...

GistReel President Bola Tinubu has submitted a letter to the Senate and the House of Representatives requesting the approval of the National Social Investment Programme Agency Establishment Amendment Bill 2024. In the letter, addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, Tinubu explained that the bill aims to designate the National Social Register as the ...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has dismissed two of the agency’s staff members over allegations of corruption. Olukoyede disclosed this during the opening of the 6th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference organised by the Rule of Law Development Foundation in Abuja. The 5-day event is titled: “Optimising the Administration of Criminal ...