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EFCC Arraigns One for N700m Fraud in Lagos 

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, September 4, 2026, arraigned Osaretin Osagiede before Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over an alleged N700 million fraud. Osagiede is standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on …

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N117million Fraud: Five Bag Seven-year Jail Term in Lagos

Justice K.A. Jose of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Tapa, Lagos, on Thursday, September 3, 2026, convicted and sentenced five persons to seven years imprisonment for their involvement in a N117.7 million fraud involving Chi Limited. The convicts, Yinka Salawu, Joshua Oluremi Daramola, Raji Ahmed, Afolabi Israel Olusegun, …

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EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged N1.09b Fraud in Abuja

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, arraigned one Mahmud A. Abubakar before Justice N.C. Nwabulu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja. Abubakar was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on retention of proceeds of a criminal activity to the tune of …

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Troops rescue 21 kidnapped victims in Kogi forest operations

Joint security forces have rescued 21 persons abducted on the Alloma–Ejule–Itobe road in Kogi aftera coordinated sweep of the Egume and Ochaja forests in Dekina Local Government Area of the state. Newsextra24 reports that troops of the 12 Brigade, Nigerian Army, carried out the operation in collaboration with the Nigeria …

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Ogun: Why I started selling drugs — 101-year-old grandma

A 101-year-old great-grandmother, Esther Ogunmabo, has explained why she started selling drugs, saying she turned to the trade after fire destroyed her provisions shop. Ogunmabo was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Ilisan, Ogun State, with 90 grammes of skunk, a strain of cannabis, packed …

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