A community leader in Oko Egan area of Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, Chief Wasiu Shitta has sent a Save-Our-Soul message to the Assistant Inspector General of Police AIG, Force CID Annex, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos over alleged harassment and action unbecoming of a police officer. The petition dated May 21, 2025, was written from the chamber of Newscastle Associates. The petition sighted by CASEFILE was received on May 22, 2025 at the Force CID Annex. The petition specifically detailed a complaint against one DSP Gabriel Angel, Inspector Abayomi, Inspector Akin and others for alleged professional misconduct, intimidation, threat to life and…
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Two staff of Premium Trust Bank, Kehinde Odeyemi and Matthew Adeniyi Damilola, who are both employees of Premium Trust Bank, were arraigned before Justice Alexander Owoeye, before the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for alleged cybercrime offences. The charge is at the instance of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. They were arraigned alongside Samson Latshin Dakup, Bolaji Omotosho Yinka and Sunday Badeniyi Okunola on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal. The defendants allegedly conspired to manipulate the server and domain credentials of the bank in a bid to gain…
A first prosecution witness, Peter Okoye, also known as Mr. P of the defunct hip-hop artist music group P-Square, has testified that the defendant, Jude Okoye and his twin brother, Paul Okoye alias Rude Boy were taking money from their company without his knowledge. He said this in continuation of his evidence-in-chief before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja at preliminary proceedings on Friday. The witness had said earlier that Jude’s wife, Ifeoma, owned 80 per cent of Northside Music Limited while Jude retained the remaining 20 per cent shares of the company. According to him, he…
The Witnesses are one of the largest non-profit convention organisations in the world and will once again fuel the local economy as they draw more than 30,000 attendees to the city throughout 15 weekends, beginning May 23, 2025.Three-day Program Focuses on Pure Worship! Realising that many in the community are concerned about matters of faith and spirituality, Jehovah’s Witnesses are inviting all to their annual global convention series, which has the theme “Pure Worship!” Each year, the Witnesses present a free three-day program open to local communities. They will return to the Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Badagry, Lagos…
At the 16th Annual Lecture of the National Association of Judicial Correspondents, NAJUC, held on Thursday, retired Lagos State judge, Justice Folashade Bankole-Oki, advocated for urgent reforms in Nigeria’s justice system, emphasising the critical role of technology, responsible media, and public engagement in restoring public trust. She spoke on the theme: “Strengthening the Administration of Justice Through Technology, International Best Practices, Media, and Public Feedback.” According to Justice Bankole-Oki “There is an urgent need to strengthen the administration of justice in Nigeria. Public trust has waned—and rightly so.” Highlighting the media’s essential role, Justice Bankole-Oki warned that certain regulations, such…
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has issued a bench warrant against Mr. Ayodele Toyosi, a businessman standing trial in the alleged fraud case brought against him and his two companies: Reaprite Global Limited and Agrorite Limited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The defendants are standing trial over alleged fraud in the sum of over N600,000,000. Justice Abike-Fadipe ordered that the defendant be produced before the court to state why the bail granted to him ought not be revoked. At the scheduled date, the defendant failed to appear at the continuation…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, arraigned two companies, JBA Advisory Limited and Platform Capital Investment Partners Limited, before Justice Olubusola Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over alleged financial fraud involving the sum of N47.9 million and $300,000. The anti-graft agency dragged the firms before the court on a two-count charge bordering on dishonestly retaining stolen property, an offence contrary to Section 328 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. According to the charge, JBA Advisory Limited, between August 4 and November 23, 2023, dishonestly retained the sum…
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered a blogger, Mr Martins Vincent Otse, alias VeryDarkMan, VDM, to pay a cost of N200,000 as the court dismissed the preliminary objections he filed against the N1,000,000,000.00 (One Billion Naira ) defamation suits by human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN and his son, Mr. Folarin Falana, aka Falz who accused him of character defamation contained in the defendant’s video publication of September 24, 2024, on his Instagram. Justice Fimisola Azeez, who delivered rulings in the preliminary objections filed by VDM against the two suits filed by the duo of Femi…
Justice Mathias Dawodu of a Lagos State High Court, Ikeja has granted an order of substituted service of Form 48 by publication against the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro, SAN, Bolaji Kayode Robert, Commissioner for Local government and Chieftaincy Affairs of Lagos State and others. The presiding judge granted the order on Monday following a Motion Exparte filed by the claimants in the suit marked ID/12044GCMW/2024. The Claimant Counsel, Mr. Morufu Akogun while moving the motion experte told the court that the motion is dated May 6, 2025. He said the application is seeking an order of…
Proceedings in the ongoing trial of Ahmed Kuru, former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, and four others were temporarily stalled on Monday at the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Justice Mojisola Dada was compelled to adjourn the matter following the absence of senior advocate Mr. Olasupo Shasore, counsel to the second defendant, who was scheduled to continue the cross-examination of the second prosecution witness, Mr. Austen Obigwe. Kuru and his co-defendants are standing trial on allegations brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which accused them of fraudulently diverting N76 billion…