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Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, March 27, 2023, convicted one Adanu Blessing Ajumi, who was prosecuted for N47m fraud. Adanu, who is accused of trading under the name and style of Emerald Multipurpose Cooperative Society to defraud her victims in a purported agribusiness scheme, was charged with two counts bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, contrary to Section 1(1) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006, and stealing, contrary to Section 278 and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos 2011. She pleaded "not guilty" to the charges when she was arraigned on December 19, 2019, thereby leading to her trial that commenced on September 14, 2020. In the course of the trial, the prosecution counsel, S.O. Daji, called three witnesses through whom several documentary evidence were tendered and admitted by the court against her. The defence counsel, Peter Ola, called four witnesses, includ

To mark his 71st birthday, President-elect Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that special prayers and thanksgiving service be held on Wednesday March 29, 2023, instead of the yearly birthday colloquium.  The special prayers will be held in Lagos and in other parts of the country.  A statement from his office on Monday indicated that for the main event in Lagos special prayers will be offered at the Central Mosque in each of the five divisions in the state including the Central Mosque, Alausa, Ikeja. During the prayer sessions, special prayers will be offered for the peace, unity and progress of Nigeria. Also to receive prayers among others are President Muhammadu Buhari and First Lady Aisha Buhari, President-elect Tinubu and his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Vice President-elect Senator Kashim Shettima and Hajia Nana Shettima, Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu, other state governors as well as members of National and State Houses of Assembly.  According to an announcement by the organis

Former first lady of Oyo State, Alhaja Mutiat Yinka Ladoja has revealed the reasons behind her cordial relationship with the governor of the state, Engr. Seyi Makinde. The Maye Iyalode of Ibadanland and wife of the former governor Rashidi Ladoja, Yinka Ladoja made these revelations while featuring on a radio programme in Ibadan. Few days to the just concluded gubernatorial and house of assembly elections in the state, the former first lady was on Agidigbo 88.7 FM, Ibadan. Where she was able to address some partinent issues, especially the governor's purported 'hostile' body language towards the Islamic faith. She wondered where the wild notion of governor Makinde's being anti Islam emanated from. Saying that she has known Makinde to be organizing Ramadan Lectures and sending people to Hajj for the past ten years. Even long before he became governor of Oyo State. "How can a man who has been consistently organizing Ramadan Lectures at NTA in the last ten years be ant