A court in Ondo state has sentenced two brothers, Isaac Sunday and Isaac Lucky, as well as their accomplice, Ovie Nana Friday, to death by hanging for stealing. The convicts were said to have in December 2013, used dangerous weapons to dispose many residents of Bolorunduro in Ondo state of their belongings which include…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on Monday March 22, arraigned one Nanpan Salihu Yaniyang before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a four-count charge bordering on stealing and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N17,449,000 ( Seventeen Million Four Hundred…
Madam Nmesoma Okafor, the lady who was accused of brutalizing her 10-year-old househelp leading to her death, has been remanded in prison custody. Rights activist, Gwamnishu Emefiena Harrison who served an update on the case alleged that they rejected N2m to back off from the case. He also disclosed that Nmesoma killed her househelp…
A mother of three identified as Justina Eje, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her husband to death in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state. The 28-year-old woman who was paraded before newsmen at the command headquarters in Ikeja by the State Commissioner of police, Hakeem Odumosu, allegedly stabbed her late husband, Edwin Anduaka with a kitchen knife during…
A robbery suspect under investigation for attacking a reverend father has said that he began attacking clergymen because his life was ruined by one of them. The Nation reports that Federick Ugah, who is currently being held at the Nasarawa State Police Command, said he had to drop out of the university as a 400…
Police operatives attached to Makinde Police Station, Osodi, in Lagos have arrested a 28-year-old man identified as Jane Otubo, of No 3, Eniola Street, Mafoluku, Osodi, for allegedly engaging in the act of homosexuality. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Ademuyiwa Adejobi, says the suspect, a foodstuff trader who hails from…
18 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office. The suspects are: Ibrahim Oreniyi Atolani, Tijani Faruk Ayobami, Yisa Ademola Ibrahim, Olukoya Aliu Temidayo, Sulaimon Sharafdeen Adebayo, Adebayo Abiodun Mustapha, Lateef Aremo Shina, Ali Mukit Olamilekan and Tajudeen Taiwo Hassan. Others are: Aina…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a notorious pickpocket and recovered one million, two hundred and ninty three (1,293,000CFA) and one Golf vehicle from him. The suspect, Danjuma Muhammed, 49, was arrested on Thursday, March 18, by operatives of the Command attached to Mubi South Division along First Bank road, in Mubi south local…
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, March 17, convicted and sentenced five men for internet fraud. The convicts are: Omosehin Sina, Yusuf Olajide Bello, Olowosogba Olamilekan Samson, Bakare Omolayo Toheed and Sodiq Oluwasegun Adefila. According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the men…
Twin brothers, Taiye and Kehinde Adebayo have been handed a jail sentence after being convicted over offences bordering on internet fraud. The twin brothers who were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, were arraigned on a seven count charge to which they pleaded guilty. The charge against Taiye read in…
