Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe allegations that over N26 billion of public funds are missing, diverted or stolen from the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, and the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources in 2021.” These damning revelations are documented in the 2021 audited report published on Wednesday 13 November 2024 by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation. SERAP said, “Anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate, if there…
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The Lagos State Police Command has embarked on enforcing the mandatory minimum of Third Party Motor Vehicle Insurance with effect from February 1st, 2025. This was communicated by the State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin on Friday. According to the Police Spokesperson, this is in line with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun. This implies that vehicle owners in Lagos State are required to possess a minimum of valid Third Party Insurance. Those without any class of insurance are advised to get insured immediately, says the statement from the Police. Furthermore, the Command…
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has approved the immediate retirement of senior Police officers who have spent more than 35 years in service and those above 60 years of age. This was disclosed by the Commission’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani on Friday. This decision was reached at the commission’s first extraordinary meeting of the 6th Management Board held today, 31st January 2025, presided over by the Chairman of the PSC, Rtd. DIG Hashimu Argungu. The commission’s decision has been conveyed to the Inspector General of Police for implementation stated Ani in a statement. According to the spokesperson,…
Convicted billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans has denied the allegations of conspiracy, attempt to kidnap and multiple murders in another matter pressed against him on Thursday. Evans and his co-defendant, Joseph Emeka pleaded not guilty before Justice Adenike Coker of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja when re-arraigned on an amended five-counts bordering on conspiracy to commit murder, attempt to murder, and murder. When the matter was called Sule Yusuf, the State Counsel informed the court that the matter is starting de novo and prayed the court to re-arraign the defendants. Counsel who appeared on Evans’ behalf Chief Emefo…
The suspended Special Assistant to the Delta State Governor on Morals and Diaspora, Ambassador Favour Obakoro also known as Vida Modelo has denied allegations making the rounds in the social media that she used her office to scam some individuals over procurement of visas. Ambassador Favour Obakoro said the allegations are unfounded, false and cannot be substantiated. She said one of her companies known as; Vida Modelo Multi Media involved in Travels and Travels Consultancy was contracted by a company from Türkiye known as ERM Partners for their clients to transfer monies through their Nigerian account and for them to…
A 44-year-old man, Damilola Otegba, is now in the custody of the police for allegedly attempting to engage in unlawful activities with a six-year-old girl in Ogun State. He is a private security guard assigned to a building on the campus of Federal University of Agriculture, FUNAAB, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Information reaching CASEFILE from the office of the Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, CSP Omotola Odutola, has it that the suspect had taken the girl upstairs to his workplace at night. But for the timely intervention of another female, the suspect was apprehended. According to the Police, “On…
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed Monday, January 20, 2025, for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arraign the Chairman of Honeywell Group, Chief Oba Otudeko and a former First Bank Managing Director Stephen Olabisi Onasanya for allegedly looting N12.3billion naira from First Bank. Otudeko – former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria, FBN Holdings – and Onasanya are to be arraigned alongside a former board member of Honeywell Soji Akintayo and a firm, Anchorage Leisure Limited connected to Otudeko. According to the EFCC, the four committed the fraud in tranches of…
Following remarks by the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Wednesday that he would not offer any advice to the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu regarding Nigeria’s economic challenges at the 21st Memorial Lecture of Chief Gani Fawehinmi, the Federal Government, FG, has urged the Emir to prioritise the greater good of Nigerians over personal interests and partisan politics. The FG in a statement signed by Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation on Thursday posited that it does not need Sanusi’s stamp of approval for the government’s laudable policies. Below is an unedited response by…
Some parents of students in the Lagos State Model Colleges are uncomfortable with the new N100,000 boarding fee per term announced by the Lagos State Government. Before this new increment, parents of model college students attending the schools said they were paying the sum of N35,000 per term as a boarding fee, but the government has increased it to N100,000 per term from the second term of the 2024-2025 session. Displeased by this development, many parents and students have expressed their frustrations while others are pleading with the appropriate authority to reconsider this position. A parent told our reporter if this increase is allowed, the…
A cleric, Shakiru Oladosu has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for attempted sexual assault of a-13-year-old child. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced the defendant after he pleaded guilty to the amended two-count charge of attempted sexual assault by penetration and indecent treatment of a child. Delivering the judgement, the judge said the evidence before court deduced a pattern of predatory behaviour as the convict subjected the survivor into inappropriate touching and forced himself on her. The trial judge said he breached the trust the parents of the survivor had in him for enrolling their children in the school. The judge…