Ex-NIMASA Boss Bags Seven Years for N1.7b Fraud
Justice I.N. Buba of Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 convicted and sentenced Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, a former executive director, Maritime Safety and Shipping Development, in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA to seven years jail term for N1.7billion fraud. The convict was prosecuted on seven-count […]
How Two Chinese Attempted to Bribe EFCC Staff with N50m
The Sokoto Zonal Head of Operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Abdullahi Lawal, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 told a Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto, that two Chinese: Meng Wei Kun and Xu Kuai offered him a bribe of Fifty Million Naira (N50,000.000.00) on behalf of a construction company China […]
Anti-graft: UN Resident Coordinator calls for citizen-centered approach
The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, has called for a people-centred approach in the fight against corruption. Speaking at the meeting of senior officials of the African Union and African Governments to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission at a Regional Webinar Kallon […]
Air Force’s first female combat helicopter pilot, dies in road mishap
Nigeria’s first female combat pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, is dead. She died on Tuesday owing to head injuries she sustained in a road accident in Kaduna. He death was announced by the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) in a statement on Wednesday. It said she died as a result of head injuries sustained from a […]
12 EFCC directors suspended
About 12 directors of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been sent on suspension. The suspension was allegedly on the order of Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, who was said to have sent a letter to Mohammed Umar, acting EFCC chairman, notifying him of the suspension of the directors. It was […]
Gokada CEO killed in New York home
*Body dismembered Fahim Saleh, founder and Chief Executive Officer of ride-hailing company, Gokada, has been found dead in his New York home. His body was found on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Tuesday. Saleh, a Bangladeshi founded Gokada in Lagos State in 2018. It was founded to up the game of motorcycle taxis in the […]
N27m Dud Cheque: EFCC Presents Another Witness At The Trial Of William Bamidele Salami and his company, Fishgate Technologies Limited continued on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, before Justice A. S. Adepoju of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Wuse, Abuja with the presentation of the second prosecution witness (PW2) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Office. The defendants are facing prosecution on one-count charge of issuance of dud cheque. Having failed to repay a credit of N9 million the defendants obtained from Angelwalker Limited in 2015, which with the interest had amounted to N27million, the first defendant, Salami issued a cheque in the name of his company, Fishgate Technologies Limited in said sum and was dishonoured upon presentation in the bank on the ground of insufficient fund in the account. Led in evidence today by prosecution counsel, Faruk Abdullah, the witness, Miss Hubabah Yusuf, a staff of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Gwarinpa branch, Abuja, validated EFCC’s information on the Account Opening Package, Statement of Account and Letter of Identification on Fishgate Technologies Limited account, which was admitted in evidence as exhibit D4 and D5. Revealing the financial transactions on the account, the witness disclosed that there was an inflow of N6million and N3million from Angelwalker Limited and one Friday Olajide respectively, into the account on April 28, 2015. She was also able to identify the N27million dud cheque, marked Exhibit A7, issued in the name of Fishgate Technologies Limited by Salami in favor of Angelwalker Limited. The judge adjourned the matter till September 28, 2020, for continuation of trial on the prayer of the defence counsel, Miracle Ogbebor.gainst Defendant
The trial of William Bamidele Salami and his company, Fishgate Technologies Limited continued on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, before Justice A. S. Adepoju of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Wuse, Abuja with the presentation of the second prosecution witness (PW2) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Office. The defendants are […]
COVID-19: Okowa, Wife And Daughter Test Negative
The Delta State Government says that Governor of Delta, Ifeanyi Okowa, his wife, Edith and daughter have all tested negative to the COVID-19. This was made known in a tweet on its Twitter page on Tuesday. Governor Okowa and his wife tested positive to COVID-19 on July 1 and went into isolation for necessary treatment. […]
COVID-19: Lagos Recorded 12 Deaths In One Day
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 12 COVID-19 related deaths were recorded within 24 hours in Lagos state on July 12. The NCDC made the disclosure in its COVID-19 situation report for July 12. According to the centre, 16 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours in four states: Lagos, 12, Abuja two, […]
COVID-19: CAPPA Calls For State of Emergency In Lagos Water Sector
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Lagos State government to immediately declare a state of emergency in the water sector. The non-governmental organisation while releasing a three-month investigation report which its compiled on the status of the waterworks in Lagos State, gave a dire verdict, saying the situation was […]
