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February 1, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns 11 Chinese, One Filipino for Alleged Internet Fraud

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, January 31, 2025, arraigned 11 Chinese, one Filipino and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in...

January 30, 2025 No Responses

Police Recovers 1,519 Stolen Vehicles

The Nigeria Police has restated its commitment to e-policing strategies such as the Police Rescue Me App, Police VGS emergency App, and also the reactivation of the Central Motor Registry Portal (e-CMR), to curb vehicle-related crimes and enhance its crime-fig...

January 30, 2025 No Responses

LASTMA Impounds 133 Vehicles For Illegal Parking, Road Obstructions

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has impounded 125 commercial buses and 48 privately owned vehicles for flagrant violations, including unauthorized parking and severe road obstructions.According to LASTMA, the crackdown was executed across...

January 30, 2025 No Responses

Court Defers Arraignment Of Former NHIS Boss

Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, on Thursday, January 30, 2025 rescheduled to February 3, 2025 the arraignment of Professor Usman Yusuf, former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme, ...

January 25, 2025 No Responses

ROSOWA Condemns Scooping Of Fuel At Accident Scenes

The President, Road Safety Officers Wives Association (ROSOWA), Hajiya Nafisah Shehu Mohammed has condemned scooping of fuel from fallen tankers after road traffic crashes.Speaking at the first general meeting on Saturday, the ROSOWA President promised to coll...

January 23, 2025 No Responses

Alleged N33.8b Fraud: How I Received More Than N22b From Federal Ministry Of Power, By BDC Operator

The trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman continued on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice James Omotosho with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC presenting its 8th witness, PW8....

January 21, 2025 No Responses

Court Orders Final Forfeiture of Property In Lagos

Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, ordered the final forfeiture of a property, a u-shaped two-storey building in Lagos,to the federal Government of Nigeria.The property is situated in the premises...

January 19, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests India-Bound Nursing Student

Attempt by Esther Onyinyechi Uzodinma, a 26-year-old 200-level student of nursing at the Noida International University, Uttar Pradesh, India, to swallow 76 wraps of cocaine hours before her return flight to the South Asian country through the Mallam Aminu Kan...

January 19, 2025 No Responses

Lagos Govt Shuts School Over Pupil’s Death

The Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of Smiley Kids Montessori School, located in Heritage Place Estate, Sangotedo, following a swimming pool accident that claimed the life of a two-year-old girl, Rapheala Ogbodo. The announcement was made via a....

January 14, 2025 No Responses

Alleged N33.8bn Fraud: EFCC Presents Four More Witnesses Against Saleh Mamman

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 13, 2025 presented four more witnesses in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Mamman is being.....

January 13, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Priest, Intercepts ₦1.1b Codeine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a traditional chief priest of the Igunuko Shrine, Bariu Aliu, in the Alpha Beach area of Ajah, Lagos State. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, explained that Aliu’s&nb...

January 5, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Lagos Fabric Merchant For Drug Trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested wanted drug kingpin and Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye.According to NDLEA, the socialite was arrested on Wednesday, 1st January, 2025, in her mansion at Okota area...

December 30, 2024 No Responses

50% Discount: Luxury Bus Owners Increase Trips As Travellers Laud Tinubu

The Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria (ALBON) has announced an increase in the number of scheduled trips on the Lagos-southeast and Lagos-south routes which will last until the end of the Christmas/New Year season.This is in response to...

December 26, 2024 No Responses

Four Drug Lords Forfeit VGC Houses, N67m, $50,000

Four drug kingpins arrested in connection with the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022, have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Lagos, presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro who sentenced them...