President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday, 7 March, 2023, in Doha, Qatar, called on Nigerians living in the country to support President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he takes over the reins of government on May 29. Speaking at a Town Hall meeting as part of his visit to the State of Qatar, President Buhari said his administration set forward to emplace credible, transparent and fair elections which will conclude on Saturday, 18 March, 2023, with the Governorship and State Assembly elections. He therefore called on them to “support the incoming government of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, so that Nigeria will continue…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
The capacity of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration to handle emergencies, accidents, and health challenges was displayed on Thursday as the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja responded promptly in saving the lives of victims of the train accident in Lagos State. It would be recalled that Lagos State Government Staff Bus with Number 33, carrying civil servants and their dependants from Isolo to Alausa had a head-on collision with a commercial train at PWD Bus-Stop, along Agege Motor Road, in the State. The accident occurred around at 7:30 am when the Lagos State Government staff bus was about to…
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of 37 internet fraudsters to various terms of imprisonment, fines, and community service. The convicts who were prosecuted before Justices Mohammed Owolabi, Ladiran Akintola and Mojeed Oladimeji Ishola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan; Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje, A.A. Babawale, O.O. Majekodunmi and O. Ogunfowora of the Ogun State High Court, Abeokkuta and Justice Ayo Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun State between January 10 and March 06, 2023, include Olubanji Remilekun Dare, Abdullahi Olalekan, Salau Olalekan Abdulazeez, Joshua Jimoh Showemimo,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Command on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 arraigned one Chidi Ogbodo before Justice V.N Ajogwu of the State High Court, Enugu on one count charge bordering on personation. The defendant sometime in January 2022 allegedly fraudulently presented himself as the owner of a plot of land located at Censers Avenue, Enugu and collected the sum of N7, 035,000 in tranches as payment for the sale of the land. The buyer subsequently discovered that the land does not belong to him and every effort to retrieve her money proved abortive. The charge against him…
Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, adjourned till June 7, 2023 further hearing in the alleged N21bn fraud involving a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu and two others. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, re-arraigned Amosu alongside Air Vice Marshal Jacob Bola Adigun, a former Chief of Account and Budgeting, and Air Commodore Gbadebo Owodunni, a former Director of Finance and Budgeting on an amended 13-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N21 billion. The defendants are being…
Justice E. Okpe of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Nyanya, Abuja on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 convicted and sentenced a property owner, Mercy Yusuf and her company, T.M Properties Limited to 24 years in prison for fraudulently obtaining the sum of $298,000 (Two Hundred and Ninety Eight Thousand United States Dollars) and N40million ( Forty Million Naira) from Bacab Properties Limited under the false pretence that she was the beneficial owner of Plot 1721 Jahi District Cadastral Zone B08, Abuja. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had on October 20, 2021 arraigned the convicts on a four counts charge that bordered on…
Justice Modupe Oso-Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, Abuja, has ordered sureties to James Nolan to produce him before the court in September 2023, or risk forfeiting their bonds to the Federal Government. Nolan, an Irish and a Director in the Process and Industrial Development Limited, P&ID, is facing trial on 11-count charges bordering on forgery, stealing and felony to the tune of N151,394,328.00 (One Hundred and Fifty One Million, Three Hundred and Ninety Four Thousand, Three Hundred and Twenty Eight Naira only). At the resumed trial of the defendant on Thursday, March 9, 2023, Justice Oso-Adebiyi frowned at the non-appearance of Nolan in court, after series of adjournments to ensure…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a staff of The Polytechnic of Ibadan, Mr. Mosudi Osuolale Ashim, over alleged forgery and making false statements. Ashim was arraigned before Hon. Justice Olalekan Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court 12, Ibadan on Monday, 6March, 2023. The Commission had filed a 3-count charge alleging that the accused presented a Curriculum Vitae captioned “The Polytechnic, Ibadan – Academic Staff Curriculum vitae for 2018 Annual Assessment” to the Management/Faculty of Engineering of Ibadan Polytechnic during the Faculty Promotion exercises in 2015, 2016 and 2018. The charge alleged that…
Women in marketing communications on Wednesday celebrated International Women’s Day, calling on firms in the industry to ensure equity in their appointments. Dressed in dentsu Nigeria uniform, the women displayed the #embraceequity symbol in solidarity with other women globally. This was contained in a statement issued by dentsu Nigeria’s Corporate Communications Manager, Sodiq Oyeleke. Reacting to biases against women, the General Manager of D’Agyle Nigeria, Marian Ogaziechi, explained that women are nurturers who always wanted the best for their subordinates. Asked if women bosses are tougher to work with, she said, “First off, being tough is not rooted in gender.…
Lagos West District Senator-elect, Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule has expressed sadness over an accident involving a staff bus of the Lagos State Government and a train which occurred around Shogunle and Ikeja early Thursday, 9 March, 2023. She commiserated with the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, civil servants and families of those who died and were injured in the incident. She prayed that God gives those who sustained one injury or the other full and quick recovery. Adebule expressed confidence in the ability of the state government to ensure the best of treatment for victims of the incident. She…