Category: Metro
Court remands Lanre Smith in prison over $26,000 fraud
Justice Ibrahim Kala of the Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday remanded in Ikoyi Correctional Centre, a businessman Lanre Smith, charged with conspir [...]
US-based Nigerian couple demands N22m compensation from Landwey over failed property deal
A Nigerian couple living in the United States is demanding compensation of N22 million from Landwey Investment Ltd over a failed property transaction. [...]
Atiku slams Tinubu over rising insecurity, says Nigeria doesn’t need tourist-in-chief
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, slammed President Bola Tinubu for going on a private visit to France while insecurity had taken over [...]
Court sentences Lagos cleric who prophesied against Tinubu’s presidential ambition to life imprisonment for rape
The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja has sentenced a cleric, Bishop Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, to life in prison for the o [...]
Cletus Ibeto begs for out-of-court settlement with EFCC in N4.8bn fraud case
The Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Cletus Ibeto, who is facing charges of alleged N4,800,000,000 fraud, has approached the Economic and [...]
EFCC charges ex Anambra governor with stealing N4bn from state’s security vote
TheEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged former Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano with money laundering offences involving st [...]
Witness tells court how ex head of service, Winifred Oyo-Ita laundered money using her company
Hamma-Adama Bello, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC witness, has told the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court how Winifred Oyo- [...]
WEMA Bank incurs N8bn in court cases, loses N239m to fraud, burglary
Under the watch of Moruf Oseni, Wema Bank incurred N8.067 billion in court cases as at September 2023 and also lost N239.920 million to fraud and burg [...]
John Ogundare Campos, chairman Eti Osa LGA dragged before EFCC, state assembly for alleged atrocities
The Chairman of Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Hon. John Ogundare Campos, has been dragged before the Economic an [...]
EFCC seizes international passports of Betta Edu, Sadiya Farouq-Umar over scandal rocking Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized the passports of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta [...]