A FCT High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja has issued an interim order restraining Galactic Aviation Limited and two others from selling an Embraer EMB-145LR aircraft identified as 5N-BZM. Justice M. A. Madugu granted the order on Friday, after hearing an ex-parte application filed by the claimant, Reekers Engineering and Construction Limited. The claimant had through its counsel, Mr. Azeez Taiwo Hassan, SAN, filed and argued the motion ex-parte in a suit marked FCT/HC/BW/CV/391/2025. The claimant, Reekers Engineering and Construction Limited instituted the suit against Galactic Aviation Limited, Mr. Abdullahi Ahmed, NG Eagle Airline Limited and the Honourable Minister for…
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Wema Bank has announced that it will be giving its customers a turn up December shopping experience at Fashion Souk 2025, scheduled to hold on December 6 and 7, 2025 at Harbour Point, Victoria Island, Lagos. Building on previous successes, this year’s souk powered by Wema Bank promises to be one of the biggest lifestyle destinations for fashion, lifestyle and beauty, enthusiasts to shop, discover, and celebrate the season. For shoppers, Wema Bank is making the experience seamless and rewarding by offering a twenty percent cashback on every purchase when they pay with the Wema or ALAT debit card. Customers…
Dear Nigerians, kind-hearted individuals, NGOs, and well-wishers, this is to urgently seek your support for Taiwo Shadamoro, a-12-year-old girl who is a twin and whose recent abdominal scan reveals serious health conditions requiring immediate and sustained medical care. Taiwo Shadamoro diagnosis According to report by her mother, Taiwo has been diagnosed with These conditions pose a significant risk to her health and life, and she urgently needs further investigations, specialist care, medications, and ongoing treatment. Her family cannot shoulder the financial burden alone. Taiwo is in pain. She is weak. She needs help, and she needs it now. Her mother…
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has dismissed charge against a contractor, Mutairu Babatunde and two former staff of MTN, Victor Akintunde and Gani Mustapha alleged of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence. Justice Ismaila Ijelu discharged and acquitted defendants alongside their companies: Primavera Engineering and Construction Limited, and Mabo Dredging Limited of alleged ₦1 billion fraud. Aside dismissing the charge against them, the court also ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to released all their withholding assets, their seized properties back to them. The judge order was sequel to the affidavit fact filed by counsel representing…
The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, JONAPWD Lagos State Chapter, has joined the global community in commemorating the 2025 International Day of Persons with Disabilities, IGD, with a strong call for deeper institutional reforms to strengthen disability inclusion across Nigeria. The Chairman of JONAPWD, Abolarinwa Salami, made the appeal in a statement issued to mark the annual celebration themed “Fostering Disability-Inclusive Societies for Advancing Social Progress.” According to Salami, the theme reinforces a critical global message; that no society can truly advance while leaving persons with disabilities behind. He noted that PWDs in Lagos and across the country…
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s security architecture yesterday renewed the call for stronger institutional collaboration as a critical tool for counter-terrorism and crime control at a one-day inter-agency lecture and awards ceremony organised by Razornews in Lagos. The conference, themed “Institutional Collaboration as a Tool for Counter-Terrorism and Crime,” was held at the event hall of Shoregate Hotel, GRA, Ikeja. The summit attracted senior officers from the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Immigration Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigerian Customs Service, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, among other security and safety institutions.Delivering the keynote address, the…
An unprecedented insider account documenting the experiences and sacrifices of Nigeria’s election correspondents will be publicly launched on Friday, 5 December 2025, in Abuja. The book, titled “The INEC Press Corps: Chronicles of Nigeria’s Election Journalists,” is authored by Segun Ojumu, media consultant and Chairman of the INEC Press Corps. The book offers a unique perspective on the nation’s electoral process from the media’s frontline. The official presentation will take place at The Electoral Institute, a facility owned by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The timing of the launch is considered highly strategic, arriving just after the conclusion of…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 admitted as evidence, extra-judicial statement tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to the effect that the statements of Henry Omoile, co-defendant of the embattled former Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, being prosecuted by the agency were voluntarily rendered. Emefiele alongside Omoile (the second defendant) are being prosecuted by the EFCC over a-19 count charge offences bordering on the alleged abuse of office, $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud. It would be recalled that, the second defendant had through his counsel, Adeyinka…
A Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja has discharge and acquitted Michael Adenuga, a former accountant with Chevron Nigeria Limited charged with N5 billion property theft. Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya delivered the judgement after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was unable to prove the allegations of fraud against the defendants. Mr. Adenuga and his company, Covenant Apartment Complex Limited were arraigned on May 15, 2014 on a three-count charge bordering on fraudulent conversion of land, forgery of documents and use of false documents by the EFCC. The verdict: Michael Adenuga Delivering the judgement in suit marked marked ID/494C/14,…
A security expert and chairman, Kontz Engineering Limited, Engineer Mustapha Kazeem Lusty has disclosed that over 6,800 Nigerians were killed in the first half of 2025, a figure highlighting the country’s worsening security crisis. The security expert disclosed this while delivering the keynote address at the 2025 Annual Lecture and Awards ceremony of the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, CRAN, in Ikeja. Themed: “Harnessing Technological Innovations for Crime Prevention and Control in Nigeria,” Lusty’s presentation called for a complete overhaul of the nation’s security architecture through the deployment of advanced technological systems capable of detecting, preventing, and disrupting crime in…