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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, arraigned three senior officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, before the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over alleged fraud and money laundering offences. The defendants are: Felix Njoku, a former Director of Finance of the Nigerian Railway Corporation; Benjamin Chinwuba Iloanusi, presently a…

Amaechi, Malami Drags to Court Over Unlawful Award of Contract

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) have been dragged before a Federal High Court in Abuja over Alleged unlawful award of contract. The contract in question is construction of 190 km rail line which reportedly awarded to a Chinese firm without due process of law by Amaechi and Malami. They were sued along with…

Collapsed Ikoyi building: 19 families so far report missing persons – Sanwo-Olu

A fire fire fighter stand in the rubble of a 21-storey building under construction that collapsed at Ikoyi district of Lagos, on November 1, 2021. – Several people have been trapped while unspecified number of people mostly construction workers were feared dead as a 21-storey building suddenly collapsed in the Ikoyi district of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI /…

One year after #EndSARS, 300 protesters still in Kirikiri, says victim

Nicholas One year after what victims described as genocide against #EndSARS protesters, 300 of them are still in Kirikiri Correctional centre in Lagos prison. The victims were arrested on October 20, 2020, when soldiers stormed the Lekki toll gate in Lagos and allegedly shot at protesters, who had gathered that Tuesday, following a movement to end the excesses of the now disbanded Special…

Notorious Abuja kidnapper abducted, pays N1.5m to regain freedom

• Gunmen abduct popular petrol dealer in Ekiti • Seven kidnapped kids found in Anambra, Enugu A kidnapper, Mohammed Amodu, notorious for his nefarious activities in Abuja environs, was abducted by another kidnapper, Buba Babu, and had to pay N1,555,000 for his freedom. Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, disclosed this while parading both kidnappers alongside other criminals in Abuja…

60 Lagos-Ibadan rail project workers infected with COVID-19

FG puts completion work, opening on hold The Federal Government has put on hold opening of the Lagos-Ibadan railway, after about 60 workers of the construction company that handled the project tested positive for coronavirus. To ensure the contractors meet the January target for the opening of the project, which is about 90 per cent completed, government had asked the China Civil Engineering…