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  C ourt Sends Self-styled SA to EFCC Chairman to Prison over Employment Scam The Abuja Zonal Command of the EFCC on June 30, 2022, secured the conviction of one Obochi Simeon Iwodi before Justice A.O. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja on a one count charge bordering on cheating by impersonation. While posing as Special Adviser to the EFCC Chairman, the defendant induced some job seekers to pay various sums to him on the pretext that he would help facilitate their employment into the EFCC.

  2023: Wike Set To Broker Obi-Kwankwaso Ticket On LP By Enioluwa Adeniyi The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike is reportedly set to broker Obi/Kwankwaso ticket for Labour Party ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Peter Obi is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, while Rabiu Kwankwaso is the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party. Sources that spoke with New Telegraph claimed that Governor Wike and his bloc within the Peoples Democratic Party are planning to support Obi/Kwankwaso ticket. Obi and Kwankwaso are yet to submit the name of their official running mate as both presidential candidates are using placeholders. One of the sources while speaking on the development said, “The Rivers governor is on the verge of brokering an Obi-Kwankwaso ticket since the momentum appears to be in favour of the South. “I’m not, however, certain if Wike and others will move or strategically collapse their structure for the impending merger.” He further stated that the d...

Con fusion as Man Penetrates RCCG Church as 'Woman'. 'He came to church this morning as a woman but our guard suspected him,' a member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Solid Rock Chapel, Ojodu, Lagos, said. "After much talk, they suspected he is not what he claimed to be. The church guard had to undress him before we discovered that he is a man but dressed to church like a woman. "We don't know his mission yet but he been handed over to the police. "We found three phones with him and a lot of things. He also said he is a Yahoo guy and that he has a Facebook account where he deceives people as he disguises as woman."

M ompha’s absence stalls N6bn fraud trial. The Absence of social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), again, on Thursday, stalled his alleged N6billion money laundering trial before an Ikeja Special Offences Court. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has in January 2022, charged Mompha and his company, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd., on eight counts of allegedly laundering six billion Naira. Last week, Justice Mojisola Dada issued a bench warrant for his arrest following his absence in court. The court also revoked the bail it earlier granted the defendant. The social media celebrity was equally absent in court on June 16. On June 10, the EFCC accused him of flouting the court’s order by travelling to Dubai with a new international passport. On Thursday, EFCC counsel, Samuel Daji, told the court that the commission was still in the process of re-arresting Mompha and he asked the court to adjourn the case. “My lord, we are still making frank efforts to re-a...

15 African countries with the highest defense budgets  As of 2022, Algeria had the highest defense spending budget in Africa, around 10 billion U.S. dollars. The country ranked 23rd in the world. Nigeria and Morocco followed, with a budget of roughly 5.9 billion and 5.4 billion U.S. dollars, respectively. Overall, North Africa was the region allocating the largest budget to national defense on the continent. The Algerian military power As the leading defense spender in Africa, Algeria devotes nearly seven percent of its GDP to military expenditure, the highest share on African   continent. In addition, the Algerian government military spending per-capital   ranked second in Africa after Botswana, reaching 221 U.S. dollars in 2020. These heavy investments aimed at improving Algeria’s national security, as well as supporting the country’s military force, concentrated in the People’s National Armed Forces. Thanks to the high public expenditure, Algeria h...