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…
EFCC Releases 2 Banks’ CEOs After Recovery Of Billions Of Naira
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has released chief executive officers of two Nigerian banks after the men returned billions of naira they had illicitly acquired from political slush funds during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan….
Money Laundering: EFCC Arrests Access Bank CEO, Herbert Wigwe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said it has arrested Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Bank Plc, Mr. Herbert Wigwe, as money laundering investigations shifted to the Nigerian banks. It remain unclear the specific reasons for the raid…
YCM Demands Justice Over Alleged Killing of Six Persons in Ogun
Tension has gripped residents of Oke Odan township in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State following the killing of Six persons by a customs Officers while pursuing smugglers. The incident occurred on Sunday May 1, 2016 around 6:30pm at Alakara…
Ethnic Bloodshed, Rights Abuses and Other Regime Atrocities In Nigeria: Exposing Conspiratorial Roles of Some CSOs, Buhari Administration and Security Forces
It is an incontestable fact that ethnic bloodshed, gross rights abuses and other regime atrocities in Nigeria’s present dispensation have deteriorated on account of conspiratorial roles of the security forces, aided and abetted by the Presidency as well as well…
Judicial Rascality: SAN Accuses Of Disrespecting Bench In Ecobank/Honeywell’s Suit
A drama ensued at a Lagos Federal High Court, on Thursday, when some senior lawyers accused a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Adekunle Ogunba, a lawyer ti Ecobank Plc, of disrespecting the bench in the matter between Honeywell Group…
Onitsha Bomb Explosion And Limits Of Police Spinning Or Fact Distortion
Onitsha Bomb Explosion And Limits Of Police Spinning Or Fact Distortion Written by Emeka Umeagbalasi “Spinning” is a police public relations methodology, designed to reduce deceitfully, the gravity of casualty figures, property destructions and distortion or suppression of general facts…
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…
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,…
