November 1, 2021

Fraud: Two Nigerians Arrested In Ireland Over €183,000

Biafra: Court To Hear CNG’s Case Demanding Referendum

November 1, 2021 8:51 am

A Federal High Court, Abuja, will today entertain the suit filed by the leadership of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) asking for a referendum for Biafra agitators.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that in June, the coalition had sued the National Assembly praying the court to force the defendants to suspend the ongoing constitutional review exercise.

Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the spokesman of the CNG, explained that a judge had been assigned to hear the suit.

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The leaders of the group and the suit filed by the plaintiffs, …

New York Court Dismisses Siasia’s Suit Against FIFA

November 1, 2021 5:37 am

A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that Samson Siasia’s lawsuit challenging a bribery conviction and coaching ban handed down by FIFA.

The court ruled that the swiss dispute has no jurisdictional ties to New York, therefore struck it out.

United States (U.S.) District Judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein, axed the August 2 complaint filed by Samson Siasia, a U.S. citizen and former Nigerian national team head coach. In 2019, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee convicted Siasia of participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to fix hundreds of matches by allegedly paying off corrupt players and officials.

Siasia had alleged …

2023: Tinubu Visits Aso Rock, Praise Buhari

November 1, 2021 4:32 am

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday played host to National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu in Aso Rock.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that both men held a closed-door meeting.

Tinubu ton newsmen at the end of the meeting, the former governor of Lagos stated that he was at the presidential villa to thank the president for visiting him in London where he sought medical treatment.

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‘I came to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for visiting me in London when I had a knee surgery. He …

Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of Invictus Obi’s Properties

November 1, 2021 4:19 am

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of two houses in Abuja and two cars traced to the convicted cybercriminal, Obinwanne George Okeke also known as Invictus Obi.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the forfeiture order was made by Justice Peter Lifu made on October 29, 2021, following an ex parte motion filed and argued by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel, Chinenye Okezie.

According to the EFCC, the properties will be used to restitute foreign victims of Invictus Obi’s fraud through the United States of America Consulate.

The houses to …

Army Hands Over Arrested TASUED Students To EFCC, NANS Kicks

November 1, 2021 3:35 am

Students of the Tai Solarin College of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, arrested by men of the Nigerian Army from Ilese Barracks last week, have reportedly been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the crisis began on Thursday when the military men accosted the students in their cars around Conoil filling station along the Lagos-Benin highway; they were arrested and detained for days.

According to reports, efforts by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Wole Banjo, to get the students released were unsuccessful, even as he claimed he did …