The Federal Government says it has reduced the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway size from 10 lanes to six as a cost-saving measure for the legacy project. The Government also said it has rerouted the project’s path to avoid any possible damage to subsea cables belonging to telecommunication companies. This was disclosed by Engr. David Umahi, Minister…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A (FOU A), has confirmed an attack by smugglers on its personnel and the Nigerian Army while carrying out Anti-Smuggling operations. According to a press statement signed by the Unit’s Public Relations Officer, SC Theophilus Duniya, on Tuesday, 3rd June 2024, the incident occurred on Sunday, 2nd…
A Team from AHQ DCMA, led by the CCMA, Maj Gen NC Ugbo, held the sensitisation workshops for NA personnel at 9 Bde Ikeja, 35 Arty Bde Abeokuta and Nigerian Army training schools within Lagos from 21st to 25th May 2024. The CCMA was received by the various Comds at the different locations. In his…
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a 32-year-old woman known as Funmi Faith in Lagos. CONVERSEER learned that she was the woman captured in a now-viral video maltreating a female child. According to SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos State Police PRO, the suspect was arrested by police officers from the Oke-odo Division on Tuesday, 4th June…
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, 29th May 29 2024, convicted and sentenced one Adeyinka Bilkisu Gbadamosi to six months imprisonment for currency racketeering. Gbadamosi was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge bordering on currency…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, 17th May 2024, handed over the sum of $22,000 recovered from a convicted internet fraudster (Yahoo Boy), Hakeem Ayotunde Olanrewaju, to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in Lagos. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos had, on 15th August 2023,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) enforcement officers, aided by intelligence from the Nigerian Army’s 15 Field Engineering Regiment in Badagry, dismantled the operations of Mr Chinedu Okafor, an illegal drinks manufacturer operating from his residence at No. 24, MTN Road, Badagry. CONVERSEER learned that Mr Okafor’s suspicious activities caught…
Abbey Mortgage Bank, a leading institution in the African Mortgage industry on Saturday, May 4th, 2024 staged a walk to promote autism awareness and emphasize the importance of understanding and supporting individuals with such disorder. This year’s programme themed “Abbey Walk for Autism Awareness” saw Abbey bankers, led by their MD/CEO Mobolaji Adewumi, stage a…
By Our Reporter A chief magistrates’ court in Badagry, Lagos, on Friday remanded a 37-year-old man, Ademola Afeez, in a correctional facility for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. Mr Afeez, whose address was not provided, is being charged with unlawful penetration and defilement. The prosecutor, Insp Ayodele Adeosun, told the court that the defendant committed…
By Joe Udo The Nigerian Army has dismissed two of its officers involved in the stealing of armoured cables from the newly built Dangote Refinery in Lagos. CONVERSEER reports that the two army officers, Corporal Innocent Joseph and Lance Corporal Jacob Gani, were dismissed on Monday, 22nd April 2024. According to a statement by Major…
