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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, have arrested Ibeh Theophilus Uche, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, 10 Kobo Wine Place, Ikotun, Lagos alongside his mother for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud to the tune of about N50million in Lagos. The 28-year-old suspect was arrested recently in his room in Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, following credible intelligence reports about his alleged criminal activities. During interrogation, Uche, who presents himself variously as Rachael Armstrong , Keanu Reeves, Rebekah Schwarzenberger, Keanu Private, Elizabeth Hortman and Stefan Paulson, confessed to being into Bitcoin investment scam,…

A young man, Chukwudi Chukwu, from Egwu Achi in Oji River LGA has  beheaded his mother and ran away since Sunday, THE WHISPERER has learned. According to South East Info, Chukwudi is on the run after killing his mother in an attempt to use her for ritual. See Photos:

Going, Going… Buhari’s Allies Move Against National Security Adviser (NSA), Monguno To Go or Not To Go? That is the question Nigerians are asking concerning the recent alleged scandalous dealings swirling around the National Security Adviser, NSA, to President Muhammadu Buhari, Major-General Babagana Monguno (rtd). Answers may not be long in coming and it is Mr. President himself who will have the final word… Round about mid-January of 1862 during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency in the United States of America, God’s own country was self-destructing because of the civil war between the Confederacy and the Unionists. As Secretary of War, Simon…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arrested a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde. The ICPC Spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, in a statement on Wednesday, said the former JAMB registrar was arrested on Monday in Abuja for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. The ICPC spokesperson said Mr Ojerinde is currently being held on a remand warrant and would soon be charged to court upon the conclusion of the investigation. She said: “He (Ojerinde) has been detained by the Commission for questioning over allegations of multiple identities, abuse of office, money laundering,…

The main opposition party decried the recent NBS report that put Nigeria’s unemployment rate at 33.3 percent in the last quarter of 2020. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on escalated 33.3 percent unemployment rate in the country is a direct confirmation that the much-orchestrated claims of massive job creation by the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are mere statistic hoax being used to deceive Nigerians. The PDP says the report by the NBS that no fewer than 21.7 million able bodied Nigerians have lost their jobs and…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to ensure that the £4.2million Ibori loot be returned to Delta State. The lawmakers insisted that the funds were stolen from Delta State and as such should rightly be returned to the state. They added that the funds are needed for the infrastructural development of the state. This was the resolution reached after a motion of urgent public importance which was sponsored by all the lawmakers from Delta State. Meanwhile, the lawmakers said the total money is £6.2 million and not £4.2 million as is being reported. The House…

Over ₦527 Billion Ibori Loot Still Being Expected Says Federal Government The Federal Government has revealed that over £100m (N527bn), stolen by a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, and his associates is still being expected. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today’ programme on Tuesday monitored by TheWhisperer. Malami, who is also the Minister of Justice, said apart from the Ibori loot, $100m traced to the late Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha, was also being expected. He said, “As it is we have succeeded in recovering £4.2m from the…

CCB, EFCC vested with powers to prosecute Tinubu “The EFCC and Code of Conduct Bureau are all statutory bodies that are vested with statutory powers.” The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, says the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have the powers to prosecute former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu. But the justice minister claimed that he was not investigating the national leader of the All Progressives Congress. Mr. Malami also denied instructing the EFCC and CCB to institute new proceedings against the former governor of Lagos state and national leader of the All Progressives…

Panic and confusion have gripped officials at the Code of Conduct Bureau after records relating to Bola Tinubu’s asset declaration suddenly disappeared from the storage facility that has held them for years. The disappearance could frustrate ongoing corruption investigation into Mr. Tinubu’s asset by the EFCC, Nigeria’s frontline anti-corruption outfit, which has apparently ignored the embattled politician’s political ties to President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the Peoples Gazette, three officials familiar with the matter said that the bureau started looking for Mr. Tinubu’s asset filings after the EFCC requested copies as part of an ongoing investigation into the former Lagos…

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Friday March 5, 2021 officially assumed duties with a pledge to steer the organization towards proactive and intelligence-led investigation. He said he would create a full-fledged directorate of intelligence that would spearhead intelligence gathering, which will ensure proactive response in the fight against corruption. According to him, “We are going to digitalize our processes, and we are going to create a new full-pledged directorate of intelligence to enable us gather intelligence so that we will be proactive in our fight against economic and financial crimes; and…