No less than 23 people were reportedly killed on the night of Sunday, March 20, 2022, when gunmen attacked Mararaban Agban, Agban and Adan communities in the Kaura LGA of Kaduna state. Several people were also injured as the invaders set about 70 houses on fire. A witness said the …
Read More »EFCC arrests Obiano on his way to U.S.
Immediate former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Obiano was arrested on Thursday, March 17, 2022, hours after he handed over the reins to his successor, Governor Chukwuma Soludo. He was …
Read More »Female banker arraigned for N452m scam in Onitsha
The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned one Judith Nneka Nwagwu, a staff of the United Bank for Africa, before Justice D.A Onyefulu of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha on a seven count charge bordering on forgery and obtaining …
Read More »Hushpuppi allegedly commits $400k fraud from US prison
New accusations have been filed against the arrested socialite, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, claiming that he committed fraud and laundered more than $400,000 while in the US police custody. The new evidence was brought to the United States District Court of California on March 16th, 2022, indicting him …
Read More »Teenage Nanny Strangles Mistress’ Baby To Death To Please Cult
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 14-year-old nanny, Chiamaka Odo, for strangling her mistress’ six-month-old baby to death to please the Ogoloma cult group in Enugu State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abiodun Alabi, disclosed this on Monday at a press briefing held at the Command …
Read More »EFCC Arrests Suspected International “Catcher” On FBI List, Osondu Igwilo, Three Others for $100m Fraud
It was the end of road, on Thursday, March 11, 2022 for one Osondu Victor Igwilo, who had been on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, since 2018, when operatives of the EFCC, Lagos Command, swooped on him. Fifty-two year-old Igwilo, who is the alleged leader …
Read More »We All Want Justice for Bamise
It’s heartbreaking. Bamise, a budding fashion designer, went missing on February 26th after boarding a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle from the Chevron area of Lekki on her way to Oshodi. Today, news filtered in that she was found dead. She was 22. When she was uncomfortable in the vehicle, …
Read More »Drug trafficking: Don’t send me to prison – Abba Kyari begs court
The former head of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Abba Kyari, on Monday urged an Abuja Federal High Court not to remand him in prison custody. Kyari made the appeal through his lawyer, Kanu Agabi, who prayed the court to allow him to remain in the …
Read More »FG approves US request for Abba Kyari’s extradition
The Federal Government has approved the request by the United States of America to extradite the suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Government’s approval was made known by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) when he …
Read More »Billionaire kidnapper: Evans, two others sentenced to life imprisonment
The Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans and two others, Uchenna Amadi and Okuchuwkwu Nwachukwu, to life imprisonment. Justice Hakeem Oshodi handed out the sentence to the trio on Friday after convicting them on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping of …
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