POLICE ARREST 18-YEAR-OLD BOY FOR FAKING OWN KIDNAP TO EXTORT MONEY FROM FATHER IN JIGAWA
The Police in Jigawa State have arrested an 18-year-old boy, Safiyanu Lawan, for allegedly faking his own abduction in a bid to extort money from...
EXCLUSIVE: EFCC ARRESTS EX-AVIATION MINISTER, SIRIKA OVER N8BN FRAUD
A money laundering investigation worth N8,069,176,864.00 has led to the arrest of former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. At...
COURT ADJOURNS RULING IN EFCC’s SUIT AGAINST BELLO TO MAY 10
A Federal High Court in Abuja adjourned its ruling in the lawsuit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against Yahaya Bello, the immediate...
(PHOTOS): POLICE ARREST ‘ONE CHANCE’ ROBBER, DRUG PEDDLER, OTHERS IN ENUGU
Six suspects have been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command on charges of a variety of offenses, including robbery with a "one chance," illegal...
NAIRA ABUSE: BOBRISKY CHALLENGES CONVICTION, FILES APPEAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, a.k.a. Bobrisky, a controversial cross-dresser and socialite has filed a notice of appeal contesting his conviction on four...
N80.2BN: JUDGE’S ABSENCE STALLS HEARING OF EFCC’S CASE AGAINST YAHAYA BELLO
On Monday, the planned hearing for the appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the Court of Appeal, Abuja division, to overturn...
51.9KG HEROIN: THREE WANTED KINGPINS ARRESTED BY NDLEA
. 51.90kg heroin: NDLEA nets 3 wanted kingpins, intercepts Oman-bound drug consignment . Recovers 25,202kg cannabis in Ondo, Bayelsa; 1,250,000 pills of opioids in Adamawa...
CRIME: POLICEMAN ARRESTED IN ABIA FOR SHOOTING A BUSINESSMAN
The Abia State Police Command has detained Obagi Njok, a police corporal, for fatally shooting Emmanuel Okocha, a businessman from Abia. This happened in response...
LAGOS GOVT ARRESTS, PARADES 11 FAKE MOT STAFF TERRORIZING MOTORISTS
The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation (MOT), has arrested 10 persons who have been parading themselves as staff of the ministry by impounding vehicles at...
IMMIGRATION ALERTS DSS AS FG PLACES YAHAYA BELLO ON WATCHLIST OVER ALLEGED N80bn MONEY LAUNDERING
By Aishat Momoh. O. In an effort to keep him from leaving the country, the Federal Government of Nigeria has placed Yahaya Bello, the former...