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Lasaco Assurance Q1 2026 Profit Jumps to ₦2.36bn on Improved Efficiency

BY NECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR—Lasaco Assurance Plc has begun the 2026 financial year on a strong note, reporting a significant rise in profitability for the...

Technology

NCC Secures N479.508bn 2026 Financial Plan to Boost Nigeria’s Telecom Sector

The House of Representatives has approved N479.508 billion as the 2026 financial plan for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This endorsement took place...

Fraud

Gombe Court Jails Magistrate for Bribery

Justice H.H. Kereng of the Gombe High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State has convicted and sentenced Mohammad Suleiman Kumo , a magistrate...

Energy

Ogun to Conduct Electricity Audit in Push for 24-Hour Power Supply

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has announced plans to carry out a comprehensive electricity consumption audit as part of efforts to improve...

Crime

Ogun Police Deny Criminalising Tenancy Dispute in Ajuwon Case

The Ogun State Police Command has noted with concern a publication titled “Ogun Police, Tenants and the Peril of Criminalising Civil Disputes” circulating...

Fraud

Police Arrest, Repatriate Chinese Fugitive Over $245m Ponzi Scheme

BY SUNDAY SAMUEL—The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has arrested and repatriated a Chinese fugitive, Xu...

Crime

Police Bust ₦713.9m Fraud Syndicate, Arrest Two Suspects

The Nigeria Police Force, through the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), has recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against financial crimes with...

Fraud

EFCC Prosecutes CEO for Issuing N16.5m Dud Cheque Cheques

BY SUNDAY SAMUEL—The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has  arraigned one Oluwabusayo Ekundayo before Justice A.S. Adepoju...