Category: Crime

Alleged ₦3.1bn Fraud: I Delivered $15.8m Cash To Suswam In His Residence, Says Witness
September 29, 2024 No Responses

Alleged ₦3.1bn Fraud: I Delivered $15.8m Cash To Suswam In His Residence, Says Witness

Abubakar Umar, the Sixth Prosecution Witness in the trial of former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has narrated before the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja presided over by Justice Peter Lifu, how in 2014, he converted the sum of...
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NDLEA Impounds N13b Opioids At Tincan Port
September 23, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds N13b Opioids At Tincan Port

The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted opioids worth N13billion at the Tincan port complex, Lagos State. A statement issued on Sunday by the Agency’s Director of media and publicity, Femi Babafemi explained that up to 250 million...
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Nigeria Declares 281 Inmates Missing 
September 16, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Declares 281 Inmates Missing 

The Nigerian Correctional Service has declared 281 inmates missing in the medium correctional centre in Maiduguri after the evacuation of inmates by officers of the service with support from sister security agencies. A statement by the service spokesman Abubak...
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EFCC To Prosecute Bank Executives
September 11, 2024 No Responses

EFCC To Prosecute Bank Executives

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday disclosed plans to prosecute Bank Executives soon.   Speaking at the 17th annual conference of the Chartered Institute Bankers of Nigeria, the Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede said the...
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EFCC Returns 53 Cars, $180,300 Recovered From Fraudsters To Canada
September 7, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Returns 53 Cars, $180,300 Recovered From Fraudsters To Canada

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over 53 vehicles and $180,300 stolen by fraudsters to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede made the revelation during the handover of the assets in...
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NDLEA Reacts To Alleged Lopsided Appointments, Nepotism
September 5, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Reacts To Alleged Lopsided Appointments, Nepotism

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has described as baseless, allegations of nepotism and favouritism in the appointment of its Directors, Commanders and other top officials.In a statement on Thursday, the agency described as false, insinuations ...
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NAFDAC Impounds Petrol Tankers For ‘Transporting Vegetable Oil’  
August 23, 2024 No Responses

NAFDAC Impounds Petrol Tankers For ‘Transporting Vegetable Oil’  

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized three petrol tankers used to convey edible vegetable oil in Lagos State.  In a post on X on Wednesday, the agency said the oil had reportedly been...
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Court Of Appeal Orders Yahaya Bello To Show Up For Arraignment.
August 21, 2024 No Responses

Court Of Appeal Orders Yahaya Bello To Show Up For Arraignment.

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 ordered a former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello to present himself before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, for arraignment before any further...
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EFCC Arraigns Man For Alleged N600m, $50,000.00 Fraud
August 19, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Man For Alleged N600m, $50,000.00 Fraud

The Lagos Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, August 19, 2024, arraigned one Ayodele Toyosi for an alleged investment fraud before Justice A.M. Lawal of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja.The defendant was...
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UBA, Four Others Face $900k Fraud Charges
August 13, 2024 No Responses

UBA, Four Others Face $900k Fraud Charges

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced a strategic partnership with the Young Lawyers Forum (YLF) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) with the aim to propel the professional development of over 50,000 young legal practitioners across Nigeria, by...
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NIMASA: Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of $16,500, ₦127m
July 10, 2024 No Responses

NIMASA: Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of $16,500, ₦127m

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of $16,500 and another ₦127m fraudulently diverted from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The monies are to be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria...
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Suspected Armed Rubbers Shoot FRSC Personnel
July 6, 2024 No Responses

Suspected Armed Rubbers Shoot FRSC Personnel

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Friday attacked personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), simply identified as Abu, who was coming from a bank and heading towards his house at Zango in Lokoja, Kogi State. Abu was disposed...
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NDLEA Arrests 60 Suspects In Abuja
July 1, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests 60 Suspects In Abuja

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday arrested Sixty suspects comprising 25 males and 35 females at a drug party in Abuja. The suspects were nabbed in the nation’s capital on Friday night following credible intelligence about the...
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Emefiele: Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of $1.4m
June 26, 2024 No Responses

Emefiele: Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of $1.4m

The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture to the Federal Government, of the sum of $1.4 million, linked to a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele.  Justice Ayokunle Faji gave the order...
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