Category: Crime

Woman Docked Over Alleged N4m Theft From Stanbic IBTC Bank
August 7, 2021 No Responses

Woman Docked Over Alleged N4m Theft From Stanbic IBTC Bank

The Police in Osun State on Friday, arraigned one Sarah Peter, 28, before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for alleged N4 million theft from Stanbic bank.  The Prosecutor, Insp Elijah Adesina, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in...
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Ten Pirates Bag 48 Years Imprisonment In Nigeria
July 24, 2021 No Responses

Ten Pirates Bag 48 Years Imprisonment In Nigeria

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday sentenced ten (10) pirates to a total of 48 years each in prison under the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences, SPOMO ACT, for hijacking a Chinese fishing ves...
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Navy Impounds 251 Bags Of Smuggled Rice
June 18, 2021 No Responses

Navy Impounds 251 Bags Of Smuggled Rice

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has impounded 251 bags of smuggled rice and siezed the boat used in smuUggling the rice.  The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Suleiman Abdullahi, disclosed...
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Ex-Bank PHB MD Jailed For N25.7b Fraud, Wife Acquitted
June 17, 2021 No Responses

Ex-Bank PHB MD Jailed For N25.7b Fraud, Wife Acquitted

An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night sentenced Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), to six years’ imprisonment for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion.  In a 12-hour judgment, Justice Lateefa Okunnu....
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Lagos Airport Police Smash Fake COVID-19 Certificate Racketeers
March 5, 2021 No Responses

Lagos Airport Police Smash Fake COVID-19 Certificate Racketeers

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has arrested five suspected syndicates, forging fake COVID-19 certificates.  The Commissioner of Police, Airport Command and Aviation Security (AVSEC ) CP Uma...
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Court Admits More Documents In Alleged Forgery Suit Against Obaseki
December 31, 2020 No Responses

Court Admits More Documents In Alleged Forgery Suit Against Obaseki

The Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted more documents in evidence against Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, in an ongoing alleged certificate forgery suit against him. The All Progressives Congress (APC), tendered the documents to prove its allegation ...
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Man Files N1.5b Suit Against Nigerian Breweries Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
December 9, 2020 No Responses

Man Files N1.5b Suit Against Nigerian Breweries Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

An Abuja-based graduate, Paul Oche, has filed a N1.5 billion suit against Nigerian Breweries Plc over alleged copyright infringement.  Oche, in a suit filed before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, is claiming a sum of N1...
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Kidnapped Chinese Expatriate Regains Freedom, N100m Ransom Paid
December 3, 2020 No Responses

Kidnapped Chinese Expatriate Regains Freedom, N100m Ransom Paid

The Chinese expatriate, kidnapped in Ekiti State last week during which a policeman was killed, has been released, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The expatriate, one of the contractors engaged by the Ekiti State government to construct the...
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EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-NIMASA D-G For Alleged N156.4m Fraud
November 10, 2020 No Responses

EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-NIMASA D-G For Alleged N156.4m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Monday, re-arraigned a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Haruna Jauro, in a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged N156.4 million money laundering...
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Man Admits killing 14 Women
November 3, 2020 No Responses

Man Admits killing 14 Women

Lee Chun-jae, the suspect in one of South Korea’s most notorious serial killings, admitted he murdered 14 women and girls three decades earlier, including a 13-year-old girl in 1988.  Lee admitted to the crime on Monday in court while attending...
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#EndSARS: Lagos To Prosecute 229 Suspects For Arson, Murder, Others
October 25, 2020 No Responses

#EndSARS: Lagos To Prosecute 229 Suspects For Arson, Murder, Others

The Lagos State Ministry of Justice is to prosecute 229 suspects arrested by the police for allegedly using the #EndSARS protest to destroy and loot public and private properties in the state.  A statement issued on Saturday by the Ministry’s...
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Union Bank Staff In Court Over Alleged Theft Of N25m From Customers Accounts
September 15, 2020 No Responses

Union Bank Staff In Court Over Alleged Theft Of N25m From Customers Accounts

A 32-year-old banker with Union Bank Plc, Benjamin Musa, on Tuesday appeared in a Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, over alleged theft of N25 million.   Musa, whose residential address was not given, is charged with three counts...
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Customs Intercepts Passenger With 2,886 ATM Cards
September 10, 2020 No Responses

Customs Intercepts Passenger With 2,886 ATM Cards

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command on Thursday handed over a suspect with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Deputy Controller, MMIA comm...
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Joint Border Drill Impounds 134,042 Bags Of Rice, 1,791 Vehicles, Others
September 1, 2020 No Responses

Joint Border Drill Impounds 134,042 Bags Of Rice, 1,791 Vehicles, Others

The Joint Border Drill codenamed ‘Exercise Swift Response’ has made seizures valued at about N11 billion in the last one year.    A statement issued by Public Relations Officer of the Drill, Mr Joseph Attah explained on Tuesday that the...
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