Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday remanded a lecturer with the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Ilyas AbdulWasiu for alleged employment scam. Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) also arraigned the lecturer for alleged offence of obtaining money under false pretence. Mustapha, who is a lecturer in the department […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ogun Command, yesterday arrested a 27-year-old suspected vandal. The suspect, Ahmed Hassan, was arrested at Ijumo-Ologboni village in Ewekoro-North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ogun State. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Hammed Abodunrin, disclosed on Tuesday that the suspect was arrested on October 12 following a […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) has arrested no fewer than 24 drug suspects. Among the suspects were a 54-year-old woman, Sulaimon Kudirat Aduni and Adindu Obinna Hyacinth, 45, who excreted 121 wraps of hard drugs. The woman, who said she is a widow, has so far […]
A Lebanese Hamza Koudeih and two other suspected accomplices of social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (a.k.a. Mompha), have been arrested in Lagos. Koudeih was arrested at the weekend after a three-hour stand-off at his N1.8 billion luxury apartment in the 33-storey Eko Atlantic Pearl Tower, Victoria Island, Lagos. Mompha, Koudeih and the others are suspected […]
The Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a councillor representing Kakuri Hausa Ward, Kaduna South Local Government of Kaduna State, Theophilus Madami, for offences bordering on alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of funds to the tune of Eleven Million Eighty Thousand Naira. The suspect allegedly approached […]
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Office have recovered charms, smartphones, Laptop computers, and fake currencies from 10 suspected internet fraudsters. This was disclosed in a press statement by Wilson Uwujaren Head of Media & Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The suspects: Paul Chibuzor, David Daniels, […]
The Secretary-General of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Amaechi Akawu, has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), over allegations of misappropriation of $130, 000 belonging to the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF). Akawu was detained on Tuesday 22nd October 2019 following his arrest and was subsequently […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the Nigeria Police Force over the feat achieved in the last ten months. Buhari, who was represented by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said this on Monday while declaring open a 3-Day Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers, tagged: Repositioning the force for the challenges of effective policing […]
Seven officials of Esan North East local government area of Edo state have been quizzed been by the Benin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegation of corrupt practices as they were alleged to have connived with the council chairman, Augustine Okoibhole to defraud the council. Vanguard gathered that the […]
The Benue Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a school teacher, Mr Terseer Maikyo, for allegedly raping a JSS1 student in Ukum Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a press statement on Friday signed by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Sewuese Anene. The statement said Maikyo was […]