Crime & City Diary
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Customs FOU Zone A seizes contraband worth over N10bn in 2023
The Nigerian Customs, Federal Operations Unit Zone A, has made 1,119 seizures worth a total duty-paid value of N10,395,123,943 in 2023. This was made known on Wednesday by the Zonal Comptroller, Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, during a press briefing at the unit’s Headquarters in Ikeja. He reiterated that the most prominent of the seizures were foreign parboiled rice, which amounted to…
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Police nab man for allegedly cutting off friend’s ear in Lagos
The Lagos Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly cutting off the ear of a friend at the Abattoir in Agege area of the state. It was gathered that the accused chopped off the ear over a misunderstanding that occurred between the duo in 2023. Meanwhile, the Spokesman for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said that the incident happened…
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Betta Edu fraud allegations: Zenith Bank denies GMD’s arrest by EFCC
The management of Zenith Bank Plc, on Wednesday debunked the arrest of its Group Managing Director, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Zenith, Providus, and Jaiz banks were invited by the Commission amid a sweeping investigation into an embezzlement scheme linked to current and former Ministers of Humanitarian Affairs,…
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EFCC arraigns Agunloye in court over alleged fraud
The former minister of power and steel, Olu Agunloye, has been arraigned by the EFCC over fraud allegations linked to the $6 billion Mambilla hydropower project. He appeared before a federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was remanded in Kuje prison until he fulfills the bail conditions. Agunloye had turned himself…
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BREAKING: Lagos CP removes Gowon Estate DPO
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered the immediate removal of Gowon Estate Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for detaining a lawyer seeking client’s Bail. Fayode also directed the Officer-In-Charge of Legal to initiate steps to reachout to the Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on ways to prevent a recurrence of the incident. The…
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EFCC invasion of Dangote, others sends negative signals to investors, says Kadri
The Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr. Segun Kadri has stated that the way and manner the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is carrying out its investigation on Dangote and other companies in the country sends a negative signal to investors. Last week, officials of the EFCC stormed the office of Dangote Group headquarters as part…
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LASG warns against sale of counterfeit consumables
The Lagos State Government has warned entertainment centres across the state against the sale and distribution of fake consumables. The Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr Idris Aregbe, who gave the warning in a statement posted on his Instagram page, said it was in reaction to the rising concern about counterfeit drinks circulating in…
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Emefiele: EFCC to Appeal N100m Fine
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday expressed dissatisfaction with a judgment of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court awarding N100 million damages against it in favour of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Justice O.A. Adeniyi, on Monday fined the Commission after he ruled that the Commission’s detention of…
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EFCC summons Betta Edu for probe after suspension
Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has been summoned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to its headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, according to Daily Trust. The EFCC’s invitation came shortly after President Bola Tinubu suspended Edu from office through his media aide, Ajuri Ngelale. A source from the EFCC told reporters that the suspension…
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Court fines FG N100m for violating Emefiele’s rights
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has declared the prolonged detention of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, without trial as a flagrant violation of his fundamental rights. The court also slammed a N100million fine against the Federal Government and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It also restrained the FG and…
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