It is was a sad afternoon in Lagos, as a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi area of the state collapsed on Monday afternoon. According to eyewitnesses, at lead 50 persons, including the owner of the building are believed to be trapped under the rubble. Meanwhile, Emergency responders rescued two persons from the site of a […]
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The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, has lost its bid to take over the land and property known as the Federal Secretariat Complex, in Ikoyi Lagos. Justice Ibrahim Buba in a judgment delivered at the Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos on Wednesday, reiterated that the Federal Government of Nigeria and it’s agencies are […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has said claims made by the Lagos state government about the legality of the Federal Registry, Ikoyi is wrong. In a statement released in Abuja on Friday, Bola Odugbesan, director of legal at the ministry of interior, said marriage registration and certification are outside the purview of states and local governments. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to sanction culprits of the huge foreign currency stashed in a private apartment in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, says Femi Adeshina, his media aide. In his statement on Tuesday, Adeshina said the president made the vow after receiving a report of the panel established to review the operational, technical […]
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The federal government has made first payment to the whistleblower who helped the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to recover $43m, N23.2m and £27,800 (N13bn) from an Ikoyi apartment on April 12, 2017. PUNCH reported that the whistle-blower travelled out of the country less than 24 hours after receiving part of the N421m reward. Yakubu Galadima, […]
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The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has said the whistleblower who informed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC of the N13bn recovered from an Ikoyi apartment in Lagos would be paid this month. Adeosun said this in a statement issued by her Special Adviser, Media and Communications, Oluyinka Akintunde on Sunday. “The attention of […]
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Justice Saliu Saidu of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the temporary forfeiture to the Federal Government of Flat 7B, Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos. The property housed the sums of $43.3 million, £27,800, and N23 million in cash. The judge issued the orders following an ex parte application by the Economic and […]
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