Mompha concealed wealth in wristwatches, says EFCC (Vanguard) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said that Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha, hid his wealth in wristwatches. The anti-graft agency said this at Lagos Special Offences Court in…
Adebanjo, Oyinlola, Bode George descend on Akande
Elder statesman and Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Thursday, gave a vivid account of how he acquired and built his property on Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. The leader of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation also said both former governor of…
Court jails fake oil magnate 175 years for duping American $629, 287
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a fake oil magnate, Dr. Vincent Ayigor to 175 years imprisonment. The court presided over by Justice A.T Mohammed found Ayigor guilty for duping an American,…
Fani-Kayode arrested by EFCC investigators
A former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode, was on Tuesday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos State. According to Daily Independent, the 61-year-old former Minister was arrested…
Nnamdi Okonkwo denies report of EFCC’s arrest over NDDC fraud
The immediate-past Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc and newly appointed Group Managing Director of First Bank Holdings, Nnamdi Okonkwo, has debunked a report that he has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Reports in…
*Ikoyi Building: My 18-year-old son a victim, father cries out (Punch)*Death toll climbs to 22 in Lagos high-rise collapse (Guardian)
Ikoyi Building: My 18-year-old son a victim, father cries out (Punch) Father to one of the alleged victims of the 21-storey building that collapsed at Ikoyi, Abel Godwin, has stated that he travelled from Abuja to Lagos because his 18-year-old…
*Cambridge University college hands back looted cockerel to Nigeria (BBC)*FEC approves NNPC to fix 21 federal roads at N621.2b (Nation)
Cambridge University college hands back looted cockerel to Nigeria (BBC) The master of a Cambridge University college has described the return of a looted bronze cockerel to representatives of Nigeria as a “momentous occasion”. The statue, known as the “Okukur”,…
EFCC displays CD of 51,933 pages, depicting content of Naira Marley’s iPhone
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, displayed before a Federal High Court Lagos, virtual projection of a Compact Disc (CD) with 51,933 pages analysis of the iPhone of Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley. The EFCC projected the…
*Court remands 61-year-old man over alleged N10.8m land scam (Guardian)*Opportunities in Lagos critical to South-West economic aspirations ― Sanwo-Olu (Tribune)
Court remands 61-year-old man over alleged N10.8m land scam (Guardian) A Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ebute- Metta, Lagos has ordered the remand of a 61-year-old man, Olasupo Alimi over N10.8 million allegedly obtained from two prospective land buyers fraudulently.…
*Suspected internet fraudster Taofiq Adebayo docked, remanded in prison (PM News)*#EndSARS: Lekki residents donate office block to police station (Vanguard)
Suspected internet fraudster Taofiq Adebayo docked, remanded in prison (PM News) The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned a suspected internet fraudster, Taofiq Adebayo, before Justice Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting…