The Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris has been arrested by .Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 16, 2022. He was arrested in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80billion (Eighty Billion Naira) only According to the Commission, verified intelligence showed that the AGF raked off the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using proxies, family members and close associates. The commission says, funds were laundered through real estate investments in Kano and Abuja. The serving Accountant General was arrested after failing to…
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Following the gruesome murder of a sound engineer, David Imoh by some commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada at the Lekki axis of Lagos, the Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye led a team of officers and men to the axis to carry out a raid on commercial motorcyclists operating illegally in that area. The operation which lasted for about four hours began in the early hours of Monday, leaving 10 Okada operators arrested and also led to the seizure of 123 bikes plying the Lekki Epe Expressway, Lekki Phase 1 axis, Admiralty way and its environs…
The Lagos State Taskforce is stepping up efforts to address the problem of street trading and other vices having negative and harmful effects on the environs. According to the agency’s Chairman, CSP Shola Jejeloye, he is deploying his officers and men to carry out an all round operations in areas like Iyana-Ipaja, Oshodi, Ikeja Along, Yaba etc where Lagosians are made to face unnecessary traffic jam and hardship caused by traders who display their wares on roads meant for easy passage of vehicles along those routes. The operation would be directed at acts of displaying wares by the road side,…
The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal has imposed curfew on Sokoto metropolis. This is in response to the deadly riots that enveloped the state on Saturday. The police had earlier arrested two suspects in connection with the killing of Deborah Yakubu who was accused of blasphemy by his fellow students of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto. They made a video recording of the incident, proudly claiming that they were fighting for Prophet Mohammed whose name was allegedly defamed. This however drew reactions from commentators for and against the action. Some Muslim clerics including the Sultan of Sokoto condemned…
True to their threat, some Muslim youths in Sokoto State on Saturday embarked on massive protest demanding the release of two suspects arrested in connection with the killing of Deborah Yakubu. They had earlier sent a letter inviting people for the riots. But Police claimed they were on top of the situation, however, that was not to be as the mob sucesssfully carried out the threat destroying many property including a Catholic Church. They were however met with Police resistance when they attempted to gain entrance into the palace of Sultan of Sokoto.
Nemesis has caught up with a 5-man kidnapping gang, specialising in kidnapping for ransom. The suspects arrested; Chima Nwankwo, 31, of Osisioma Ngwa LGA of Abia State; Stanley Chukwunyere, 35, of Isiala Mbano LGA of Imo State; Okechukwu Edison, 40, of Emohua LGA of Rivers State and Justice Nlaa, 18, of Ogoni LGA of Rivers State according to the police were said to have been terrorising Rivers and South East parts of the country, but met their waterloo following the release of their victim, one Nkechi who reported her ordeal in the kidnappers den to the security operatives. Subsequently, the suspected…
Justice Ramon Oshodi of a Lagos State Sexual Offences Court, was shocked with the conduct of a legal practitioner Raphael Umekesiobi who he claimed abandoned his client, Chukwudi Nwanba when he needed his service most. The judge not only frowned at the conduct which seemed unprofessional, he also said he should be sanctioned for a breach of professional conduct. The incident reared its head after the Presiding Judge’s ruling on a No-Case Submission, when he ordered that the legal practitioner should enter defence for his client. The lawyer failed to comply on the basis that he needed an adjournment to prepare for…
The killing of Deborah Yakubu by mob at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State is pitching lawyers against each other. On Thursday, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Adegboruwa had called for the cancellation of the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA-SPIDEL Conference billed for Sokoto as a form of protest against the babaric act. However, this did not go down well with the Chairman of NBA-SPIDEL, Dr. Monday Ubani who though condemned the killing, absolves the State Government of any culpability. “Having said that, it will be preposterous for someone who…
Andrew Warri who was accused of defrauding Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, of the sum of N125 million will know his fate on July 5, 2022. The trial judge, Sherifat Solebo fixed the date to rule on the No-Case Submission of the defence counsel. Andrew Warri is standing trial before the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a seven-count charge bordering on stealing, obtaining by false pretence and issuance of dud cheques . Andrew Warri was arraigned alongside two companies A.M. Projects Consultancy Limited and Ranez Medical Consultancy Limited on June 25, 2021 for allegdly defrauding GTBank of about N125 million. …
A Lagos High Court judge sitting in Ikeja, Justice Christopher Balogun has ordered the Nigerian Navy, NN, to show evidence of payment of entitlement and benefit of the late retired Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, a former Military Administrator of Lagos, MILAD, to an interest yielding dedicated account. Justice Balogun gave this direction in an ongoing proceeding of a suit filed by Mrs. Gladys Ndubuisi Kanu on Thursday. In the suit, marked LD/3685FPM/2021, Gladys is seeking to be declared as the only legal wife of the late Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu. The respondents in the suit are the first wife – Christine,…