Delta State Police Command has arrested a serial ATM snatcher and fraudster in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, in a statement on Tuesday November 9, said the suspect, Ojo Amos, 38, of Agbara- Otor, Ughelli North LGA, specializes in stealing ATM cards from unsuspecting…
A notorious drug dealer, Okoli Collins Ikenna, who is the mastermind of recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to London in the United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, and some courier companies in Lagos has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Director, Media &…
Gunmen stormed the staff quarters of Junior Secondary School (JSS) Yebu in Kwali Area Council of Abuja, and abducted the Vice Principal, Mohammed Nuhu. Speaking to DailyTrust, a teacher, who preferred anonymity, said the kidnappers wielding sophisticated weapons invaded the school on Saturday night, October 30. He said some of the kidnappers surrounded the quarters,…
Two policemen have been killed after unidentified gunmen shot them at a stop-and-search point in the Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A Commander of a local vigilante group in the area, Phalga Security Watch, Victor Ohaji, who confirmed the incident said Ohaji said the hoodlums drove their vehicle to the checkpoint mounted by…
The Nigerian Army has alleged that the Eastern Security Network, an outfit of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is behind the recent attacks in the south-east region. Onyema Nwachukwu, Army spokesman, said this on Monday, November 1, while briefing journalists on the ongoing military operation in the south-east. According to him, Chukwunonso…
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 1, 2021 arraigned one Asabe Lazarus Dibal before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri on one count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N15, 000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Naira) The defendant…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the handover of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) students arrested by the Nigerian Army. The officers of the 12 Field Engineering Regiment in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, took the 20 suspected internet fraudsters to EFCC Ibadan zonal command, where they handed them to the…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command have arrested two self-claimed herbalists, Ajisafe Toheeb and Ogundayo Usman at Soka area of Ibadan over their alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud. The duo were arrested on Friday, October 29, alongside twenty-four others, four of whom claimed to be students of…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot a female teacher in failed kidnap attempt at Osi, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. The woman and her colleagues, who are teachers of Ikerin Secondary School in Ekiti, were on their way home after the day’s work when they were accosted by the gunmen on…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised an alarm of real estates in the country being allegedly used to launder illicit funds. Appearing before a House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the activities of estate developers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)…
