Gunmen on Thursday, February 23, invaded and burnt the Ugwunagbo Police Divisional Headquarters in Ihie, Abia State. It was gathered that the two police officers who were on duty at the time of the attack were overpowered by the gunmen…
Two men said to be citizens of the Republic of Benin have been arrested at Idiroko border, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. The two, Kazeem Moye (25 years) and Kokuyi Moye (20 years), were arrested by operatives of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Alhaji Usman Abubakar alongside Young Alhaji Foundation before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos State. The defendants face a five-count charge allegedly bordering on obtaining money…
A pregnant housewife in Adamawa State was abducted and raped by her uncle and a neighbour in Maiha Local Government Area. The suspects, Suleiman Adamu, 29 and Ahmadu Umaru, 26, both of whom are residents of Machimin community in Maiha…
The victim disclosed this on Tuesday at the UK court as the alleged organ trial continues hearing. David Ukpo, 21 has told a court in the UK that no one told him that he was coming to the country to…
An Australian archaeology professor has been kidnapped at gunpoint by a local gang from a village in Papua New Guinea’s remote Southern Highlands. The Queensland professor and three local university graduates were abducted on Sunday morning, February 19, by around…
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two persons for allegedly kidnapping and trafficking a 15-year-old girl. Spokesperson of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who made this known in a statement on Tuesday, February 21,2023, said the suspects,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on February 20, 2023 arraigned one Emmanuel Esekhaegbe before Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court Kano on an eight count charge of impersonation and stealing. The defendant allegedly stole the identity of…
The operatives of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps – So-Safe Corps on Monday, February 20th apprehended two suspected abductors trying to elope with an underage female abductee through the Republic of Benin Boarder. In a press…
Operatives of the Ekiti State Security Network otherwise known as Amotekun corps have arrested a man identified simply as Celestine for being in possession of fake new N1000 notes amounting to about N100,000. The corps commander, Brigadier General Joe Komolafe…
Odama also said that the suspect had allegedly killed one of his victims in Edo State, before he killed those in Kwara State, including his woman friend. A former Chief Medical Director (CMD) of government-owned Kaiama general hospital, Kaiama local…
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Warri convicted three internet fraudsters, Onukwugha Favour, Lawrence David and Omoghan Destiny Igbinosa and sentenced them to prison. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, prosecuted them each on the charge…
The Texas Board of Nursing has filed charges against 18 nurses from Nigeria residing in Texas, the United States for obtaining educational credentials through fraudulent means. In a statement on its website, the Board published 23 names of persons indicted…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered an additional sum of N900,000,000 (Nine Hundred Million Naira) for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. The sum was part of monies which some Deposit Money Banks fraudulently withheld since 2015,…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted consignments of illicit drugs including cocaine, methamphetamine and its precursor chemical, ephedrine going to the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand and Cyprus at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,…
Depositors of millions of old N500 and N1,000 notes are under the scrutiny of anti-corruption agencies at the Ilorin branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria, DAILY POST reports. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Independent…
Operatives of Ogun state Police Command, on February 9th, arrested two cousins, Damilola Famoriyo, 34, and Akinbayo Emmanuel Abiodun, 31, for allegedly robbing one Amos Oyemechi Chuckwuka of his tricycle, killing him and dumping his corpse at a riverbank in…
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested members of a notorious six-man kidnap gang including a 30-year-old man, Thomas Yau, who masterminded the abduction of his biological mother. The spokesperson of the command, SP Mohammed Shehu, who made this known…
Italian police has arrested a Nigerian woman for allegedly forcing young women and girls who arrive from Nigeria, into prostitution by using voodoo locally know as ‘juju,’ as a threat. The suspect who is believed to be the ‘Madame’ of…
John Abebe, an in-law of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has bagged a seven-year jail term for laundering and forgery. An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Saturday presided by Justice Mojisola Dada sentenced Abebe to seven-year imprisonment for laundering and forgery.…