The post-conviction bail application made by the dethroned Baale of Shangisha, Mutiu Ogundare and his brother, Opeyemi Mohammed, was refused by an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday. For fabricating his own kidnapping, Justice Hakeem Oshodi sentenced the defendants to 15 years in prison on September 27. In his decision, Oshodi rejected their application because it Read More…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dissociated itself from a social media post seeking competent applicants to fill a number of open jobs in the organisation. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos by the council’s head of public affairs, Mrs. Moyosola Adesina. She called the ads phoney and deceptive. Read More…
Olasupo Shasore, SAN, the former A-G of Lagos State, has once again been brought before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday on a 14-count money laundering charge, barely 24 hours after he was arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada at the Federal High Court, Lagos division, on a four-count charge Read More…
Ayodele Fayose’s alleged money laundering trial has been postponed by the Federal High Court in Lagos till January 31 and February 1. Due to a scheduling error, the case’s trial was originally supposed to continue on October 26. A new trial date was to be decided by the parties and set by the court. The Read More…
On Thursday, an Ikeja Special Offences Court revoked Blessing Adanu’s bail and proclaimed her wanted for allegedly scamming her client of N47 million. Adanu has been charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with two charges of acquiring money by false pretence and theft. When she was arraigned on December 19, 2019, the Read More…
Gloria Aduwo, a 42-year-old point-of-sale operator, was charged with stealing N543,867 from her company on Wednesday in Lagos’s Ojo Magistrates’ Court. The police accused Aduwo of stealing. But she entered a not-guilty plea to the accusation. The defendant committed the crime in June at the Trade Fair complex in Ojo, according to the prosecution’s attorney, Read More…
In an FCT High Court, Maitama, on Wednesday, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) re-arraigned suspended Accountant-General of the Federation Ahmed Idris and three other people for an alleged N109.5 billion fraud. Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Usman, and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited are additional defendants. They were initially charged with misappropriation of N109.5 Read More…
Chinweike Mbaewe, a 35-year-old agent who was charged on four counts for allegedly receiving N5.5 million under the pretence of clearing a container of goods, appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Monday. The defendant was accused of theft, inciting a disturbance, issuing a fake check, and acquiring money under false pretences. Read More…
Deborah Tella, who is 39 years old, was charged at an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Friday. She is accused of stealing N8.9 million from her employer’s business. The defendant was prosecuted for fraud and theft. She worked as an administrative support officer for a company and lived at 8, Akinwunmi Street, Egbe, Ikotun in Lagos Read More…
Olasukanmi Adebanjo, a 40-year-old estate agent, was charged on Friday in a Lagos courtroom for allegedly defrauding two people looking for housing out of N4 million. Adebanjo, who resides in Magodo Phase II, Lagos, was accused of fraud and theft by the police. He entered a not-guilty plea to the charge. According to the prosecutor, Read More…
