PRESIDENT TINUBU'S MESSAGE TO ALHAJI MOHAMMED IDRIS ON HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 STATEHOUSE PRESS STATEMENT PRESIDENT TINUBU'S MESSAGE TO ALHAJI MOHAMMED IDRIS ON HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY I heartily congratulate Mohammed Idris Malagi, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, on his 60th birthday on May 2, 2026.   Mohammed is an excellent communicator, public relations executive, and media leader who has brought finesse, credibility, and gravitas to public communication in our administration.   His reputation precedes him. He has been at the forefront of the media and public relations industry as the founder and publisher of Blueprint Newspapers and as the chairman of a successful public relations consultancy and broadcast media outfit.   His role as general secretary of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN) before his appointment distinguished him as a patriot and valued partner in nation-building.   I commend Mohammed for his diligence, brilliance and doggedness in communicating the achievements, policies, and prog...
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EFCC ARRAIGNS BUSINESSWOMAN,RAMALIAN-YARO, FOUR FIRMS FOR ALLEGED MULTI-BILLION NAIRA FRAUD IN LAGOS. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.

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EFCC Arraigns Businesswoman, Ramalian-Yaro, Four Firms for Alleged Multi-billion Naira Fraud in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 8, 2023, arraigned a businesswoman, Saadatu Ramallan-Yaro,  Director, April 1616 Investment Limited and Amsaymay Limited, both Designated Non-Financial Institutions, on alleged money laundering   before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Also arraigned on separate charges were four companies:  April 1616 Investment Limited; Misabs International Limited, Armada Financial Services and Amsamay Limited.

One of the charges against Ramallan-Yaro reads: “That you, Saadatu Ramallan-Yaro, being a Director of April 1616 Investment Limited, a Designated Non-Financial Institution, on or about the 3rd day of July, 2020 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, failed to submit to the Ministry of Commerce a declaration of activities of the said company leading to deposit of the sum of N1,050,000,000.00 ( One Billion, Fifty Million, Naira) into account No.
1015006861 domiciled in Zenith Bank Plc., and you thereby committed an offence contrary to sections 5(1) (a), 16(1) (f) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011 as amended and punishable under section 16 (2) (b) of the same Act..”

One of the counts against April 16 16 reads: “ That you, April 1616 Investment Limited, a Designated Non-Financial Institution, between 2017 and 2021, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, failed to submit to the Ministry of Commerce a declaration of your activities within which period the total sum of N42,578,881,137.00 (Forty Two Billion, Five Hundred and Seventy Eight Million, Eight Hundred and Eighty One Thousand, One Hundred and Thirty Seven Naira,) was deposited into your account No. 1015006861 domiciled in Zenith Bank Plc., and you thereby committed an offence contrary to sections 5(1) (a), 16(1)(f) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011 as amended and punishable under section 16 (2)(b) of the same Act.

One of the counts against Misabs reads: “That you, Misabs International Limited, a Designated Non-Financial institution, between 2016 and 2019 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, failed to submit to the Ministry of Commerce a declaration of your activities within which period the total sum of N1,930,054,133.26 (One Billion, Nine Hundred and Thirty Million, Fifty Four Thousand, One Hundred and Thirty Three Naira, Twenty Six Kobo) was deposited into your account No. 1010090410 domiciled in Zenith Bank Plc., and you thereby committed an offence contrary to sections 5(1) (a), 16(1) (f) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011 as amended and punishable under section 16 (2)(b) of the same Act.”

They all pleaded “not guilty” to the charges.

In view of their pleas, the prosecution counsel, S.I. Sulaiman, asked the court for a trial date.

The defence counsel, Richard Oma-Ahonaruogho, SAN, moved the bail application for the defendants.

Oma-Ahonaruogho also pleaded with the court to release the defendant to him pending the fulfilment of her bail conditions.

Consequently, the Judge granted the defendant bail in the aggregate sum of N10m, with two sureties in like sum.

The sureties must be Grade Level 14 officers, with landed properties within the jurisdiction of the court.

The case was adjourned till September 28, 2023 for trial.

One more photo below. 

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