The Committee appointed to conduct the delegate congress election for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State said that despite failed attempt to disrupt exercise, the election was conducted and it was free and fair. In a letter to the National Chairman of PDP dated May 1, 2022, and titled: Re: Purported Cancellation of 3-Man Adhoc Delegate Congress Election for Anambra, the committee appointed to undertake the process said that despite attempted hitches, the exercise ended successfully. The committee was made up of Jibrin Ahmed – Chairman, Captain Frank Ntima -Member, Hon. Amara Ogbu-Member, Bar. Azubuike Odoh- Member and Engr…
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A suspected cultist, Rotimi Adeniyi alias Paracetamol who had been placed on Police list of wanted persons for his role in numerous cult clashes in Ogun State has been nabbed. His arrest came on the heels of terror activities that characterised the spilling of blood in which many lives were lost in clashes within the state. According to Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Rotimi, an infamous leader of the “Eiye” Confraternity, with his base in Ifo, often besieged the state capital, Abeokuta, wrecked havocs and, thereafter, took cover in Ifo, unknown to him that surveillance had…
Following a recent claim by a lady in a viral TikTok video that she had sex with a dog for N1.5 million, the Nigeria Police has launched a manhunt for her. This was disclosed by Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi on Saturday. Recently, a slim, light-skinned lady with TikTok user ID @Veegodess trended for hours on social media after saying there was no big deal about what she did. But the police spokesperson described the development as absurd, with the assurance that the police are already on the trail of the suspect, he added that posting bestial-natured…
Fourteen suspected rail track vandals have been arrested by the Railway Police Command of the Nigerian Police Force. The suspects were arrested for their alleged involvement in rail tracks vandalisation, concealing stolen properties of Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, armed robbery and criminal conspiracy across the nation in the month of April, 2022. A case in point occured on 1st of April, 2022 when the Kafanchan Railway Police Division of the command, got a tip-off by a concerned citizen. A BUA Cement truck fully loaded with railway slippers was intercepted along Bankin-Kaninkon-Kogi. Report says on the suspected vandals fled the scene on…
A mother and her child have been confirmed dead in a building collapse at 32 Ibadan Street, Ebute-Meta area of Lagos. The 3-storey building collapsed around 9.30p.m on Sunday. CASEFILE gathered that as at now, about 23 people have been rescued, those are about seven children and 16 adults. Nine of those rescued have been treated and discharged. They returned to the scene but they were sent away for proper custody while psycho-social and trauma counselling are being arranged for them. All emergency agencies; Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, National Emergency Agency, Red Cross and…
A suspected fraudster, Olaogun Babatunde, has been arrested for allegedly using fake bank alert to defraud a Nigerian of N5million and another N4.6 million for the purchase of laptop computers. The 37-year-old who hails from Ogbomoso, Oyo State South West Nigeria was arrested by Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team IRT of the Force Intelligence Bureau FIB of the Nigeria Police Force. The University of Lagos 2008 graduate was popularly called by friends as ‘Evil Genius’ because of his expertise in generating fake bank credit alert he uses to defraud traders and others. Prior to his arrest, the suspect who…
Alleged fake Army General, Bolarinwa Oluwasegun Abiodun was in court today for his trial bothering on alleged fraud, but his matter could not go on due to the absence of his counsel. He is on trial on a 13-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery of documents, and possession of documents containing false pretence involving an alleged N266,500,000 fraud. But when the matter came up for hearing, the defendant told Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court about the absence of his lawyer. According to him, his lawyer called him this morning informing him of his…
Zenith Bank Plc has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31st March 2022, with an impeccable growth of 22% in Gross Earnings from N157.3 billion reported in Q1 2021 to N191.5 billion in Q1 2022. From the unaudited statement of account presented to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Thursday, 28th April 2022, the strong double-digit growth in the topline culminated in an increase in the bottom line, as the Group recorded an 11% Year-on-Year, YoY, increase in profit before tax, growing from N61.02 billion in Q1 2021 to N67.99 billion in Q1 2022. Profit after tax also…
Two former bankers, Titus China and Urine Abasi Ifiok George has been jailed by Justice Elias Abua of the Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State. They were jailed for stealing the sum of N2,900,000 (Two Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira only) from the account of a deceased customer of a commercial bank. Nwankwo and George were jailed on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges bordering on forgery, conspiracy, breach of trust and stealing, upon their arraignment by the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According to a statement signed by the EFCC’S…
Temporary reprieve has come the way of the Chairman of the Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, Lagos Zone, Fatuyi Yemi Philips, as he has been granted bail on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The defendant alongside his firm, Oceanview Oil and Gas Limited, are standing trial for an alleged N43 million fraud but Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has granted him bail in the sum of N20 million with two sureties in like sum. According to the judge, the surety must be resident within jurisdiction and must present three years’…