Category: Crime

Ex-NNPC Boss: I Received $9.8m As Gift After I Left Office
July 8, 2020 No Responses

Ex-NNPC Boss: I Received $9.8m As Gift After I Left Office

Former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that substantial part of the money found at his Kaduna residence by Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in 2017...
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FRSC Arrests 236 Traffic Offenders In Seven Days
July 7, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Arrests 236 Traffic Offenders In Seven Days

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Rivers has arrested a total of 236 traffic offenders within one week. The state Sector Commander, Corps Commandant Salisu Galadunci disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Port...
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Lagos Surgeon Arraigned Over Alleged Failed Plastic Surgery
July 3, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Surgeon Arraigned Over Alleged Failed Plastic Surgery

A Lagos Surgeon, Dr Anuoluwapo Adepoju, on Friday appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged evavsion from investigation into a failed plastic surgery. The defendant is charged alongside her Clinic, known as MedContour Services Ltd, on a...
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Airtel Official Bags Five Years Jail For N2.2m Fraud
July 1, 2020 No Responses

Airtel Official Bags Five Years Jail For N2.2m Fraud

A Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere, Lagos, on Tuesday sentenced a customer service representative of Airtel Nigeria Ltd, Jeremiah Mustapha, to five years in correctional centre, for facilitating a N2.2 million fraud. Mustapha, 32, was arraigned on June 14, 201...
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Navy Impounds Vessel In Akwa Ibom, Three Barges In Rivers Over Illegal Bunkering
June 30, 2020 No Responses

Navy Impounds Vessel In Akwa Ibom, Three Barges In Rivers Over Illegal Bunkering

The Nigerian Navy Ship Jubilee (NNS) has seized a vessel used for oil bunkering and arrested five suspects in Akwa Ibom. The Commander of NNS Jubilee, Commodore Majid Ibrahim, disclosed this during the handing over of the vessel and suspects...
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NPA Denies Ownership Of $1b Unity Bank Account
June 29, 2020 No Responses

NPA Denies Ownership Of $1b Unity Bank Account

  By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com The controversy surrounding ownership of $1billion domiciled with Unity Bank Plc continued on Monday as the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) denied any link with the alleged account. A whistleblower, John Okpurhe,...
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Nigeria Issues Red Alert On Substandard Toyota Engine Oil
June 26, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Issues Red Alert On Substandard Toyota Engine Oil

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has raised a red alert on the discovery of suspected substandard Toyota brand of engine oil in the Nigerian market. In a statement on Friday, SON Director-General, Osita Aboloma, explained that the suspected substand...
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Customs Impounds 2,682 Bags Of Rice, 3,122 Live Ammunition, Others
June 25, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 2,682 Bags Of Rice, 3,122 Live Ammunition, Others

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operating Unit (FOU), Zone C, Owerri, Imo State has confiscated contrabands worth  N442.5 million. NCS Controller in Imo, Mr Kayode Olusemire, made the disclosure while displaying the seized items on Thursday in ...
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NIS Recruitment: Court Discharges Ex-Minister, Abba Moro
June 25, 2020 No Responses

NIS Recruitment: Court Discharges Ex-Minister, Abba Moro

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, discharged former Minister of Interior, Sen. Abba Moro, of the criminal charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the 2014 Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment tra...
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Court remands Two Cousins Over Alleged Murder Of Maersk MD’s Wife
June 24, 2020 No Responses

Court remands Two Cousins Over Alleged Murder Of Maersk MD’s Wife

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded two cousins: Olamilekan Goke and Akande Adeyinka, at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre over alleged rape and murder of the 44-year-old Mrs Bernadetta Tohouo-Tohouo. The Hungarian is the wife of Mr Gildas...
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Police Record 42 Rape Cases In Kano
June 18, 2020 No Responses

Police Record 42 Rape Cases In Kano

The Police Command in Kano State, said it recorded 42 rape cases in the state between January and May. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
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Man Remanded Over Alleged Rape Of 85-Year-Old Woman
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Man Remanded Over Alleged Rape Of 85-Year-Old Woman

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 32-year-old man, Mohammed Zulfaralu, in a correctional centre for allegedly raping an octogenarian. The defendant, who resides at Gidan Kwana, Kwanar Dangora Village, is facing a...
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Customs Confiscates N3.2b Items, Arrest Eight Suspects
June 9, 2020 No Responses

Customs Confiscates N3.2b Items, Arrest Eight Suspects

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Border Drill Operation Sector 4, Katsina said it seized various goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth N3.2 billion from January 2020 to date. Aliyu Mohammed, the sector coordinator, Border Drill Operation Sector 4, Katsina,....
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Police In Ogun Arrests Lovers For Faking Kidnap
June 5, 2020 No Responses

Police In Ogun Arrests Lovers For Faking Kidnap

The Police Command in Ogun has arrested a 17-year-old girl, Seun Adekunle, and her 25-year-old boyfriend, Basit Olasunkanm, for allegedly faking kidnap of the girl. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made the discl...
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