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On Monday, an Ikeja Special Offences Court convicted Blessing Adanu of defrauding a woman of N47.6 million under the guise of supplying her agricultural produce. Adanu used the alias Emerald Multipurpose Cooperative Society to defraud her victim in an ostensibly agribusiness scheme. Adanu was convicted on two counts of obtaining money by false pretences and stealing by Justice Mojisola Dada. Dada believed that the evidence presented in court, including statements made by the convict during interrogation, demonstrated all of the necessary elements of obtaining by false pretences and stealing. Dada dismissed the argument of defence that the charges emanated from…

After May 29, when his term as governor of Rivers State finishes, Governor Nyesom Wike declared that he would not flee Nigeria out of fear of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. When asked to honour the EFCC at the conclusion of his term on May 29, Wike said he would do so joyfully. The governor responded to recent comments by Abdulrasheed Bawa, the chairman of the EFCC, who said that the organisation would arrest corrupt governors whose terms finish on May 29. The threat to arrest governors after their terms expire on May 29 didn’t concern Wike, however. On…

In accordance with INEC’s announcement, supplementary elections will take place in the appropriate states on April 15. Although most of Nigeria’s gubernatorial and legislative elections are finished, certain states and legislative districts have declared the results inconclusive. The gubernatorial elections in Kebbi and Adamawa were deemed inconclusive, and further elections would occur in certain polling places in each state. In several regions of the nation, there will also be additional legislative elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said on its Twitter page on Monday afternoon that all next governorship, national, and state assembly supplemental elections would be conducted on…

Alhaji Aliyu ‘Yar-Abba, a senior member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, has urged Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president-elect, to unlock all land borders in Nigeria when he assumes office. In his congratulations to Tinubu, Sen. Kashim Shettima, and the newly elected governors of Sokoto State, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu and Alhajj Idris Gobir, ‘Yar-Abba made the announcement. Reopening the borders will lessen the suffering of the populace, particularly northern businessmen, according to the former Sokoto State Chairman of the Bureau De Change Operators Association. He bemoaned the fact that many of the region’s businessmen were now…

In Imo State, three members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps are said to have been slain by unidentified gunmen. The village of Obiangwu in the state’s Ngor Okpala Local Government Area is in disarray as a result of the tragedy that occurred in the EkeIsu market. The deceased soldiers were targeted early on Monday, according to a community source who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity. He said that security operatives had gained control of the neighbourhood and claimed that the NSCDC men were travelling in a vehicle when they were attacked and killed…

Adekola Adeshina, 48, is being held by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command after he defiled a 10-year-old child. SP Josephine Adeh, the command’s press secretary, said this in a press release that was made available to journalists in Abuja on Sunday. According to Adeh, the victim’s mother filed a complaint, which led to the suspect’s detention. According to the statement, “Operations of the FCT Police Command assigned to the Apo Divisional Police Headquarters, received a complaint from a woman (name withheld) living adjacent to Prince and Princess Estate at approximately 10.15am on March 22, 2023. “She complained that she…

The President of the Republic of Nigeria, Mohammadu Buhari has outrightly rejected 19 Constitution Review Bills. These Bills are as listed below: Constitution (Fifth Alteration) Bill No. 10 (Enforcement of Legislative Summon – Sections 89 & 129): “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to compel persons to obey or comply with Legislative Summons.” Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration) Bill, No. 24, 2022 (Expansion of the Interpretation of “Judicial Office” – Section 318): “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Provisions of…

Bamidele Omotutu, a fictitious traffic officer, was arrested for extorting unwary members of the public, including state traffic violators, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. The suspect was detained by a LASTMA Monitoring/Surveillance team led by the Zonal Head, Ashafa Moyosore, at Olu Holloway Road, close to the Alfred Rewane area of Ikoyi, according to a statement released on Sunday by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs Department, Taofiq Adebayo. Adebayo claimed that Oreagba went on to say that the agency had conducted extra monitoring and surveillance operations on the suspect and had succeeded in getting him arrested…

The Labour Party, LP, is prepared to dispute the win of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 Lagos gubernatorial election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on March 20, declared Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner and Governor-elect. The incumbent received 762,134 votes, beating Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the LP who earned 312,329. Olajide Adediran of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, earned 62,449 votes. The results presented by the Returning Officer, Prof Adenike Temifayo-Oladiji, VC, the Federal University of Technology Akure, indicate 1,182,620 accredited voters, 1,173,631 ballots cast, and 17,953 rejected. The animosity before the ballot culminated when,…

The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has issued an order attaching funds held in four banks to the credit of the Oyo State Government and its agencies. The order was given by Justice A. O. Ebong in response to a motion ex-parte for a garnishee order brought by the former council members and chairs, who were represented by Bashorun Majeed, Bosun Ajuwon, and Idris Okusesi. The affected banks, according to the News Agency of Nigeria, are First Bank, United Bank for Africa, Wema Bank, and Zenith Bank. Justice Ebong gave the banks a deadline to provide justification for…