The Assistant General of Police Zone 7 of the Nigeria Police Force had been restrained through a Court Order dated 25/11/2024 by Honourable Justice Kayode Agunloye of the FCT High Court pending the determination of the matter in the Suit…
Category: Crime
COMRADE CALEB URE CONDEM KILLINGS AND KIDNAPPING IN TARABA STATE
By: EMMANUEL FATEMAN The President of Taraba Youths Abuja chapter had said, killings and kidnapping is not the best form of helping governance and the good people of Taraba state. He added that, youths represent the future of our society,…
EFCC Raids Ogbomoso, Arrests 3 Corpers, 19 Undergraduates, 10 Others For ‘Yahoo-yahoo’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, arrested 32 “Yahoo boys” for alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects were apprehended during a raid on their hideout in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Officers of…
Twists, turns of Diezani’s UK probe, EFCC extradition plan
ADE ADESOMOJU , in this piece , examines the contrast between the current and previous positions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on whether or not a former Minister of Petroleum Resources , Mrs Diezani Alison – Madueke ,…
EFCC arraigns Saraki’s cousin over alleged N220m contract scam
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned one Ope Saraki, a Cousin of the immediate past President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki on two count charges bordering on contract scam…
Man sentenced to death for stealing phones, wristwatches
Justice Adenike Coker of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, on Thursday, sentenced the leader of a four-man armed robbery gang, Muritala Salami, to death.Salami was found him guilty of two counts of conspiracy and robbery. The prosecutor, Jide…
Nigerian man arrested in India over five cases of drug peddling, to be detained for one year without bail
For the first time in history, the Bengaluru City Police have booked a suspected Nigerian drug peddler under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, which provides for year-long detention without bail. The suspect,…
Ebonyi teenager defile five minors in one week
An 18-year-old boy, Nwafor Jacob, was on Friday remanded in a correctional centre by an Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court in Abakaliki for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old minor. The suspect, who was alleged to have serially engaged in the act for…
10 arrested for child trafficking, robbery, murder in Enugu
The Enugu State Police has paraded 10 suspects who were arrested for child trafficking, armed robbery, cultism and murder. The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmad Abdurrahman who paraded the suspects before newsmen revealed they were arrested by policemen attached to…
EFCC arrests 14 suspected yahoo boys during birthday Party in Abuja
According to The Punch, the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one Kingsley Achor and 13 others for alleged involvement in Internet-related fraud and other cyber crimes. The suspects were picked up while having…