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 EFCC arraigns Cubana manager,  one other for alleged $164,000.00 money laundering in Lagos The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, arraigned Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, a manager with Cubana Group, alongside one Precious Omonkhoa Ofure before Justice Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder and money laundering. Ndukwe, also known as Cubana Prime Minister, and Ofure were arrested recently by operatives of the Commission, following credible intelligence received about their involvement in the fraudulent activity. Items recovered from them include the sum of $164, 000. 00 (One Hundred and Sixty-four Thousand Dollars), iPhone mobile devices and laptop computers.  The charge against them reads: “That you, Precious Omonkhoa Ofure and Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, sometime in 2021 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,...

The government of Sardinia is offering grants of up to €15,000 (£12,700) as an incentive for those considering a move to the idyllic Italian island. Officials have prepared £38 million for the initiative which aims to help entice people to rural areas of Italy and bolster commerce in small towns as the region is suffering from a dwindling population and shrinking economy because younger generations are travelling to large cities for work.   Sardinian President Christian Solinas said in a statement: 'Thanks to these contributions to [homebuyers'] first houses, [Sardinia] becomes fertile ground for those who will move there or decide to build a family. 'There can be no growth without a real enhancement of the territories, of the interior and most disadvantaged areas, which must pass through new policies for their repopulation. 'We have created the conditions for young people to decide to stay and develop the economic fabric of the most fragile territories.' The attrac...

Adamawa State, Elisha Tari explains Why I stoned my two sons to death. A 25-year-old father in Adamawa State, Elisha Tari, has explained why he stoned his two sons to death last week. He said he stoned the boys, who are three and five years, because they disobeyed him. "I asked them to say 'God' but they said 'fire' instead," he told newsmen at the Police headquarters in Yola where he is being held over the incident. The indigene of Himike village in Michika Local Government Area was nabbed last Thursday for allegedly hitting his two children with stones, leading to their death. Elisha is a local musician whose wife left, leaving the two children with him. Speaking to newsmen while being paraded with 30 other suspects, Elisha said the children came to him in the kitchen on that fateful day while he was cooking for them and they started a conversation. He added he got to a point of asking them to say 'God' but that they instead said 'Fire'...