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                                                             The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,today Monday 20 February,2017 arraigned one Marcel Amadi before Justice. Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court Enugu,Enugu State on a three count charge bodering on illegal operation of financial services issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N25,100,000.00 {Twenty Five Million,One Hundred Thousand Naira Only} without any valid license contrary to section 2{1} of the Banks and Other financial Institutions Act,Cap B3,Laws of the Federation,2004 and Punishable under Section 2{2} of the same Act. It was alleged by a petitioner that the suspect Marcel Amadi is in the business of offering financial services to clients through his company,M.A and Sons Commission Agents Nigeria which though registered with an Enugu magistrate court,was not licensed with neither the state government nor Central Bank of Nigeria {CBN} to operate such financial business.Investigations carried out r

               A Federal High Court,Maitama today February 20,2017 admitted 26 documents as exhibits in the trial of a former governor of Adamawa State,Murtala Nyako,who along with his son,Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako,Abubakar Aliyu and Zulkifikk Abba,are standing trial for a N29 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,is charging them with a 37-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy,stealing,abuse of office and money laundering.They are alleged to have used five companies-Blue Opal Nigeria limited,Serore Farms& Extension Limited,Pagoda Fortunes Limited,Towers Assets Management Limited and Crust Energy Limited,among other companies to commit the fraud. Justice Okon Abang had at the last sitting of January 25,2017 adjourned to today due to the absence of third prosecution witness,Olabode Farinuola,a staff of Zenith Bank,through whom the documents were supposed to have been presented in court.At the resumed sitting,prosecution counsel,Rotimi Jacobs,SAN,t

             The Attention of the Service has been drawn to a fake Facebook account created with the name and photograph of DCG DAN UGO,calling on interested job seekers and potential buyers of auction goods to call a phone number provided by the suspected fraudster.The Service wishes to state that DCG DAN UGO DOES NOT HAVE Facebook account.All social media users should disregard such  information purportedly emanating from the DCG.For the avoidance of doubt,Nigeria Customs Service is not recruiting at the moment.Similarly,all auction activities have been suspected for over a year now.You are therefore advised not to patronize anyone on social media claiming to be a Customs Officer or acting on behalf of the Service.

                Wife of the Governor of Lagos State,Mrs Bolanle Ambode,has renewed her call to parents and well-meaning Lagosians to pay adequate attention to the welfare of school pupils.She was the call at Central Primary School,Oba Akinjobi was Ikeja,one of the venues slated for the distribution of school shoes and socks to all pupils in primary 1.3 in Lagos public schools.The distribution is being done through her pet project,Hope for Women in Nigeria Initiative {HOFOWEM}. Foundation had in September last year launched ''Project Bright Steps'' for public school pupils in Lagos State,during which Mrs Ambode promised to distribute 175,000 school shoes and socks,to children in primary 1-3 in Lagos State public primary schools.Addressing the media during the event,she said,''You remember that when we launched ''Project Bright Steps'' for school pupils in September last year,I promised that HOFOWEM will distribute socks and shoes to all pupils in

                                                                 The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad {RRS} of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected ATM robber,Gbenga Babatunde,35,after a failed attempt to rob a lady who had withdrew an unspecified amount of money at an ATM point in Alaba Rago Market around 5:48am.The suspect,who had a cut-to-size locally made short gun with two life cartridges on him,was chased and arrested by the RRS operatives patrolling the area,after been contacted by the would-be-victim who had escaped from the robbery attempt.In his confessional statement,Babatunde claimed that he and his accomplice-one Samson Baba Ramadan,28,who had escaped after the botched operation-had in the past robbed about 35 ATM users in Alaba Rago Market,Ojo area of Lagos before his arrest.According to him,''I was introduced to the crime by my colleague,Samson Baba Ramadan,who I met at Field Joint,Alaba two years ago and since,we have been working toget

                    FRSC patrol men rescued 1 male adult from a multiple crash that occurred on 19/2/2017,1410hrs along Sokoto-Gusau route at Kampani Diya.The victim was taken to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital.