Day: August 22, 2025

Bizman, Abdullahi Bashir Haske,Declared Wanted For ‘Money laundering’

Abibat Babalola

Abdullahi Bashir Haske, a Nigerian businessman is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged involvement in criminal conspiracy and money laundering. In a statement issued by EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, the commission called on members of the public to provide useful information that could aid in Haske’s arrest. Abdullahi Bashir Haske is the son-in-law of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. “The public is hereby notified that Abdullahi Bashir Haske, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the EFCC in an alleged case of criminal conspiracy and money…

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Court Jails 10 Internet Fraudsters Arrested At Obasanjo Library Hotel

Abibat Babalola

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted 10 internet fraudsters linked to a sting operation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a hotel within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) complex in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The convicts, among 93 suspects arrested during the raid, were charged with offences ranging from obtaining money under false pretence, impersonation, identity theft, to romance scams, contrary to the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015, and the EFCC Act, 2004. During proceedings, EFCC investigators presented incriminating evidence,…

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The Billionaire’s Contradiction: Femi Otedola’s Guide To Life He Didn’t Lead, By Feyi Fawehinmi

DAMILOLA OLONADE

      About a third of the way into the book, Otedola delivers a staggering claim with characteristic breeziness: “I soon controlled 93% market share [of diesel].” This apex of dominance was likely reached five years after Zenon’s founding and the very year he states he became a billionaire. The reality, however, as pieced together from contemporaneous reports and policy analysis, reveals a far more complex machinery at work   How does one truly ‘make it big’ in Nigeria? Here, ‘big’ is not merely comfortable or affluent; it is…

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ASUU Threatens Fresh Nationwide Strike

Abibat Babalola

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on another strike over the Federal Government’s failure to honour agreements and resolve lingering issues in Nigeria’s university system. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday at the University of Jos, ASUU President, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, declared that the union had been “pushed to the wall” after waiting for more than two years without any meaningful progress. Piwuna dismissed the government’s proposed loan scheme for university workers, describing it as a “poison chalice.” READ ALSO: Katsina Mosque Attack: Death…

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