NEMA Clears the Air Over Amnesty for 800 Repentant Boko Haram Insurgents
A source at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has clarified the report that no fewer than 800 members of the Boko Haram group are currently undergoing vocational skills training in form of amnesty under the supervision of the office…
Alleged N1. 767 bn Fraud: Afromedia’s GMD Suspected of Food Poisoning
A prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. A.B.C. Ozioko, today, informed an Igbosere High Court of Lagos State, that the Commission’s principal witness, Akinlola Olapade, in N1. 767 billion fraud charge filed against a former non-executive…
FG Commited to Sustainable Infrastructure – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has restated the federal Government’s determination to develop stable power supply, good road network and affordable housing for Nigerians. This is contained in a statement from the Minister’s Special Adviser…
How We Lost Several Millions To Fraudster — Afromedia Plc’s GMD
The Group Managing Director (GMD) of foremost outdoor advertising company, Afromedia Plc, Mr. Akinlola Irewunmi Olapade today, testified before an Igbosere High Court of Lagos State, how his company was allegedly defrauded of millions of United State of American’s Dollar…
Court Dismisses Suspected Kidnapper’s Bail Application
An Igbosere High Court of Lagos State, today, dismissed a bail application filed by a housemaid, Funmilayo Adeyemi, accused of kidnapping five children from two families in Lagos state. The court presided over by Justice Raliat Adebiyi held that the…
Niger Gov Cautions Volunteer Groups Against Youth’s Militarilisation
The Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has urged Youth Volunteer groups, especially those affiliated with religious bodies, not to militarise their members but to operate within the armpits of the law. Bello who frowned at the display…
N2.6 bn Fraud: Court fixes Arrangement NIB, 15 others’ for July 4
A Lagos Federal High Court, on Monday, fixed July 4, for the arraignment of a defunct bank, Nigeria International Bank Limited and 15 of its staff charged with alleged N2. 6 billion fraud. Other accused charged alongside the bank were:…
Alleged N1.5 bn Contract Scam:Court Decides Ex-NIMASA DG; Omatseye’s fate On May 20
A Lagos Federal High Court, today, adjourned till May 20, for judgment in a criminal case against a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Raymond Omatseye, who was charged with N1.5 billion contract scam…
Illicit drug: 3 Nigerians arrested In Indian
Three Nigerians have been arrested by the Police in Munbai, Indian, on alleged drug peddling. Those arrested according to Mumbai Police were: Ifunanya Ginika Minke, 37, and Igwe Chikwneni Emaniyal, 24. They were arrested on the spot while the third…
N8m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Ecobank Manager
A manager with Ecobank Plc,Irene Okeoha, has been arraigned before Justice S. C. Amadi of the State High Court, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge bordering on alleged stealing of N8…
A’Court Affirms 25 Yrs Sentence on Boko Haram Convicts
The Lagos Division of Appeal Court has affirmed the Judgment of Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Lagos Federal High Court, delivered on September 30, 2014, which convicted and sentenced three Boko Haram members to 25 years imprisonment each. The Lagos…
