What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Man arraigned for stealing tricycles, phones in Lagos (Punch) The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday…
Convicted doctor appeals rape judgment, EFCC arraign man for fraud, Navy intercepts bags of cannabis and 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. Lagos doctor, Olaleye, convicted for rape appeals judgment (Punch) The Medical Director, Optimal Cancer Care Foundation,…
Businessman docked over alleged N7.5m fraud
A 40 -year-old businessman, Isaiah Gabriel, was on Wednesday arraigned in a Kaduna High Court over an alleged N7.5m fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna branch, charged Gabriel with fraud. The EFCC counsel, Nasiru Salele, told the…
Auto dealer jailed 7 years for N24m fraud
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced an auto dealer, Razaki Adeyiga to seven years imprisonment for defrauding a man of N24 million. Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, convicted Adeyiga on the two counts of theft and fraud, leveled against him…
Tinubu appoints new leadership for EFCC
President Bola Tinubu has exercised his authority as stipulated in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act of 2004 by appointing Mr. Ola Olukoyede as the new Executive Chairman and Mr. Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda as the Secretary of the…
Tinubu appoints Ola Olukoyede as EFCC Chairman
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ola Olukoyede as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a statement on Thursday. Ngelale explained that Olukoyede’s appointment is for a renewable term of four…
Court convicts crypto trader for fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, October 6, 2023, convicted one Lawrence Success Karinate, a Peer-to-Peer crypto trader for computer-related fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission made this known via an official statement on its…