President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to confirm Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. He said the president conveyed his…
*Court orders CBN to immediately unfreeze 20 #EndSARS protesters’ accounts (ThisDay)*#EndSARS: Youth rep to sue CBN as court unfreezes accounts (Punch)
Court orders CBN to immediately unfreeze 20 #EndSARS protesters’ accounts (ThisDay) Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately unfreeze 20 bank accounts linked to protesters and promoters…
Court adjourns Orji Uzor Kalu’s arraignment until June 7 as EFCC seeks transfer
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the arraignment of Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, charged for alleged N7.1 billion fraud until June 7. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was to arraign Kalu, following a Supreme Court order…
Welder with iron fist, weed wielding fake policeman and a lot more
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. 22 suspected Internet fraudsters arrested in Lagos (Punch) No fewer than 22 suspected Internet fraudsters have…
*Lagos welder brutalises sexagenarian, wife over electricity bill (Punch)*Residents lament bad roads, insecurity in FESTAC Town (Guardian)
Lagos welder brutalises sexagenarian, wife over electricity bill (Punch) A sexagenarian, Paul Okedare, and his wife, Funke, are in pain after a co-tenant, identified only as Tunde, allegedly brutalised them at their residence on Unity Street, in the Ikotun area…
EFCC docks Access Bank manager for allegedly stealing customer’s N197m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have charged a female banker, Olawunmi Audu, for allegedly stealing the sum of N197.2m from a customer’s account with the bank. In a 21- count charge filed before the High Court of the…
Tunde Ayeni accuses Okunbo of stealing, criminal diversion of millions of dollars
A former chairman of the defunct Skye Bank (now Polaris Bank), Mr Tunde Ayeni, has dragged his business partner, Captain Hosa Okunbo, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged mismanagement, stealing and diversion of funds from their…
*Why I faked my own kidnap, 24-year-old teacher confesses (Punch)*NIN: NIMC workers commence strike over funding, exposure to COVID-19 (Punch)
Why I faked my own kidnap, 24-year-old teacher confesses (Punch) A 24-year-old lady teacher, Medinat Ibrahim, who allegedly faked her own kidnap in the Olude, Oke-Fomo area, Ilorin, Kwara State last Saturday said she committed the crime to raise money…
#EndSARS protesters’ lawyer opens defence in N21m alleged fraud trial
A Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja has slated January 20, 21, and 22, 2021 to hear the defence of the former Ikeja branch chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Adesina Ogunlana, and two others in…
Court remands CMB Real Estate MD, Kelechi Mbagwu, in EFCC custody
The Managing Director of CMB Building Maintenance and Investment Limited, builder of Pearl Estate, Sangotedo-Ajah, Lagos, Mr Kelechi Mbagwu, has been remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), by the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos.…
