Lagos boat mishap: 7 died, 14 rescued as search ends (Guardian) The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said 14 people were rescued alive and seven died at the end of the rescue operation of a…
Money Laundering: I never met with Mompha, witness tells court
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecution witness, Abiodun Audu, in the ongoing trial of internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha, Tuesday denied ever meeting him in the course of filing his company’s tax return. The witness,…
Protesters storm EFCC office, demand Obasa’s probe
Members of the Civil Society Network Against Corruption on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest at the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and submitted a petition against the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru…
*EFCC arrests 16 suspected fraudsters in Lagos, Ogun (DailyTrust) *Man stabs lover to death in Lagos, commits suicide (Punch)
EFCC arrests 16 suspected fraudsters in Lagos, Ogun (DailyTrust) Lagos zonal office operatives’ of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 16 suspects for allegedly defrauding foreign and local businessmen. The suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise known as ‘yahoo-yahoo…
*Computer Village exco clarifies demand for monthly levy (Punch) *Lagos State government’s wife charges council chairmen on rape-free society (Guardian)
Computer Village exco clarifies demand for monthly levy (Punch) The leadership of Computer Village, Ikeja Lagos says the N1,000 monthly levy demand from shop owners will cater to security needs in the market. The Iyaloja of the market, Mrs Abisola…
Allegations of corruption: EFCC, not Lagos Assembly, should probe Obasa – HEDA
Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), an anti-corruption advocacy group, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and not Lagos State House of Assembly, should probe allegations of corruption against Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa. HEDA expressed…
*EFCC hands over Dieziani’s forfeited property to LASG for Isolation Centre (Vanguard) *LASEMA curtails Jakande Estate fire that destroyed two flats (Guardian)
EFCC hands over Dieziani’s forfeited property to LASG for Isolation Centre (Vanguard) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday handed over a property forfeited by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, to the Lagos State government for…
Supreme Court ruling on Orji Kalu a technical ambush – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it was ready for fresh and immediate re-trial of the former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu. The Supreme Court has quashed the judgement that convicted and sentenced Kalu to…
