Love Scammer, ‘Mary Oliver’, Jailed in Osogbo
An Osun State High Court, sitting in Osogbo has sentenced one Adeniyi Ebenezzar (aka Mary Oliver) to four months in prison in a fraud...
EFCC Arrests Two Impostors, Convicts Another
Two impostors recognised as Michael Friday Edenya and Adedayo Amzat, Managing Director, Zedcrest Capital Limited, have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crime...
Taraba: DSS found 350 PVCs in home of Gov Darius’ aide
The Directorate of State Service (DSS) in Taraba State has arrested and paraded three suspects with over 300 permanent voters cards (PVCs).
The Acting State...
EFCC Re-arraigns Akingbola for Alleged N179bn Fraud
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) wednesday re-arraigned a former Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr. Erastus Akingbola,...
Five alleged Internet fraudsters remanded in Ibadan, Ilorin
Five alleged Internet fraudsters, arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ibadan, Oyo State and Ilorin, Kwara state have been remanded...
Man arrested over indecent assault on 2-yr-old girl
A 26-year-old man, simply identified as Victor, has been arrested for allegedly inserting his fingers in the anus of a two-year-old girl.
The suspect was...
Soldier’s wife arrested after allegedly breaking her maid’s teeth and inflicting...
A soldiers wife has been arrested after a video of her maid's battered body went viral online (read here).
Little Olunma's plight was brought to light after...
Alleged N3.5b fraud: Saraki’s aides re-arraigned
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday re-arraigned Gbenga Makanjuola, an aide to Senate President Bukola Saraki.
Makanjuola was re-arraigned before the Federal High...
Police arrest 21 suspected cultists in Delta
Nosa Akenzua, Asaba The police in Delta state have arrested 21 suspected cultists in Ozoro and Okpanam communities. Recovered from the suspected cultists were...
Police Arraign Farmer For Allegedly Stealing 150 Cows, Killing 50 Others
The police on Wednesday arraigned a farmer, Sanda Bakura, in a Mgistrates’ Court in Minna for allegedly stealing 150 cows and slaughtering 50 others....
Gunmen attack police station in Edo, kill DPO, three others
A divisional Police Officer (DPO) and three other policemen have been killed after unknown gunmen attacked a police station at Afuze community in Owan...
Kogi police parade 12 suspected thugs, 40 kidnappers
The Police in Kogi, on Wednesday, paraded 52 suspects, including 12 political thugs arrested during the March 9 governorship and state assembly elections.
Parading the...
Police foil kidnap attempt on Gov. Ayade’s aide, 1 suspect dies
The Police Command in Cross River state, said on Tuesday that it foiled a kidnap attempt on Mr Ani Esin, Security Adviser to the...
Customs seize 1.8 tons of Indian hemp in Ogun
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area Command, yesterday confiscated 1.8 tons of Indian hemp in the Imeko/Ilara axis in Imeko-Afon Local Government, Ogun...
Three civil servants to lose properties worth N264m to FG —...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has moved to seize plots of land and duplexes worth N264 million from three civil...
Customs Seize 300 Bags Of Imported Rice In Borno
The Borno-Yobe Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday said it seized a truck conveying 300 bags of imported rice in Borno....
Man, 73, remanded for drowning tenant
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Ibadan has ordered that a 73-year-old man accused of drowning his tenant be remanded in prison, pending...
Banker Remanded For Defiling 8-year-old Girl
For allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl, a 55-year-old banker, Titilayo Olatunji, was on Tuesday remanded at Kirikiri Prisons by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in...
Driver remanded in prison for robbing car at gun point
An Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court on Tuesday remanded a 37-year-old driver, Olabode Fakorode, in prison for allegedly robbing a man of his car at...
Man, 27, Remanded Over Alleged Armed Robbery
Ikeja, – An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 27-year-old man, Babatunde Idowu, in Kirikiri Prisons over alleged armed robbery.
The Chief Magistrate,...