LAGOS RE-INTRODUCES MONTHLY ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION EXERCISE. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 LAGOS RE-INTRODUCES MONTHLY ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION EXERCISE …Governor, Deputy lead State officials to clean up Mushin corridor Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, announced the re-introduction of the Monthly Environmental Sanitation in the State. The Governor said the exercise will hold every last Saturday of the Month between the hours of 6:30am and 8:30am but without movement restrictions. He stressed that the exercise would be monitored by State officials with appropriate sanctions to be meted out to erring neighbourhoods and markets. Sanwo-Olu made the pronouncement during a ceremony held in Olosa Bus Stop in Mushin which marked the symbolic flag-off of the monthly sanitation. The Governor, who led his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and member of the State cabinet on the mission, said the culture of environmental responsibility must be imbibed by the residents across all communities in the state and reflect same in their lifestyle. He observed that environment...

EFCC ARRAIGNS MAN FOR ALLEGED REFUSAL TO ACCEPT NAIRA AS LEGAL TENDER. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

 


EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged Refusal to Accept Naira as Legal Tender


The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, arraigned one Precious  Chimaobi Uzondu on a two -count charge bordering on alleged refusal to accept Naira  as a legal tender before Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi , Lagos. 


One of the count reads: "That you, Precious  Chimaobi Uzondu, on the 10th of December 2024, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, refused to accept Naira (Nigeria’s legal tender) by accepting the sum of $5700 ( Five Thousand Seven Hundred USD) as a means of payment for a purchase of a Carter diamond bracelet with serial number (12345678) and you thereby lcommitted an offence contrary to Section 20 of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007.


The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when they were read to him. 


In view of his pleas,  prosecution counsel, Hannatu U. KofarNaisa, prayed the court for a trial date and for the defendant  to be remanded in a Correctional Centre.


Counsel to the defendant, Jennifer Achinuagole, informed the court of a pending bail application and  prayed the court to adopt the same as her oral application. 


Responding, KofarNaisa informed the court about a  counter-affidavit  to the application and a written address.  She  prayed the court to accept the same and discountenance the application by the defendant.


After listening to both parties, Justice Owoeye admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N5m, with two sureties in like sum. The sureties must own  landed properties in Lagos, which must be verified by the court, and also swear to an affidavit of means.


The Judge also ordered the remand of the defendant in the Ikoyi  Correctional Centre and  adjourned till April 8, 2025 for commencement of trial.

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