Category: Crime

GTBank Staff In Court Over Alleged N3.8m Theft
August 28, 2020 No Responses

GTBank Staff In Court Over Alleged N3.8m Theft

A 34-year-old banker, Temidayo Fabumoye, on Friday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, charged with stealing N3.8 million from his employer.   Fabumoye, whose residential address was not given, pleaded not guilty to the charge of theft preferred against him...
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Olukoya Decries Link With Fraud, Clarifies Allegation On UK Church
August 22, 2020 No Responses

Olukoya Decries Link With Fraud, Clarifies Allegation On UK Church

General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya, has denied involvement in any fraudulent activities as being portrayed in some sections of the media, which he accused of being bent on churning out malicious...
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Customs Intercepts 34 Smuggled Vehicles
August 16, 2020 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 34 Smuggled Vehicles

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Sunday announced a single seizure of contrabands with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N10billion.   In a press statement by the Public Relations Officer of the unit, Peter...
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Man Drowns At Lotus Garden Hotel
August 16, 2020 No Responses

Man Drowns At Lotus Garden Hotel

The Police Command in Anambra State has identified the man who drowned at Lotus Garden hotel pool in Onitsha as 42-year old Izuchukwu Achusim, a businessman, who allegedly went to catch fun with a female companion.   Spokesman of the...
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Antipiracy War: Nigeria Secures Premier Conviction under SPOMO ACT
August 12, 2020 No Responses

Antipiracy War: Nigeria Secures Premier Conviction under SPOMO ACT

The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has convicted three persons accused of involvement in the hijack of an Equatorial Guinean flagged vessel named, MV ELOBEY VI, off Equatorial Guinea’s coast on March 21.   Delivering judgement, Justice Mohammed Sa...
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Army Impounds 342,000 Litres Of AGO In South-South
August 6, 2020 No Responses

Army Impounds 342,000 Litres Of AGO In South-South

The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said troops of Operation Delta Safe, discovered and deactivated 25 illegal refineries and impounded 342,000 litres of illegally refined AGO in the South-South in the last two weeks.   The Coordinator, Defence Media Operati...
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Boat Accident: LASWA Hands Over Captain, Passengers To Police
July 29, 2020 No Responses

Boat Accident: LASWA Hands Over Captain, Passengers To Police

The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has handed over the captain and passengers rescued from the Tuesday evening boat accident  to the marine police for further investigations and sanctions. Speaking during an interview with the News Agency of Nige...
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Court Jails Two Men For Adulterating Engine Oil
July 24, 2020 No Responses

Court Jails Two Men For Adulterating Engine Oil

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced two men, Kingsley Meteke and John Uche, to two years imprisonment each for adulterating engine oil. The convicts were charged alongside two others – Olaide Shittu and Abdulquadri Olayinka. They were...
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FRSC Vows To Prosecute Traffic Offenders As Mobile Courts Convict 359 In Plateau, Nasarawa
July 24, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Vows To Prosecute Traffic Offenders As Mobile Courts Convict 359 In Plateau, Nasarawa

The new Zonal Commanding Officer for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)  in Zone 4 comprising Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States Assistant Corps Marshal Kayode OLAGUNJU, mni has vowed to prosecute erring motorists in the Zone to improve safety situation...
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Police Rescue 14 Kidnapped Women In Katsina
July 19, 2020 No Responses

Police Rescue 14 Kidnapped Women In Katsina

The Police Command in Katsina has rescued 14 kidnapped women and recovered 90 animals.Police spokesman, Mr Gambo Isah, a police superintendent, said this in a statement on Saturday.He said: “On Saturday at about1:00hours, the DPO Dutsinma, led Operation Puff...
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FRSC To Prosecute Bribe-Seeking Officers, Givers
July 15, 2020 No Responses

FRSC To Prosecute Bribe-Seeking Officers, Givers

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday cautioned its bribe-seeking officials and members of the public against such practice, to avoid being prosecuted. Mr Imoh Etuk, Assistant Corps Marshal, Zonal Commanding Officer, RS2.2, gave the warning during ...
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Group Lauds Passage Of Sexual Harassment Bill
July 10, 2020 No Responses

Group Lauds Passage Of Sexual Harassment Bill

The Media Women Forum has  describes the Sexual Harassment Bill recently passed by the Senate as a welcome development as it would prevent sexual harassment and exploitation of female students by lecturers in the Nation’s tertiary institutions. The bill ,w...
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Robbers Attack TVC, NTA Correspondents
July 9, 2020 No Responses

Robbers Attack TVC, NTA Correspondents

Armed robbers on Thursday attacked Mr Godwin Agwam, Nasarawa State Correspondent of Television Continental (TVC) and Mrs Victoria Ojito of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) in their residence at Sabon-Gari, Lafia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
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Customs Impounds 157 Vehicles, 6,340 Bags Of Rice, Others
July 9, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 157 Vehicles, 6,340 Bags Of Rice, Others

Between January and June, 2020, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone ‘B’, seized 625 goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.668billion, compared with 425 items with DPV of N762 million confiscated within same period in...
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