Two employees, Ebenezer Olusesi, 31, and Ibrahim Adeniyi, 41, of FoodCo’s Ring Road branch, appeared in court on Monday, accused of stealing two loaves of bread valued at N2,600 from their workplace. Olusesi, a baker, and Adeniyi, a security guard, both pleaded not guilty to the charge of theft. The prosecution, represented by Cpl. David…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly killed one person and abducted seven other travellers along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway. The gunmen armed with A.K 47 rifles and numbering up to seven waylaid and attacked the travellers in between the Ilisan, Ceplast industry and Iperu junction axis of the expressway on Friday, May 3, 2024.…
A High Court in Benin City, Edo State, on Monday, May 6, ordered the remand of Osasumwen Vincent at a correctional facility for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl. Vincent was arraigned on a single count charge of rape to which he pleaded not guilty. Justice Efe Ikponmwonba adjourned the case until June 10 for further…
In Kaduna State, the Kafanchan Upper Customary Court on Tuesday, April 30, ordered the remand of a 32-year-old businessman, Raphael Moses, in prison custody for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl. Presided over by Judge Michael Bawa, the court did not entertain Mr. Moses’ plea, directing instead that the case file be forwarded to the director…
During the trial at the Lagos High Court Sitting in Ikeja, the second prosecution witness, former Director of Information Technology of the Central Bank of Nigeria, John Ayoh, alleged that former CBN governor Godwin Emefiele accepted bribes before awarding contracts. Ayoh made this assertion on Monday, April 29, before Justice Rahman Oshodi. Under the guidance…
A joint security operation has successfully apprehended Mustakima Mohammed Ali, a wanted terror suspect implicated in the brutal killings of a police officer and two chiefs in Lamu County, Kenya, back in December 2019. Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) head, Mohammed Amin, confirmed the arrest in an official statement released on Sunday, April 28, 2024.…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze approximately 1,146 bank accounts belonging to individuals and companies suspected of unauthorized dealing in foreign exchange, money laundering, and terrorism financing. In its ex parte motion before the court, the EFCC…
On April 23, 2024, the operatives of the FCT police command made a significant breakthrough by apprehending two notorious robbery kingpins, Ibrahim Haliru, a 45-year-old ex-convict from Kano State, and Babangida Mohammed, a 27-year-old from Mararaba, Nasarawa State. The arrests were made in connection to a string of car thefts targeting unsuspecting residents in the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that the American International School Abuja (AISA) has reimbursed the fees previously paid by the former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, for his children’s education at the institution. Initially reported by LIB, EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, during a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, April…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has apprehended Ibrahim Isiaka for allegedly slitting the throat of a commercial motorcyclist and seizing his motorcycle in the Karu Local Government Area. As stated in a press release issued and circulated in Lafia on Friday, April 19, by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, the suspect was…
