The police have confirmed the killing of 17 vigilantes and rustling of several cows by gunmen in Jan Ruwa village, Birnin Gwari council area of Kaduna State.
In a statement yesterday in Kaduna, the public relations officer (PRO) for the...
The Police, on Thursday, arraigned a 35-year-old aluminium fabricator, Yusuf in a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly absconding with a customer’s N1.2 million.
The defendant is facing a three-count of charge bordering on fraud, fraudulent conversion of money and conduct...
A prosecution witness, Mohammed Bala, at a Minna State High Court, Thursday gave details of how N2 billion alleged fraud was perpetrated and diverted under the administration of former Governor Babangida Aliyu in Niger State.
Aliyu is not the only...
A Lagos State magistrate court sitting in Ebute-Meta has ordered the remand of a 39- year-old estate agent, Ibrahim Hamidi Ayinde, for allegedly defrauding 125 persons on the pretence he would provide them with apartments.
The magistrate, Mrs O. A....
Azeez Yakubu Afolayan: poses as Customs boss Hameed Ali
Azeez Yakubu Afolayan, who posed as the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd) to defraud desperate Nigerians looking for jobs, has been charged by the Economic...
The Delta State Police Command has arrested an 80-year-old armourer, Udenmba Ndu and one Emmanuel Patrick (32 years old) for alleged armed robbery and terrorism in Ughelli, Warri, Udu and its environs.
The Delta State Acting Police Public Relations Officer,...
Tony Okafor, Awka
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday raided some motor parks in Anambra State and arrested no fewer than 35 alleged drug suspects.
The agency carried out the raid in a joint operation with soldiers, police, Nigeria...
The police in Ogun state have arrested 25-year-old Seyi Ajiboye, pictured above, for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl who is suffering down syndrome.
A statement issued by the state police command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, says the victim was returing from church when...
An Osun State High Court, sitting in Osogbo has sentenced one Adeniyi Ebenezzar (aka Mary Oliver) to four months in prison in a fraud charge proffered against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office.
Justice...
Two impostors recognised as Michael Friday Edenya and Adedayo Amzat, Managing Director, Zedcrest Capital Limited, have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC.
The anti-graft agency operatives in the Lagos zonal office arrested the fake EFCC staff.
According...
