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 30 Zaria Indigenes Receive Permanent, Pensionable Appointments Thirty indigent indigenes of Zaria Local Government Area have received letters of permanent and pensionable appointment after securing employment with the Environmental Health Council of Nigeria. The appointment letters were formally presented to the beneficiaries by the Executive Chairman of Zaria Local Government, Engr. Jamil Ahmad Muhammad, popularly known as Jaga, at the Zaria Local Government Council Chamber. According to a statement issued by the Chairman's Special Assistant on New Media, Abdullahi Abubakar Lawal, the employment opportunities were facilitated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, GCON, as part of efforts to create employment opportunities for constituents in Zaria. Speaking during the presentation, Engr. Jaga expressed appreciation to the Speaker for the intervention and his continued support for the welfare and development of the people of Zaria. The council ch...

EFCC ARRAIGNS MAN FOR ALLEGED POSSESSION OF COUNTERFEIT $4,350 IN LAGOS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged Possession of  Counterfeit  $4,350 in Lagos 


The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Thursday, April 10, 2025, arraigned one Moshood Mustapha Olanrewaju on a four-count charge bordering on alleged currency counterfeiting before Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.


Olanrewaju is facing trial for alleged possession of 98 pieces of $50 USD, totaling $4,350 USD


One of the counts reads: “That you, Moshood Mustapha Olanrewaju (Male), adult, sometime in January, 2025, in Lagos State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, had in your possession 21 pieces of counterfeit $50 USD (Fifty United States Dollars) bank note,  totaling $1,050 (One Thousand and Fifty United States Dollars), with  serial numbers MB61754676C, MB61754979C, MB61754988C, MB61754449C, MB61753319C, MB61753235C, MB61753885C, MB61754732C, MB61754432C, MB61754435C, MB61753868C, MB61753216C, MB61753103C, MB61753126C, MB61753124C, MB61754037C, MB61753352C, MB61753866C, MB641753346C, MB61753352C and MB61753363C, knowing the same to be counterfeit and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 5 (1) (b) and punishable under Section 5 (2) of the Counterfeit Currency (Special Provisions) Act, Cap C35, Laws of the Federation Of Nigeria, 2024.”


Another count reads: “That you, Moshood Mustapha Olanrewaju (Male), adult, sometime in January, 2025 in Lagos State, within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, had in your possession 26 pieces of counterfeit $50 USD (Fifty United States Dollars) bank note totaling $1,300 (One Thousand Three Hundred United States Dollars), with  serial numbers MB61753344C, MB61753471C, MB61753133C, MB61753302C, MB61753228C, MB61753812C, MB61754665C, MB61 753138C, MB61753851C, MB61753272C, MB61753782C, MB61753115C, MB61753470C, MB61753888C, MB61753898C, MB61754441C, MB61753833C, MB61753872C, MB61754437C, MB61753367C and MB61754675C knowing the same to be counterfeit and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 5 (1) (b) and punishable under Section 5 (2) of the Counterfeit Currency (Special Provisions) Act, Cap C35, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2024.”


The defendant, however, pleaded  not guilty to the charges when they were read to them


In view of his plea,  prosecution counsel, Zeenat Atiku, asked for a trial date and also urged the court to remand him in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS. pending the commencement of trial.


The defence counsel, in his response, asked the court for a short date to enable him file a bail application on behalf of his client


Justice Bogoro adjourned the matter till June 9, 2025 for trial and ordered that the defendant be remanded in the custody of the  Correctional Service.

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