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http://ift.tt/2oucFAs The court ordered that the monies be deposited in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Justice John Tsoho gave the order after admitting in evidence, nine bags and boxes containing the money. The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday presented before the Federal High Court, Abuja, monies allegedly found in the home of Supreme Court judge, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta. The court ordered that the monies be deposited in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Justice John Tsoho gave the order after admitting in evidence, nine bags and boxes containing the money. The prosecuting counsel, Mrs. Olufemi Fatunde, had led the fifth prosecution witness, Mr. John Utazi, an operative of the DSS to tender the bags and boxes in evidence. The counsel told the court that he led a team of DSS operatives to conduct a search on Ngwuta’s residence, where the monies were discovered. He added that various sums of money in local and foreign currencies were recovered, including N...

http://ift.tt/2qV0goz Former President Olusegun Obasanjo (right); Acting President Yemi Osinbajo; ex-Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Alhaji Ahmed Joda and President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo at a forum marking the 50th anniversary of Biafra at the Shenu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja…yesterday. PHOTO:  PHILIP OJISUA Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has underscored the need for Nigerian leaders to give the younger generation the vision on a pathway to unity in diversity. Osinbajo stated this yesterday at the colloquium on “Biafra: 50 years after” organised by the Yar’ Adua Foundation at the Shehu Musa Yar’ Adua Centre, Abuja. He spoke to a cross-section of political leaders, which include former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. John Nwodo, leader of pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze and Alhaji Ahmed Joda amongst other dignitaries that graced the occasion. He said: “Today some people are suggesting that we must go back to the ethnic n...

http://ift.tt/2nXcOqQ Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Ibrahim Magu, has declared that his agency would wipe out corruption in the country within the next 12 months. President Muhammadu Buhari on his own said that the Federal Government under his watch had taken the anti-corruption war to another height with the recent release of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy, which he said, would end the frequent removal of heads of the EFCC. Magu, who spoke with some select journalists yesterday at the commissioning of its South-West Zonal headquarters in Ibadan, said that he was unruffled with his non-confirmation as the agency’s boss, but that the fight against corruption in the country has now become full blown and he is focused and more determined to tackle the scourge head on. His words; “I am not bothered by the refusal to confirm my appointment by t...