Media reports linking Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila with a defendant in a N31million fraud case at a court in Lagos State, has been debunked as false. One Sulaimon Gbajabiamila was arraigned before the Yaba Magistrate Court 1 for allegedly defrauding a United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Lateef Adeyemo, of the sum of N31million. Read More…
The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) Wednesday brought seven men before the Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged illegal possession dealing, assembling, storing, smuggling and trading in pangolin skin and elephant’s ivory. The defendants, comprising three Vietnamese citizens, two Nigerians and a citizen of Cameroon and Guinea, were arraigned before Justice Yellim Bogoro. The Vietnamese Read More…
The Federal High Court in Lagos Wednesday, sentenced two men, Ajibade Ismail Adio and Adewumi John Olorode, to two years imprisonment for foreign currency counterfeiting. Justice Tijjani Ringim convicted the duo following their plea of guilty to a two-count amended charge of being in possession of 165 pieces of fake $100 and 139 pieces of Read More…
Self-styled ‘wahala’ singer, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable, has backtracked on his claim that he formed two criminal gangs that terrorised Lagos residents during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Portable claimed he was merely”catching a cruise”, a Nigerian euphemism for making a joke. The controversial artiste had in the early hours of Read More…
The Lagos High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has issued a bench warrant against a Lagos-based defendant, Ibukun Fakaye, following his alleged failure to appear before the court to answer charges of forgery and fraud of N100 million. The Police, through the Office of the Inspector-General (IGP), dragged the defendant before the Read More…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered an investigation of singer Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable for claiming he formed the One-Million Boys cult group terrorising some parts of Lagos State. Portable was said to have shared a video of himself on social media where he claimed he created the notorious cult group, Read More…
The Police Command in Lagos state on Saturday warned Point of Sales (POS) operators against using their trade to promote extortion at police stations and other areas. The Command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, sounded this warning in a tweet. Hundeyin said the warning was part of directives from the Force headquarters, Abuja, against extortion and Read More…
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have intercepted 10 bags of illicit drugs worth N3 million and suspected to be Indian Hemp. Lagos Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives on a routine patrol intercepted the vehicle Read More…
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a man, Collins Okechukwu, to life imprisonment for raping and robbing a 25-year-old student (name withheld) at the University of Lagos. Delivering judgement, Justice Abiola Soladoye, who described Okechukwu as a “pathological liar,” held that the prosecution proved the charges of rape and robbery Read More…
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos have prevented a sexagenarian (name withheld), from attempting to jump into the Lagos Lagoon from the 3rd Mainland Bridge. The spokesman for the Police Command in Lagos State, SP. Benjamin Hundeyin said on Tuesday. Hundyin said the operatives have taken the 67-year-old man to the Adekunle Read More…
