The Ekiti State Government on Wednesday announced the commencement of the implementation of its Social Welfare Scheme for the needy, aged and unemployed.Under the scheme, 10,000 beneficiaries already shortlisted, would receive N5,000 each monthly. Gov. Ayo Fayose, who launched the scheme, said beneficiaries cut across various strata of the society. He said the money was […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday June 16, 2016 obtained conviction on a case of suspected Money Laundering brought against one Samuel Duru before Justice M.N Yinusa of the Federal High Court, Enugu. Duru was charged for failure to declare the sum of Eighty Six Thousand United States Dollars ($86,000.00) out of […]
Continue ReadingA Magistrates Court sitting in Ota, in Ogun State on Monday sentenced one Joshua Sunday, 23, to six months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to stealing N50,000 from one Olaoye Temitope. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.O. Abimbola, gave the convict an option to pay N40, 000 as fine. Sunday, who is a resident of Iyana-Iyesi […]
Continue ReadingAgents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday arrested a Bureau De Change operator and five others for money laundering when they were caught swallowing $156,000 (N31, 083, 000.00) at Excel Oriental Hotel, Airport Road, Lagos. The six suspects were arrested while they were busy swallowing the large sums of money, intending to […]
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