NIMASA Fraud: Akpolobokemi Approved ‘Looted’ Funds, Says EFCC Witness
A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the ongoing trial of the immediate past Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi, and six others, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya, today, insisted that the…
Western Union Fraud: Court Orders Skye Bank To Pay Writer N10m As Damages
An Igbosere High Court of Lagos state has ordered Skye bank Plc to pay N10 million as general damages to a Nigerian writer, Odafe Atogun over his missing €6,000 Western Union Money Transfer sent to him from Ireland. The court…
FG Asks Court To Dismiss Tompolo’s Suit Seeking Nullification of Sections 221, 306 of ACJA
The Federal Government today urged a Lagos Federal High Court, to dismiss with cost a suit filed by the Ex-Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemulopo, alias Tompolo, seeking to nullify sections 221 and 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act,…
NIMASA Fraud: Akpolobokemi Approves All Transaction -EFCC Witness
A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the ongoing trial of the former Director-General Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi, and six others, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya, today, testified before an Igbosere…
Businessman Bags 7yrs Jail For duping Swiss Firm of N171.2 m
An Igbosere High Court of Lagos State today, sentenced a businessman, Femi Ogunlowo, to seven years imprisonment for duping a Switzerland fertilizer company, Uralkali Trading SA, to the tune of N171.2 m. The court presided over by Justice Raliat Adebiyi,…
Lagos joins leagues of oil-producing states -As Aje field begins production
Twenty years after it was discovered, theAje field located in Oil Mining Lease 113 has achieved its first oil, putting Lagos on the list of oil-producing states in the country. The milestone is coming after several missed targets for the…
Herdsmen Killings: Enugu Commissioner Consumed
The Enugu State Commissioner of Police (CP) Nwodibo Ekechukwu has been redeployed, Daily Trust reports. Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Olabisi Kolawole confirmed the redeployment of the CP. She said he has been replaced by the Commissioner of…
Alleged N754. 7m Theft: Access Bank Bank Official Testifies Against Ex-NiMASA DG, Akpobolokemi, Others
A Compliance Officer with Access Bank Plc, Mr. Oliver Ewerem, today, testified before an Igbosere High Court of Lagos State, in the on going trial of the embattled Ex- Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick…
Synagogue Church Tragedy: Court Admits Bail To Contractors
An Ikeja High Court of Lagos State today, admitted bail to the two engineers who supervised the construction of the collapsed six stories Guest House belonging to Synagogue Church Of All Nations, (SCOAN), in Egbe, Lagos. The court presided over…
Hijab Banning: A’Court Declines Hearing Lagos Students’ Appeal On Religion Ground
The Lagos Division of Appeal Court, today adjourned the hearing of appeal filed by the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, MSSN, challenging the decision of an Ikeja High Court of Lagos State, upholding the ban on the wearing of Hijab…
1,800 Indigents Get Legal Aid Council’s Free Services
The Legal Aid Council (LAC) said it has provided free legal services in criminal matters to 1,800 individuals since 2014. its has said. Lagos State LAC’s Coordinator, Mrs Latifat Salau, stated this while  speaking during a public awareness campaign,…
