The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a suspected internet fraudster, Samuel Akunomah, before Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He was arraigned on August 6, 2021, on 45-counts bordering on internet fraud, impersonation, and obtaining money under false…
A High Court in Owerri, Imo state capital has ordered the final and absolute forfeiture of Royal Palm Springs Hotel and other properties linked to Senator Rochas Okorocha and other members of his family. Justice Fred Njemanze in his ruling on the case involving properties in pages 226 to 272 of the Imo state Government white…
Officials of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai, arrested a Nigerian national who was allegedly part of an international drug smuggling syndicate and seized commercial quantity cocaine from his alleged possession on Thursday night, August 5. The accused, Stephen Samuel alias Tony, attacked the NCB team, injuring two personnel who had to be admitted to…
A yet to be identified middle-aged woman has committed suicide in Idokpa community close to the Benin bypass, Edo State. The lifeless body of the woman was found dangling on the ceiling of an uncompleted building on Thursday morning, August 5. It was gathered that the woman, who residents said was not from Idokpa community,…
A suspected thief has been arrested in Kano after he allegedly entered a shop through a broken wall to steal generators. The suspect identified as Khamisu Salisu Sulaiman was nabbed by vigilantes in Tarauni Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, August 4, while coming out of the generator repair shop with the stolen items.
Eighteen people, including a police officer, have reportedly been killed in attacks by armed bandits on five communities in Chawai chiefdom, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the attacks occurred on Monday morning, August 2, in Kigom, Kikoba, Kishisho and Ungwan Magaji communities. A resident of Kigom, who preferred anonymity,…
A soldier attached to the Letmauck Barracks, Audu Abubakar, has allegedly stabbed a tailor in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for allegedly disrespecting him. It was gathered that the incident happened when the tailor identified as Ali Abubakar visited a friend, Saheed, in Sabo area of Ibadan on Thursday, July 29. His friend was not around so…
The Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, has ordered an internal review of the allegations leveled against one of the personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, DCP Abba Kyari in the fraud case against Instagram celebrity, Ramoni Abbas aka Hushpuppi. In one of the court documents released by the FBI, it was alleged that Kyari received a…
The Senate has accused the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation of illegally withdrawing N665.8 billion from Development of Natural Resources Fund and Stabilization Funds and giving it as loans to various government agencies. The claim was made in a report by the Senate Committee on Public Accounts on the Federation Account which has…
The Osun State Police Command has paraded eleven suspects arrested for various crimes ranging from armed robbery, theft, cultism and burglaries. Briefing newsmen at the state police headquarters in Osogbo on Tuesday July 27, the State Police Commissioner, CP Olawale Olokode said three armed robbery suspects identified as Sefiu Adeboye, Adekunle Odekayi and Adewale Simon, were…
