CRIME: FBI ARRESTS 22 NIGERIANS OVER ALLEGED SEXTORTION SCAMS
In a sweeping international operation targeting a surge in online sexual extortion scams, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced the arrest of 22...
FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT SENT TO JAIL OVER CORRUPTION, MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGE
Brazil’s former president Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested and taken to prison Friday to begin serving a nearly nine-year sentence for corruption and money laundering,...
CRIME: EFCC DECLARES EIGHT PERSONS WANTED OVER CBEX FRAUD
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared four persons wanted over their alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme linked to an online trading...
COURT REMANDS MUSICIAN TERRY APALA OVER NAIRA ABUSE ALLEGATION
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of hip-hop musician, Terry Alexander Ejeh, popularly known as Terry Apala,...
COURT ORDERS FINAL FORFEITURE OF LAGOS PROPERTY LINKED TO N89M STERLING BANK FRAUD
By Aishat Momoh. O. A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of a storey building located at No. 26...
CORONER ADJOURNS MOHBAD’S INQUEST, PATHOLOGIST LINKS DEATH TO ALLERGIC REACTION, NOT DRUGS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Coroner's Inquest set up by the Lagos State Government to investigate the controversial death of Afrobeats singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly...
COURT ORDERS INTERIM FORFEITURE OF 73 PROPERTIES LINKED TO CYBERCRIME SYNDICATE, EFCC RECOVERS THOUSANDS OF DEVICE
Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) an order for the interim forfeiture...
TWO NABBED FOR PLOTTING N2.7m SALE OF 4-YEAR-OLD BOY IN IMO
The Imo State Police Command on Thursday announced the arrest of two female suspects allegedly involved in a child trafficking operation, in which they attempted...
WORLD NEWS: STUDENT STABS CLASSMATE TO DEATH IN FRANCE
According to a police source, a student killed one classmate and injured three others during a stabbing spree at a private high school in northwest...
JUST IN: BANDITS ABDUCT CATHOLIC PRIEST IN KADUNA
In Kurmin Risga, Kaduna State's Kauru Local Government Area, bandits have kidnapped Rev. Fr Ibrahim Amos, a Catholic priest. At approximately 12:15 a.m. on Thursday,...