Nigeria Digest: Key Developments on August 1, 2025
Nigeria saw significant updates in politics, judiciary, economy, and health. Voter registration began, multiple fraud cases were prosecuted, and the healthcare sector addressed strikes and mental health concerns. Key economic reforms.
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News > Nigeria Digest: Key Developments on August 1, 2025
Judiciary & Law Enforcement
An immediate past Director with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has been arrested by the police on allegations of fraud.
- premiumtimesng.comFive fraudsters were sentenced in Gombe State court for obtaining money under false pretenses; they were convicted of impersonation and cheating and ordered to repay over ₦2.9 million to their victims.
- dailypost.ngA Lagos court issued a temporary forfeiture order on a property owned by suspects allegedly involved in a N986 million fraud, pending further investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
- leadership.ngA 38-year-old Muslim prophet, Azeez Aboderin, was sentenced to two years in prison for fraudulently taking money from a woman under false pretenses.
- theeagleonline.com.ngElvis Nosakhare, a Nigerian national residing in the United Kingdom, was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually assaulting the underage daughter of his girlfriend.
- punchng.comTwo individuals, Abubakar Rabiu Wada (alias Sadiq Gali) and Abba Mohammed, were convicted and sentenced in a Borno State court for fraud and unlawful possession of 13 ATM cards, respectively.
- dailypost.ngTola Ore, a Nigerian banker, was caught for using a remote-control device to attempt to steal £1.25 million from her bank in the UK.
- quicknews-africa.net