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BREAKING: EFCC CHAIRMAN CONVICTED, SENT TO JAIL. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted the incumbent Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt of court in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court for the EFCC to return a seized Range Rover and Fourty Million Naira (40,000,000.00) to the defendant in the case before the court. According to The Nation Newspaper, the Court ordered the Inspector -General of Police to ensure he be remanded in Kuje prison immediately.

Hushpuppi has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. He also has to pay $1,732,841 (over 1.3 billion FCFA) to two fraud victims The sentence for the Instagram influencer from Nigeria, is for his role in an international fraud syndicate. Ramon Abbas, flaunted his wealthy lifestyle on his page which had 2.8 million followers until it was disabled. in 2021 Hushpuppi pleaded guilty to money laundering.

PHOTONEWS;  Tanzanian Fisherman Gets Cash Gift, Job For Saving 24 Lives A Tanzanian fisherman, Jackson Majaliwa, who was among the first responders who helped rescue 24 passengers from the airplane that crashed into Lake Victoria on Sunday has been awarded a cash gift of $428 (equivalent of Tsh1 million) and a government job. According to Eastern Africa, the Kagera Regional Commissioner, Albert Chalamila, handed over the cash to the fisherman from the lakeside town of Bukoba on Monday. While some of the passengers of the plane were rescued alive, 19 died. Tanzanian President, Samia Suluhu offered Mr Majaliwa, a job with the firefighting and rescue brigade and additional rescue operations training to sharpen his skills. Photo credit: MWANANCHI | NMG

The Federal Government said the train services on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line are set to return this month, November. This was disclosed today, Nov. 7, by the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo while giving the scorecard of his ministry in Abuja. He said adequate security has been put in place to ensure the safety of passengers. The Minister, however, did not give any specific date for the resumption. Sambo said the ministry has learnt enough lessons from the attack in March which claimed the lives of several passengers leading to the suspension of train service on the Abuja-Kaduna route.

Photos of Ekweremadu's daughter and wife in court today as police charge Sonia for trafficking a homeless man into the UK to harvest his organs for herself The daughter of former deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, appeared in a UK court today November 7 to answer to claims that she trafficked a homeless man into the country to harvest his organs for herself. Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice were arrested in June this year and have been standing trial alongside their doctor, Obinna Obeta, for charges bothering on conspiracy to arrange the travel of another person with a view to exploit him and harvest his organ. It is alleged they conspired together, with others unknown and with another family member Isaac Ekweremadu, to arrange the travel of a 21-year-old man identified as David Ukpo Nwamini, with a view to exploiting him between 1 August 2021 and 5 May this year. They have been accused of facilitating his travel from Lagos to London to remove one o...