Three Nigerians based in the United States, Kamaldeen Karaole, Stephen Olamigoke, and Johnson Omodusonu, have been sentenced to more than eight years in jail for defrauding the US of $520,910 in a COVID-19 unemployment benefits fraud scheme. This is just as one of the convicts also agreed to be deported …
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected petroleum pipeline vandals in Imo. The state Commandant, Mr Basil Igwebueze, said this while briefing newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday. Igwebueze said that the suspects were arrested by his men in the Awarra area of Ohaji-Egbema Local Government …
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A Customary Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered a businessman, Haruna Usman, to be remanded in a correctional facility for alleged fraud. Usman was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) with criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust and cheating. The NSCDC prosecutor, Marcus Audu, told …
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Katsina State government has mobilised more security forces following the tragic attack by bandits killing 13 worshipers in a mosque at a wee hour on Tuesday at the Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state. The Punch learnt that the bandits who were on a reprisal attack shot at the …
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A 45-year-old man, Joshua Pius, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly breaking into a church premises and stealing properties valued at N560,000. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a two-count charge of breaking and stealing. The prosecutor, Insp Olubu Apata, …
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The police, on Tuesday, arraigned four suspects before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged possession of Indian hemp and breach of peace. The defendants — Ogunyemi Sunday, 45, Daudu Alabi, 21, Abejide Olayemi, 24, and Samuel Sunday, 31, are facing a two-count charge of possession of Indian hemp and …
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THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede on Friday August 15, 2025 handed over a sum of N100,000,000 (One Hundred Million Naira) draft recovered by the Commission to representatives of the Federal Ministry of Solid Mineral Development in Akwa Ibom State. The …
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THE Police Command in Kaduna State has warmed against violence, vowing to deal decisively with any trouble maker during and after Saturday’s bye-elections in Kaduna State. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, gave the warning in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna. Hassan said , “The Command has warned …
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THE Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Uyo Zonal Directorate, have arrested five suspected illegal miners involved in the extraction and transportation of ilmenite. According to a statement by the EFCC posted on its official X account on Friday, the arrested suspects are Samuel Akwa, Willie Uboko, …
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The Ondo State Police Command has disclosed that the abduction of a lecturer at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Omoniyi Samuel, was aided by the commercial motorcyclist who routinely conveys him to work. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, disclosed this via a statement issued on Thursday, August 14, 2025. …
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