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LAGOS — JUSTICE Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, yesterday, dismissed a request for his recusal from the ongoing trial of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele is standing trial along with Henry Omoile over an allegation of fraud brought against him …
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, says organised foreign fraud syndicates are establishing cells in Nigerian cities and recruiting youths into serious organised cybercrimes, including cryptocurrency fraud. EFCC Spokesperson Dele Oyewale said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He explained that Olukoyede said this while receiving participants …
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration, NAFDAC, will today, February 26, unseal all the sections of Ariaria International Market, Eziukwu Market and Tenant Road drugs markets earlier sealed by the agency over alleged involvement in the dispensing of fake and expired drugs. However, any shop found to be culpable will remain sealed according …
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, arrested Mr Chinenye Duru, a Polaris Bank staff member, in a Federal High Court in Abuja. The arrest came shortly after Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned an alleged fraud charge filed by the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police against Polaris Bank Plc and Duru until …
A driver yet to be identified hit two female siblings returning from school on Monday along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The driver, according to a statement on Tuesday by the Lagos police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin, was plying the BRT lane at high speed when he hit the siblings at Ogundare bus stop. “On Monday, February 24, …
A resident of Nadabo village in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State has allegedly stabbed her husband to death following a domestic dispute. Police spokesman of Bauchi Command, Ahmed Wakil, said in a statement that the couple had been having problems regarding custody of their daughter from a previous relationship. “In February 24, …
The Biu Police Area Command has detained two suspects in connection with the murder of a 50-year-old woman accused of witchcraft practices. The Commissioner of Police, Borno Command, Mr Yusuf Lawan confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) via telephone interview on Saturday. Lawan said the woman, Hajara Saleh, was murdered on …
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An Ogun State Magistrate Court, sitting in Abeokuta on Thursday, granted the controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola Olalomi, popularly known as Portable, a bail of N2 million. Portable was arraigned for alleged assault on the government officials. Portable had walked into the Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Lagos Command, on Wednesday morning after he was declared wanted …
Controversial street singer, Habeeb Okikiola Olalomi, popularly known as Portable, has been arraigned at an Ogun State Magistrate Court sitting Isabo area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. The singer was declared wanted by police command in Ogun State, on February 18 in connection with an alleged assault on three officials from the Ogun State Planning …
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Nigerian Police Force, Enugu State Command, have arrested two suspects in connection with the alleged murder of one Mr. Ejike Nnaji. The suspects, identified as Donatus Ani (aka Eneniyi) and Chidiebere Ani (aka Mpempe), were apprehended by the operatives on January 12, 2025, at their Akpuoga residence following …