Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested thirteen fake Bureau-de-Change operators in Lagos. The operators, according to the EFCC statement on Wednesday, were arrested for operating BDC without an appropriate licence. The suspects are Abdulahi Musa, Garba Abdullahi, Dauda Hussaini, Jubril Musa, Abdulwaheed Iliyasu and Abubakar…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has charged former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, his brother, Ahmad Sirika; and his company – Enginos Nigeria Limited, with over N19.4bn fraud. The sum is said to be for several aviation ministry contracts from the former minister to Enginos Nigeria Limited, owned by Sirika’s younger brother, Abubakar. The…
There were signs over the weekend that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission plans to join forces with the United Kingdom prosecutors as an interested party in the trial of former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in a UK court. A team from the anti-graft commission is expected in London to initiate this process by filing…
Some protesting students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, have reportedly attacked some buildings on the campus of the polytechnic, where they also vandalised vehicles belonging to some staff members. According to some eyewitnesses, the incident occurred late on Thursday as some people suspected to be students invaded the campus of the polytechnic following…
Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State, on Saturday, announced the arrest of two members of its vigilante group for allegedly raping a female student of the institution. The management, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Olufemi Atoyebi, said the university had set up its own internal panel of inquiry to investigate the allegation. Atoyebi…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted ₦100m bail each to a former Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika, his daughter, and two others. They are being tried over an alleged fraud of ₦2.7bn. According to the court, they are also to provide two sureties who must own landed properties within the FCT with valid…
The Police on Monday arraigned a 35-year-old man, Samuel Oyetayo, before an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan, for allegedly forging the Oyo Government hackney permit and ticket. Oyetayo, whose address was not provided, is standing trial on a count charge bothering on the forgery of the Oyo Government hackney permit. He, however, pleaded not guilty to…
The National Security Adviser, NSA, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has ordered full implementation of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Amendment Act, 2024, to prevent terrorists fring the use of social media. In a statement by Zakari Mijinyawa, the Head of Strategic Communications, Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, Ribadu also ordered the operationalisation of the…
The Lagos State Police Command says it has identified a police officer who shot a man dead at a petrol station in Obalende area of the state on Wednesday. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a post on his X handle on Tuesday. He said that the officer whom…
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of at least 50 persons in connection with a clash in the Ile-Epo area of the state. Newsmen earlier reported that hoodlums clashed in the market hoodlums clashed in the market situated in the Ile-Epo area, on Wednesday night and continued till Thursday morning. The hoodlums reportedly…