The Managing Director and CEO of SunTrust Bank Limited, Halima Buba alongside the Executive Director cum Chief Compliance Officer, Innocent Mbagwu have been docked before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday over alleged fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned the duo on a six-count charge related to money laundering involving the sum of $12 million. The defendants; Buba and Mbagwu are alleged to have violated key provisions of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 by facilitating illegal cash transactions without passing through a financial institution. According to EFCC spokesperson Dele…
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The National Association of Judiciary Correspondents, NAJUC, Ikeja Branch, has ushered in a new era of leadership following the successful election and swearing-in of new executive officers who will steer the affairs of the association for the next two years. The official inauguration ceremony took place on Thursday at the NAJUC Press Centre, located within the premises of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja. The event attracted members of the press, judiciary correspondents, and invited guests who gathered to witness the transition of leadership. NAJUC Exco Mr. Azeez Folorunso of Rulers’ World Magazine and Online was elected as Chairman, while…
A fashion designer, Teslimat Abubakar Adebimpe, popularly known on social media as @_TASLEEMAH, has been arraigned before the Upper Area Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, over allegations of cyberbullying, defamation, and an attempt to extort ₦80,000 from a Lagos-based woman, Adunola Simbiat, under the guise of unsolicited dress services. The legal action followed a widely publicised social media spat that began after Teslimat accused Simbiat of absconding with the payment for a dress allegedly made for her. Simbiat in a recent press release issued in her behalf by her legal representatives, Kabir Akingbolu Salawu of Akingbolu & Co., stated that…
In a renewed push to fight crime on Nigeria’s waterways, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has commissioned 31 high-tech operational gunboats in Ikoyi, Lagos. The commissioning, which took place on Thursday, at the NPF Maritime Command Base, marks a bold step in modernising the Nigeria Police Force’s maritime operations. These gunboats are equipped with advanced navigation and communication systems, plus solar-powered technology, ensuring round-the-clock patrol, rescue, and anti-crime operations. “These boats represent our resolve” – IGP “These gunboats are not just vessels; they represent our unwavering resolve to protect Nigeria’s waterways, safeguard lives and property, and dismantle…
A former Executive Director at Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, Mr. Abbas Muhammed Jega, testified before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, in the ongoing case between Arik Air and the former AMCON MD/CEO, Ahmed Kuru, being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The other defendants being prosecuted by EFCC on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing, and abuse of office are; Mr. Kamilu Omokide, a former receiver manager of Arik Air Limited; Captain Roy Ilegbodu, Arik Air Chief Executive Officer; Union Bank Limited; and Super Bravo Limited. Jega is the third…
Friday Audu, alongside a company, Genting International Limited standing trial over alleged forgery and related offences, has been granted bail in the sum of N50m by Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja. EFCC amends charge against Friday Audu Friday Audu and the corporate defendant were docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on an amended eight-count charge marked ID/25617C/25, dated May 17, 2025. The charges are forgery, impersonation and possession of fraudulent documents. The initial charges relating to conspiracy and retention of stolen property were dropped in the amended information on Friday Audu. But retained…
A scrap seller, Nasiru Usman has been sent to jail for 12 years by Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Domestic and Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja over sexual assault violence on a four-year-old baby, name withheld. Charged for sexual assault violence, indecent treatment of a child The judgement was delivered on Monday by the court after the convict agreed to a plea bargain arrangement on an amended three-count charge of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, and indecent act. Delivering the judgment, Justice Oshodi said that he was satisfied that the convict understood the nature of the offences he had…
Ruling on the bail application of one Friday Audu and his company, Genting International Limited, on allegations bordering on forgery has been adjourned till June 3, 2025, by Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on Monday. Friday Audu had earlier been arrested in December 2024 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The defendants were re-arraigned on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an amended eight-count charge marked ID/25617C/25 and dated May 17, 2025. Friday Audu bail application, trial At the resumed hearing on Monday, the prosecution led by Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN,…
Quick intervention of officers of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service prevented more damage to the buildings along Ahmadu Bello Way, as fire gutted a club house in Lagos, ‘BOLLR’ along the route. The incident reported around afternoon caused panic among the residents and passers-by. It was gathered that the incident responsible for the club house in Lagos was a result of a spark from one of the cylinders used for the ongoing repair works. Eyewitness narrated that while one of his colleagues was working, a spark was reported but all self-efforts to contain it proved abortive. Police officers…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a female bank manager, whose lifeless body was discovered earlier this year after a ransom of fourteen million naira (N14m) had been paid by her family. Two suspects; Monday Egbe, 32, and Kenneth Nnoga, 28 were arrested on May 28, 2025, by operatives of the Command during a covert operation that led investigators to the suspects’ hideout in a neighboring state. Confirming the arrest in a statement issued on June 1, 2025, the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, recalled…