Nigerian Army captures Niger Delta’s Avenger leader
Fierce looking members of the Nigerian Army invaded Oporoza, the traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom again in wee hours of today (Sunday) in search of Niger Delta Avengers’ members. After members of Niger Delta Avengers bombed another oil facility belonging…
Tax Evasion: FIRS Seals Briscoe Motors, Other Firms In Lagos, Aba, Owerri
The enforcement arm of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), on Friday, May 13, continued its closure of big companies in Lagos and across the country over non-payment of a variety of taxes. In Lagos, FIRS officials the shut down…
4-Storey Building Collapses In Abeokuta
Part of the ultra-modern shopping complex being built by the Ogun State government at the popular Itoku market in Abeokuta, the state capital has collapsed. Unconfirmed reports have it that about ten people suspected to be workers in the building…
Banker Narrates How NAMA Officials Diverted Funds Into Several Accounts
A Compliance Officer with the Stabic IBTC Bank, Babatunde Adenekan, yesterday, gave vivid details before a Lagos Federal High Court, of how funds belonging to Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, were distributed into various bank accounts. Adenekan, a Prosecution witness…
N1.9 bn Subsidy Fraud: EFCC Urges Court Dismiss Wagbatsoma’s ‘Extraneous’ Application
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, urged an Ikeja High Court of Lagos State, to quash an extraneous aplication brought before it in the ongoing trial of some oil marketers accused of fuel subsidy‎ fraud that has got…
NIMASA Fraud: Akpolobokemi’s Aide Paid Me N342.5m For Job I Didn’t Do -Bureau de Change Operator Tells Court
A witness, One Chima Anyasor, today informed an Igbosere High Court of Lagos, that between February 2015 and June 2015, a total sum of N342. 5 million was transferred into two of his companies accounts from National Maritime Authority. Anyasor,…
Land Scam: EFCC Arrests Human Rights Lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa
A prominent Lagos-based civil rights attorney and human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, was arrested yesterday afternoon at his Lekki office by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Adegboruwa is being accused of obtaining money under false pretence…
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…
