US CHARGES NIGERIAN OLATUNBOSUN OSUKOYA, 323 OTHERS IN $14.6BN HEALTHCARE FRAUD CRACKDOWN
By Aishat Momoh. O. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged a Nigerian national, Olatunbosun Osukoya, alongside 323 individuals in a sweeping national...
ANAMBRA COURT SENTENCES WOMAN TO FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
By Aishat Momoh. O. A High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 44-year-old woman, Goodness Daniel, to five years imprisonment for trafficking...
BALTASAR ENGONGA FACES 18-YEAR JAIL TERM IN CORRUPTION TRIAL AMID SEXTAPE SCANDAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. The former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, Baltasar Engonga, is facing up to 18 years in...
BAYELSA HIGH COURT JUDGE REGAINS FREEDOM 12 DAYS AFTER KIDNAPPING IN YENAGOA
By Aishat Momoh. O. Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, a serving judge of the Bayelsa State High Court, has regained his freedom 12 days after being...
EFCC ARRAIGNS BUSINESSWOMAN FOR ALLEGED $700,000 FRAUD, N190M THEFT IN LAGOS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned a Lagos-based businesswoman, Adekemi Folorunsho, before the Ikeja Special Offences...
OUR PRODUCTIVE FARMLANDS HAVE BECOME KILLING FIELDS- BENUE FARMER
Benue farmers on Thursday declared that the region’s productive agricultural lands had transformed into lethal zones for intruders. The agriculturalists who expressed their thoughts in...
TWO MEN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR N9M FRAUD, PROPERTY SCAM IN LAGOS
By Aishat Momoh. O. Justice Ismail O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court has sentenced two men, Kenneth Chukwuemeka Ajoku and Gregory Gyeburn...
POLICE ARRAIGN EXTRADITED DUBAI-BASED SUSPECT OVER ALLEGED $307,500 FRAUD
By Oghene Tejiri The Nigeria Police Force reported on Thursday that Abubakar Mohammed Aboki, a Nigerian citizen who was recently surrendered from the United Arab...
BANDITS ATTACK TANGAZA LOCAL GOVT AREA IN SOKOTO, CLAIMS 15 LIVES
By Jenn Nomamiukor Equipped assailants assaulted the Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, resulting in the fatalities of 15 individuals, with numerous others sustaining...
TROOPS KILL 10 BOKO HARAM FIGHTERS IN JOINT OPERATION NEAR NIGERIA–CAMEROON BORDER
By Aishat Momoh. O. Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), have neutralised 10 Boko Haram terrorists...