The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Thursday, July 31, 2025, arraigned one Iwunze Ikechukwu Favour before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on a one-count charge of theft involving the sum of N208,384,000.

According to the charge, the defendant is accused of dishonestly stealing and converting groceries and household goods valued at N208,384,000, property of Ogechi Okorie and G-Chinodan Ltd, for his personal use.

The alleged offence took place between January and December 2024 within the jurisdiction of the court.

The charge reads: “That you, Iwunze Ikechukwu Favour, sometime between January and December 2024, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, stole and converted to your personal use the sum of N208,384,000.00 (Two Hundred and Eight Million, Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Thousand Naira), being the value of several groceries and household items, property of Ogechi Okorie and G-Chinodan Ltd, and thereby committed an offence of stealing, contrary to and punishable under Sections 280 and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Following the plea, prosecution counsel A.A. Usman requested a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendant in a correctional facility pending trial.

In response, defence counsel N.M. Abraham informed the court of a pending bail application and subsequently moved the motion for his client’s release.

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Justice Dada granted the defendant bail in the sum of N10,000,000 with two sureties in like sum. One of the sureties must commit to placing a lien on their bank account. The court further ordered that the defendant deposit his international passport with the court registrar.

The matter was adjourned to October 30, 2025, for the commencement of trial.

Meanwhile, the defendant was ordered to be remanded in a correctional centre pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions.

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old woman, Hadiza Mamuda, for allegedly killing her husband during a domestic argument in Fika Local Government Area.

The tragic incident, which occurred in Garin Abba village, was confirmed by the police spokesperson, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, in a statement issued on Wednesday, July 23.

According to the statement, Mamuda reportedly used a log of wood to fatally strike her husband during a heated argument over food.

“The Yobe State Police Command, Fika Divisional Police Headquarters, has apprehended Hadiza Mamuda, 35, of Garin Abba Village, Fika LGA, for allegedly killing her husband following a heated argument over food. The suspect reportedly used a log of wood to fatally assault the victim,” the police said.

The victim, a polygamous man with two wives and five children, was pronounced dead at the scene, leaving behind a devastated family.

Police say a full investigation is currently underway, and the suspect will be charged in court upon its conclusion.

Reacting to the incident, Yobe State Commissioner of Police, CP Emmanuel Ado, condemned the act and called for increased awareness around domestic violence. He emphasised the need for community-level interventions in marital issues to prevent violent outcomes.

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“The Commissioner of Police emphasizes the need for marital community intervention initiatives to address domestic violence and abuse,” the statement added.

CP Ado also urged religious and community leaders to intensify education and sensitisation campaigns on the dangers of physical violence in marriages, noting that domestic disputes should never escalate into deadly confrontations.

The Yobe State Police Command reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring the safety and security of all citizens and vowed to pursue justice for the victim.

A 20-year-old electrician, Mathew Yaba, was on Wednesday sentenced to nine months imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin presided by Justice Abimbola Awogboro having been found guilty of cybercrime.

A statement by the head of Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Dele Oyewale, on Wednesday said Yaba and 10 others were among those whose conviction were secured by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the anti-graft agency for offences bordering on Internet fraud and cybercrime.

Yaba, according to the statement, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment without option of fine on offences bordering on personation and retention of proceeds of unlawful activities by Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin.

The judge found Yaba guilty of retaining control of the gross sum of N7,384,750.00 and also impersonation of one Raleigh Jredd.

The offence is contrary and punishable under section 17 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004.

Other convicts include Samuel Stephen Ayomide from Olamoboro Local Government Area of Kogi State; Bamidele Favour Olajide, a music producer from Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State; Isah Kadir from Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State; Abdulrasaq Jubril, a car spare parts seller who hails from Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The others are Samuel Peter Juwon from Ayetoro, Kogi State; Omolaiye Stephen Benefit from Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State; Kayode Emmanuel Opeyemi, Abdulrahim Lasisi from Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State, Ugwuadu Ikechukwu Michael from Oweri North Local Government Area of Imo State and Moshood Abduljawad.

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All defendants, except Jubril who was tried before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, were prosecuted before Justice Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ilorin.

Count 2 of the charge against Yaba reads:

“That you, MATTHEW STEPHEN YABA sometime between the year 2022 and 2025, within the judicial division of the Federal High Court, was found to have retained the control of the gross sum of N7,384,750.00 through your Kuda Bank account number 2046437307 which you knew to be proceed of criminal conduct and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 17 (a) and (b) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act 2004.”

Similarly, the charge against Ayomide reads:

“That you, SAMUEL STEPHEN AYOMIDE sometime in 2025, within the judicial division of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, sent electronic messages on your Telegram Account; CPN Goat, where you materially misrepresented facts that you specialise in creating credit bureaus scores on Credit privacy Number (CPN) under which reliance one Faith Jackson was caused to suffer loss of $922 through Bitcoin and thereby committed an computer-related fraud contrary to and punishable under Section 14 (2) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention Etc) Act 2015.”

When the charges were read to them, they all pleaded guilty to their respective charge.

Attorneys Aliyu Adebayo, Andrew Akoja and Omolade Ajibola who prosecuted the cases on behalf of the EFCC, reviewed the facts of the cases through witnesses who are operatives of the commission.

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They tendered the extrajudicial statements of the defendants, items recovered from them at the point of arrest and various amount of money that the brought as restitution, which were all admitted in evidence.

The Justices in their separate judgments upheld the cases of the prosecution and pronounced the defendants guilty based on the admittance of guilt and the uncontroverted evidences placed before the courts.

Consequently, Justice Awogboro sentenced Yaba to nine months imprisonment without option of fine and ordered the final forfeiture of the convict’s iPhone 13, and the sum of N200,000, which he restituted to the Federal Government.

On his part, Ayomide bagged nine months imprisonment without option of fine. He would also forfeit the sum $535, part of what he benefited from his criminal activities and one iPhone 16 to the Federal Government.

The judge slammed a jail term of six months imprisonment without option of fine on Olajide and ordered the forfeiture of his iPhone X, Samsung A05 that was used as instrumentality of the crime and the sum of $50 that he benefited from the crime to the Federal Government.

For Kadiri, the sanction was a bit different as the court sentenced him to 300 hours community service at five hours per day with a forfeiture order of his infinix hot 10 light recovered from him to the Federal Government.

Furthermore, Justice Awogboro sentenced Juwon to 12 months imprisonment without option of fine, commencing from the date of his arrest and ordered the final forfeiture of his iphone 6, iphone XR, Iphone 13, HP Laptop and the sum of $500.

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Benefit was handed a jail term of 9 months imprisonment without option of fine and would forfeit his phones and the sum of N1million, which he restituted to forfeited to the Federal Government.

Opeyemi was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment without option of fine and would also forfeit his phone and the sum of N500,000 to the Federal Government.

Lasisi, like Kadiri was sentenced to community service of 150 hours at five hours per day and would also forfeit his Samsung S9 to the Federal Government.

Michael and Abduljawad were sentenced to 12 and 6 months imprisonment, respectively without option of fine. However, the sum of N500,000 and $190 restituted by Michael and Abduljawad, respectively including the phones that they used as instrumentality of the crime were forfeited to the Federal Government.

In his own judgment, Justice Abdulgafar sentenced Jubril to six months suspended sentence and ordered the final forfeiture of his iphone 12 and the sum of $180 that he brought as restitution. Additionally, he was ordered to pay the balance of $110, part of what he benefited.

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Oyo State Emergency Management Agency, on Tuesday, alerted people living in flood-prone communities in the state to start preparing for heavy rain and its attendant flooding.

This was contained in a statement released by the Administrative Secretary of SEMA, Ojuolape Busari, in Ibadan, the state capital.

She explained that the reports from the state Flood Early Warning System indicated that the areas to the east and northeast of Ibadan city centre are likely to experience the heaviest rainfall.

Busari said, “This includes parts of Lagelu Local Government Area, especially areas like Iyana Offa; Moniya (eastern parts), and communities further east towards Osun State.

“According to the information made available by the state Flood Early Warning System, some parts of the north of Ibadan city, possibly parts of Egbeda LGA (eastern edges) and areas bordering Lagelu LGA, will experience heavy rainfall today.

“Communities along the Ibadan-Ife Road (A5 highway) eastward: Areas like Egbeda and further east on this major road, will also experience heavy rainfall.”

The administrative secretary further said areas with moderate to heavy rainfall, determined by the flood early warning system, and ascertained by Google Maps, will encompass most of Ibadan Metropolis (eastern and central parts).

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She said, “This includes areas like IITA itself, the Ibadan Airport, University of Ibadan, Ojoo, Akobo, Basorun, Gate, Challenge, Ring Road, and many other densely populated areas within the city.

“Parts of Akinyele Local Government, especially the eastern and central parts, parts of Oluyole Local Government, especially Northeastern sections too.”

Busari assured all that the agency and other relevant agencies of government, voluntary agencies, and civil society groups are prepared to intervene and ameliorate the plight of persons and communities who might be affected.

She, therefore, urged people of the state to immediately commence preparations to avert dire consequences, saying, “discretion is the better part of valour.”

A Nigerian man, Gauis Chibueze, who criticised former president Muhammadu Buhari after the latter died, lost his father a few hours later.

In an earlier X post, he stated that Buhari was a “terrible” president for what he did to Nigeria.

A few hours later, he posted on his page, @gaiuschibueze, that he had lost his father minutes ago, sharing memories they had together.

His earlier post, shared on July 14 at 12:34 am, read:

“Buhari was a very terrible president. We must not pretend now! May his soul get what he did to Nigeria.”

At 3:59pm on the same day, he wrote:

“A Few Minutes Ago, My Father Passed Away in His Home in Enugu State. I am comforted by the memories like when I was just 5 years old, and he was already teaching me how to read the Bible and preach from house to house as a Jehovah’s Witness.”

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He went on to share memories they had together while he was growing up.

See his full post below:

https://x.com/gaiuschibueze/status/1944773685941858788/photo/1

As he faced criticism for his father’s death, Chibueze shared another post to defend his opinion on Buhari.

He said: “Buhari is still a terrible president. Read well, my Father died telling the truth till the end. My Father is an Honorable Man and died with His integrity intact lol. I didn’t celebrate Buhari’s death because it doesn’t benefit me, but I still insist that Buhari was a terrible president who ruined Nigeria and the lives of millions of Nigerians. 

“People like Buhari are the reasons my father died because they can’t do common, simple, deep brain surgery or change a battery anywhere in Nigeria, so I have only one option: to fly him out. Yes, I repeat, Buhari destroyed Nigeria.

“Buhari died in a London Hospital because he didn’t build A hospital he and his family could trust to use in Nigeria after 8 years. My father died because no single hospital in Nigeria does simple Deep Brain Surgery for Parkinson’s or replace the battery in his chest.” 

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Zainab Buhari, a devoted mother of four young children, has taken the significant step of filing a lawsuit against her husband, Babangida Ibrahim, in a Sharia Court located in the bustling area of Rigasa, Kaduna State.

In her complaint, she alleges that she has been subjected to treatment that is not only degrading but also deeply dehumanizing, raising serious concerns about her well-being and the environment in which her children are being raised.

The situation has brought to light the broader issues of domestic treatment and the rights of women within familial relationships, prompting a call for justice in her pursuit of a better and safer life for herself and her family.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Zainab told the court that her husband always beat her and leave her and their children with no food.

“He grabs my neck to suffocate me, squeezes my breast hard and demand for sex

“I take care of our children’s school fees, feeding, clothing and other needs.

“Whenever I run to my parents, they begs me to return to my matrimonial home,” she said.

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The defendant denied all the allegations brought against him.

The judge, Malam Salisu Abubakar Tureta, ordered Zainab to present her witnesses in court.

He thus adjourned the case for further hearing.