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Lagos estate agent allegedly defrauds client of N36m

5 months ago2523 min

A 48-year-old estate agent, Nonso Ibekwe, was on Friday, arraigned before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos State, for allegedly defrauding a client, Samuel Ugbo, of N36m under the pretence of selling land to the client. The defendant, who was said to have committed the offences sometime in 2022, is facing three counts bordering on conspiracy obtaining and stealing preferred against him by the police. The incident happened at Plot 705, Festac Phase 2, in...

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Brazil-based baron, freight agent jailed 16 years for drug trafficking

5 months ago796 min

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a Brazil-based Nigerian drug baron, Christian Anyanwu, to 16 years imprisonment for trafficking 1.40 kilograms of methamphetamine. The court also convicted a 35-year-old freight agent, Omolara Salako, for her role in the illegal activity. The convicts were first arraigned before Justice Yelim Bogoro, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, sometime in May 2023, on five counts. The charges included conspiracy, unlawful exportation, and non-declaration of...