The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Monday announced the recovery of 753 Units of duplexes and other apartments in an estate in Lokogoma District Abuja.The recovery followed a ruling delivered on December 2, 2024 by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie.On November 1, 2024, the judge had given an order of interim forfeiture on the property.A statement by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the property was owned by a former top brass of the government.According to Oyewale’s statement:” Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, on Monday, December 2, 2024 gave a ruling on a final forfeiture of an estate...
Obi Donates 10 Laptops And Printer To A School In Adamawa For Assisted Learning
The 2022 Labour Party Presidential candidate and former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi has donated 10 laptops and a printer to a school in Adamawa state upon his visit, to enhance learning.Obi hinted that the act of equipping schools with appropriate learning tools is geared towards building a better future and country.The former governor who had posted on social media urged: “This is the type of commitment we need for sustainable growth and the advancement of our society.”He went to opined that in bridging digital divide then such initiative is needed.His post read: “I met with the students of...
Video: DG WTO APPLAUDS NIGERIAN CREATIVELY AFTER COMPILATIONS OF PHOTOS TO CELEBRATE HER REAPPOINTMENT
The Director General of the World Trade Organization Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala on X applauded the creativity of a Nigerian in compiling her photos of various occasions to mark her reappointment as the DG of the organization.Dr. Iweala had urged Nigerians to dance to the traditional music emanating from the video.Her post read: “A video just sent to me about my reappointment that speaks to Nigerian creativity and fun. Listen, dance and enjoy!”
US JUDGE REJECTS MUSK’S $101BN TESLA PAY PACKAGE
Chancellor Kathaleen St Jude McCormick has upheld a decision to deny Tesla CEO Elon Musk a multibillion-dollar pay package despite shareholders voting to restore the compensation deal.The decision by the Delaware judge on Monday reaffirmed an earlier ruling to void the pay deal on the basis that Tesla’s board was too close to Musk and had not sufficiently protected shareholders’ interests.Chancellor McCormick of Delaware’s Court of Chancery found that there was no legal precedent to reverse her earlier ruling and that if courts condoned “the practice of allowing defeated parties to create new facts for the purpose of revising judgments,...
TRUMP’S FBI PICK PLANS TO RESHAPE THE BUREAU.
Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community. But he’s receiving fresh attention, from the public and from Congress, now that Trump has picked him to lead the FBI.As he braces for a bruising and likely protracted Senate confirmation fight, Patel can expect scrutiny not only over his professed fealty to Trump but also for his belief — revealed over the last year in interviews and his own book — that the century-old FBI should be radically overhauled.Here’s a look at some of...
ITALIAN PROSECUTORS DEMAND LIFE IMPRISONMENT OVER MAN WHO STABS HIS EX-GIRL FRIEND TO DEATH
Filippo Turetta, a student who admitted murdering his ex-girlfriend Giulia Cecchettin in a brutal case that sparked outrage and soul searching in Italy will be sentenced on Tuesday. Prosecutors have asked for life in prison for Turetta, for killing Cecchettin in November last year, just days before she was due to graduate from the University of Padua. The deceased was stabbed at least 75 times in a shocking murder that prompted protests over violence against women across Italy. Turetta’s lawyer Giovanni Caruso has called the request for life imprisonment excessive, saying his client was “not Pablo Escobar,” the notorious Colombian...
ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES DEC. 3rd AND 4th AS PUBLIC HOLIDAY OVER PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ONLY VISIT.
US President Joe Biden is in Angola on Tuesday for his only visit to sub-Saharan Africa of his presidency, which is focused on a major infrastructure project that is a counterpoint to China’s investments. Biden arrived in the oil-rich Portuguese-speaking country late Monday for a two-day visit centered on a multinational project to rehabilitate a railway line ferrying minerals from inland countries to the Angolan port of Lobito for export. In anticipation of his trip, the Angolan government declared December 3 and 4 public holidays and deployed heavy security across the capital Luanda, a city of around 9.5 million people....
VIETNAM COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TYCOON IN $12 BILLION FRAUD CASE
According to state media report, a court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan after rejecting her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement and bribery.Lan, the chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, was sentenced to death in April for her role in a financial fraud worth more than $12 billion, Vietnam’s biggest on record.She was convicted earlier this year of embezzling money from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) — which prosecutors said she controlled — and condemned to die for fraud totaling $27 billion.In her official handwritten appeal of...
P.M. SHARIF VOWS TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST RIOTERS INVOLVED IN PRO-IMRAN KHAN PROTESTS
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday vowed legal action against “rioters” involved in anti-government protests led by ex-premier Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) last month, as the party decried a state-backed crackdown against its supporters. Thousands of supporters of the PTI stormed Islamabad last month, demanding Khan’s release from prison. The government said protesters killed four security officers in clashes, while the PTI says 12 supporters had died and, without immediately providing evidence, that hundreds had suffered gunshot wounds during chaotic scenes overnight in the heart of Islamabad as police dispersed marchers who had broken through security barricades. The PTI...