The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has cleared Mrs. Fauziya Danjuma Goje, daughter of Senator Danjuma Goje, of allegations of the abuse of the Naira. It said Goje’s daughter was not in the viral video where the Naira was freely…
Bobrisky removed from Amsterdam-bound KLM flight
Social media personality Okuneye Idris, popularly known as Bobrisky, was removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight and detained by immigration officers late on Thursday night while attempting to leave the country. The popular cross-dresser posted on his Instagram page to…
Court hears case against Cubana Chief Priest, June 25
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday further adjourned until June 25 to mention a case against celebrity bartender Pascal Okechukwu (Cubana Chief Priest) for alleged abuse of the naira. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Okechukwu…
Naira abuse: EFCC arrests man for spraying N200 notes
The Gombe Zonal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one Zachariyya Muhammad in Gombe State for abusing the Nigerian currency. According to a statement posted by the EFCC on X.com on Wednesday, following his arrest, Muhammad was…
Don’t abuse the naira — Gbubemi Atimomo
Thoughts on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s abuse of the naira policy It’s the weekend and you are at an owambe. Your best friend’s cousin’s great uncle’s grandfather’s funeral. He passed on at the very ripe old age of 95 so…
Bobrisky jailed without option of a fine
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Friday sentenced controversial cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, to six months imprisonment without an option of fine for abusing the Naira. The judge while sentencing the…
Bobrisky may spend Eid-il-fitri holiday in custody
Controversial crossdresser, Okuneye Idris, aka Bobrisky, may spend the Eid-il-Fitri break in detention. Bobrisky was arrested on April 3 and convicted by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday, April 5, 2024, after pleading guilty to the charges…
EFCC to arraign Bobrisky over alleged N180.7m laundering, abuse of N490k today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), will today arraign popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over naira abuse and failure to declare his firm’s activities involving N180.7 million. The anti-graft agency…
Bobrisky arrested by EFCC over naira abuse allegations
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested popular cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, in Lagos on Wednesday night. The arrest came following allegations of abuse of naira notes, currency mutilation and spraying of naira notes. The EFCC’s…
Ogun monarch suspended over abuse of naira
The Egba Traditional Council has suspended Oba Kolawole Sowemino, the Olu of Owode-Egba in Obafemi/Owode local government area of Ogun State, for publicly abusing the naira at a social function. Oba Sowemino, who was seen in a viral video decorating…