The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 secured the conviction and sentence of five internet fraudsters before Justice M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City. The convicts are, Ayo Korede, Ogbemudia Osaretin, Harry Ehimien, Osasumwen Osahenator and …
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Security operatives have arrested the Village Head of Sukutum, in Kankiya Local Government Area of Katsina State for alleged links with bandits. The traditional ruler, whose identity has not been disclosed, was picked up after intelligence reports allegedly connected him to criminal gangs terrorising the region. Sources within the security …
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced investigation of one Duru Ikechukwu Damian arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for allegedly failing to declare the sum of $59,000. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Tuesday, disclosed that Damian was intercepted by Customs operatives …
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A housewife, Mrs Bilkisu Ismail, on Monday, dragged her husband, Abubakar Salisu, before a Shari’a Court at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, over alleged failure to provide her shelter. Ismail, who told the court that she had been living in her parent’s house for five years, prayed the court to ask her …
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AN Area Court sitting in Centre-igboro, Ilorin on Monday dissolved the Islamic marriage between Sikirat and Abdul Zakariyau based on mutual agreement. Delivering a ruling, the presiding Judge, Mr Toyin Aluko said that since the two parties had conceded to divorce, there was no need to drag the issue. Aluko …
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THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday distributed relief items to windstorm victims in Ukanafun/Oruk Anam federal constituency of Akwa Ibom, under the Federal Government Special Intervention Programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that items distributed included; 300 bags of rice (25kg), 300 bags of garri (25kg) …
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A 35-year-old man, Oyewunmi Olanrewaju, who allegedly stole Aluminum tent,valued at N5 million has been arraigned before an Ota Magistrates ‘ Court in Ogun on Monday. Olanrewaju,whose address was not provided, is facing a charge of stealing. The Prosecutor, ASP E.O. Adaraloye, told the court that the defendant committed the …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos, where it recovered 32 pouches of Canadian Loud, a strain of Cannabis. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja stated that the NDELA operatives arrested a suspect with drugs weighing 15.63kg …
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THE Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 31, 2025, arraigned one Chukwuka Onovo on a one-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N42m before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The petitioner alleged that …
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THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the gruesome murder of a caregiver and a toddler in the Dawaki area of Abuja. In a statement released on Friday, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said the command began investigating the …
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