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February 24, 2025 No Responses

LASTMA Decorates Permanent Secretary As Traffic Mayor

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Waterfront Infrastucture Development , Mrs Lolade Aina has been decorated as a Special Traffic Mayor by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).The event which took place on Monday in her office was conducted by...

February 23, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Thai lady At Lagos Airport

Alleged attempt by a 24-year-old Thai lady, Ms. Pattaphi Wimonnat, to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.60 kilograms into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos has been thw...

February 21, 2025 No Responses

Court Convicts CEO For N2b Fraud

Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced the Chief Executive Officer, Micheno Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Uno Michael Eke to one year imprisonment for conspiracy, obtaining property by fa...

February 18, 2025 No Responses

Edwin Clark Dies At 97

Elder statesman and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark has passed away at the age of 97.In a statement issued by the Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, it was confirmed that Clark died on Monday...

February 11, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests 13 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Benin

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 13 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State.A statement issued by EFCC explained that the suspects’ arrest followed credible intellig...

February 10, 2025 No Responses

DSS Partners EFCC On Terrorism Financing

The Department of State Services, DSS has called for stronger collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, regarding intelligence sharing, especially in the area of terrorism financing in Enugu State.This call was made recently in Enu...

February 9, 2025 No Responses

Medical Doctor Bags Seven Years Imprisonment For N127m Fraud

A Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Rosemary Oghogho-rie has convicted and sentenced Dr. Geraldine Orok Ita to prison for fraud.Ita was prosecuted by the Uyo Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes...

February 4, 2025 No Responses

Court Jails Ex-JAMB Staff For Fraud

Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced one Olayiwola Oguntade to prison for fraud.Oguntade, a former staff member of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was arraigned by the Ibadan...

February 4, 2025 No Responses

Ex-First Bank Staff Forfeits N1.1b, $392,818.01, £35,070 To FG

Justice A.O.Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of the sums of N1,168,602,877.44, (One Billion, One Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand, Six Hundred and Two, Eight Hundred and Seventy Seven Naira, Forty...

February 4, 2025 No Responses

LASTMA Inducts Lagos Health Permanent Secretary As Traffic Mayor

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has inducted the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye, as a Special Traffic Mayor, further strengthening collaboration between the health and traffic management sectors i...

February 4, 2025 No Responses

EFCC, Nigeria Customs, NFIU, Train Law Enforcement Officers

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) have organized a two-day empowerment Workshop for fifty law enforcement officers drawn from various a...

February 4, 2025 No Responses

Alleged $6b Fraud: EFCC Re-arraigns Agunloye

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 3, 2024 re-arraigned a former Minister of Power and Steel Development, Olu Agunloye on seven- count amended charges bordering on fraudulent award of contract and official corruptionbefore ...

February 1, 2025 No Responses

Third Party Insurance Enforcement Begins Nationwide

In line with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, the Nigeria Police Force has reiterated the enforcement of the Mandatory Third Party Insurance from February 1st, 2025.According to the Police, the initiative aims to reinforce ro...

February 1, 2025 No Responses

Alleged N868.4m Fraud: How Former Acting Accountant General Diverted Ministry’s Funds

The trial of former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku began on Friday, January 31, 2025 before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja with witnesses narrating how the defendant as former Di...