The convicted billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, has been rearriagned over the alleged murder of two police officers on Monday by the Lagos State Government. The matter was transferred to Justice Oyindamola Ogala from Justice Adenike Coker of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja. When the matter was called, the State Prosecution Counsel, O. A Azeez, announced appearance for the State government, while Charity. O represented Chief Emefo Etudo, on behalf of Evans and Nelson Onyejaka represented his co-defendant, Joseph Emeka. O. A. Azeez, acknowledged that the case was a transferred matter and noted that the defendants should be…
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As Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, she was entrusted with the nation’s workers’ welfare. The NSITF’s mandate is simple yet sacred: collect and protect funds contributed by workers and employers, and provide compensation when accidents, disabilities, or deaths occur. Chapter One – 2015: The Faith of Power Every political season in Nigeria has its apostles of certainty, and in 2015, one of the loudest was Dr. Ngozi Olejeme — Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, and Deputy Chairman, Finance Committee of the Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation. Her confidence was not just political;…
The trial of alleged fraudster, Fred Ajudua, continued on Friday before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, with arguments on his pending bail application and the cross-examination of third prosecution witness, Afanda Bashir Emmanuel. Ajudua, who is alleged of defrauding a Palestinian national, Zad Abu Zalaf, of $1,043,000 under false pretences, appeared in court dressed in a white native attire and holding a walking stick. Fred Ajudua seeks bail At the resumed hearing, Ajudua’s counsel, Olalekan Ojo, SAN, informed the court that his client had filed a notice of withdrawal of a motion previously before the Supreme…
The trial of the embattled former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele has suffered a setback as the trial judge adjourned the matter to December 2 and 3, 2025 for trial-within-trial. Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja ordered the mini trial in respect of some statements of the second defendant made during investigation which the defence team, objected to it stating that the statement was made under duress. In a ruling delivered earlier over admissibility of digital evidence presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s prosecution witness, Alvan Grumnaan, the court overrule the…
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command have arrested 12 suspected robbers responsible for the robbery that claimed the lives of Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, an Arise TV presenter, and Barnabas Danlami, a security guard at Unique Apartment, Gishiri Village, Katampe District, Abuja. The operation, which occurred in the early hours of September 29, 2025, at about 3:30 a.m. shocked residents of the area and drew widespread public outrage. According to the EIB Report sighted by our reporter, the arrests followed a directive from the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, mandating an immediate crackdown on the criminal elements responsible…
A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has struck out a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Magodo Residents Association against the Attorney-General of the Federation, the Inspector-General of Police, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CSP Abimbola Oyewole, Chief Adebayo Adeyiga, Chief Yusuf Ogundare, and Owokoniran Adeyiga. Justice Azeez Fimisola made the decision following the continuous absence of the applicants and their refusal to respond to the processes filed by the sixth respondent/applicant who sought to set aside the service of court papers on the fifth and seventh respondents. Before the court’s ruling, the sixth…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja on Wednesday fixed October 9, 2025 to rule on whether the crucial digital evidence presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC operatives, Alvan Grumnaan will be accepted in the trial of former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Grumnaan is an eighth prosecution witness currently testifying in the ongoing trial of the former CBN Governor. The court adjourned the trial after arguments by the counsel representing the parties over the authenticity and certification of crucial digital evidence, said to have been been printed as documentary evidence from…
Against his expectation, trial of the embattled former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele continues as earlier scheduled due to the failure to reach a conclusion on the experts forensic analysis of the WhatsApp and phone conversations tendered as evidence in his the ongoing trial. At the resumed trial on Tuesday before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, the court was informed that its order to examine device marked “iPhone 12” tendered as evidence in his ongoing trial was met with bottlenecks. These were attributed to the prosecution and defence. The examination failed to…
The Nigeria Police Force is in the news again, for the enforcement of the ban against tinted or shaded glasses in motor cars. On April 25, 2025, the police announced its intention to compel the procurement of a written permit on all cars with tinted glasses. Although no cogent reason has been proferred for the implementation of this policy inherited as part of the military invasion of our political space, it would seem from all indications that the goal is that of revenue generation. The challenge with this is that Nigerians have been taxed and overtaxed and if the rationale…
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, now has a Director in Yobe State. She is Hajiya Maryam Shettima. The new Acting Director officially assumed office on Monday, following a well-attended handing-over ceremony held at the NOA state office in Damaturu, after the retirement of the former State Director, Alhaji Muhammad Ali Tikau. Leadership transition at NOA Yobe state Hajiya Maryam Shettima was entrusted with the mantle of leadership as Alhaji Tikau stepped down from his role. Hajiya Maryam Usman Shettima, has served in several key capacities within the agency, and entrusted with steering the affairs of the NOA Yobe State Directorate…