Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Monday, March 9, 2026, convicted and sentenced Obiajulu Emeka Emmanuel to one year imprisonment for obtaining the sum of $850,000 under false pretences. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Ikoyi,...
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International Inner Wheel District 911 has announced plans to celebrate the 2026 International Women’s Day (IWD) with a special empowerment initiative themed “Give to Gain.” The event will take place on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at the Rotary Centre, 8, Ladoke Akintola Road, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, beginning at 11am....
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, has arraigned four suspects : Adetunji Mathew, Victor Damilare Olaomo, Douglas Agorom Ikwugwu and Arowolo Adeniyi Abiodun, before different judges at the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, Lagos, over alleged fraud and theft. Mathew and Olaomo were arraigned before...
A former two terms Councilor at Ibeju-Lekki local government council in Lagos state, Sheleru Sadiq Olalekan has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following credible intelligence linking him to illicit drug sale and trafficking. The 45-year-old ex-local council chief who currently serves as...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has handed over the sum of N279 million (Two Hundred and Seventy-nine Million ) to the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts, formerly known as the National Theatre, Lagos, as part of its ongoing efforts to combat corruption and recover...
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, March 5, 2026, dismissed the no-case submission filed by Dr. John Abebe and his company, Inducon Nig. Ltd, who are standing trial over an alleged N120m fraud. The defendants were arraigned on September 19, 2022 on a...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Ikoyi, on Wednesday March 4, 2026, arraigned an alleged serial fraudster, Titilayo Eboh , before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, over an alleged N1, 871, 220, 000.00 (One Billion, Eight Hundred and Seventy-one Million,...
In a significant blow to international drug trafficking networks, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 58-year-old fugitive drug lord Uzoma Valentine Ilomuanya who has been on the wanted list of NDLEA and British authorities for over 15 years. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this...
Federal High Court of Nigeria has convicted two individuals, Otuorimuno Nelson Aziakpono (58) and Ikegwuonu Davidson Ikechukwu (28), for offences related to the production, possession, sale, and distribution of adulterated and unregistered alcoholic beverages in Lagos, sentencing them to a combined 40-year term of imprisonment. The conviction followed a...
After 13 years in hiding, a notorious drug kingpin Reginald Peter Chidiebere has been taken into custody following the seizure of large consignments of cocaine and heroin linked to him by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos....
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, arraigned three senior officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, before Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over alleged fraud and money laundering offences. The defendants are: Felix Njoku, a former Director of Finance of the Nigerian Railway...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Operation Whirlwind, has intercepted three fuel tankers carrying 154,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit along the Badagry corridor, foiling an attempted diversion of petroleum products. The National Coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, Deputy Comptroller Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this on Friday, 20 February 2026, during a handover...
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Trans Fortress Global Resources, a notable real estate development firm, Mr. Kolapo Oladapo Raji, has been arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives. Raji has been on NDLEA watchlist since 2025 following credible intelligence, according to a statement by the Agency’s spokesman, Mr....
Nigerian music star Davido has announced his decision to withdraw from the ongoing custody case involving his daughter, Imade Adeleke, describing the experience as deeply painful. The singer made the disclosure on his official X page, clarifying that he never sought full custody of his daughter but only requested...
Attempt by a convicted drug kingpin, Olashupo Michael Oladimeji to export 1.10 kilograms of cocaine concealed in processed cassava granules, popularly known as Garri to London, United Kingdom, on a Virgin Atlantic flight, has been thwarted by NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos. The...
At the grand intellectual festival to celebrate him at 80, on the 5th January, his birthday, I was conspicuously absent. I was billed to be a discussant on the anti- colonial aspects of his writings following a public lecture on the subject. But an unavoidable personal emergency took me...
Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Seme Area Command have intercepted 22 packages of suspected cocaine worth N1 billion, concealed in a vehicle along the Badagry–Seme corridor, reinforcing ongoing inter-agency efforts against cross-border drug trafficking. The handover ceremony took place on Friday, 13 February 2026, at the Federal...
Nigerian music superstar Davido has once again taken over social media after hosting viral chef Daddym at his Lagos residence and rewarding him with a generous ₦10 million gift. Videos from the private gathering, which first surfaced on TikTok before spreading rapidly to X on February 13, 2026, showed...
A potential aviation disaster was averted on Wednesday after an Arik Air Boeing 737-7GL aircraft, with registration number 5N-MJF, safely diverted to Benin Airport following an in-flight engine anomaly. The aircraft was operating a scheduled domestic flight from Lagos to Port Harcourt when the incident occurred, according to the...
Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the status of student loan disbursements to the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for the 2025/2026 academic session. The FUND confirmed that a total sum of ₦1,326,550,000 (One Billion, Three Hundred and Twenty-Six Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) was successfully disbursed...