PRESIDENT TINUBU DEPARTS JEDDAH FOR ABUJA AFTER SUCCESSFUL UMRAH IN MAKKAH. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU DEPARTS JEDDAH FOR ABUJA AFTER SUCCESSFUL UMRAH IN MAKKAH President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday departed King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for Abuja after successfully completing his Umrah (Lesser Hajj) in the holy city of Makkah. President Tinubu's plane took off at the Royal Terminal of the King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, at exactly 5:13.pm Saudi time. The Deputy Governor of the Makkah Region, Prince Saud bin MISHAAL bin Abdulaziz Al Saud; Nigerian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Yakubu Gambo, and the Hon. Consul-General, Ambassador Muazam Ibrahim Nayaya, accompanied the President to the airport. Before departure, President Tinubu had a brief meeting with the Deputy Governor of Makkah at the Royal Guest Palace in the airport. On arrival on Thursday in Saudi Arabia, the President led members of the Nigerian delegation to perform the Umrah rites, including the circumambulation of...

EFCC ARRAIGNS TWO FOR ALLEGED £110,000, ₦500M FRAUD IN LAGOS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE


 EFCC Arraigns Two for  Alleged £110,000, ₦500m Fraud in Lagos


 


The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, September 4, 2026, arraigned Ali Bala and Yusuf Umar Anka before Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, for an alleged £110,000 and ₦500 million fraud.


The defendants are standing trial on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering, stealing, and retention of stolen property.


One of the counts reads: “That you, ALI BALA (a.k.a. Barrister Ahmed) and YUSUF UMAR ANKA, sometime in 2025 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, conducted financial transactions involving proceeds of your unlawful activities to disguise the source of the stolen £110,000.00 (One Hundred and Ten Thousand Pounds Sterling), and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 7(1)(b)(i) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.”


The defendants pleaded “not guilty” to the charge.


In view of their pleas, prosecution counsel, H.U. Kofarnaisa, requested for a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendants in a correctional facility.


Defence counsel, however, informed the court of a pending bail application. 


In his ruling, Justice Ogunjobi adjourned the matter to September 8, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application, and ordered that the defendants be remanded in EFCC custody pending the hearing.

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