THE Rivers State Police Command has launched a manhunt for suspected pirates who attacked passenger boats and abducted no fewer than 13 individuals. The incident took place on the Isaka River in the Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday afternoon. According to reports, one of the targeted …
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THE Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have secured the conviction and sentence of seven fraudsters for offences of cheating and obtaining under false pretences. The convicts are: Yusuf. O. Muhammed, Joseph Opeoluwa, Samuel Chukwudi Okonkwo, Rotimi Tobi Samuel, Oladimeji Mubarak , Blessed Johnson and …
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JUSTICE Williams Aziegbemhin of the Benin High Court on Wednesday remanded one Abubakar Musa for allegedly converting 300,000 euros to his personal use. The judge ordered that Musa be remanded in custody of the police command in Benin for an initial period of 14 days, pending the conclusion of police …
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AN Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday ordered the remand of one Friday Audu at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre over alleged $2.6 million and N3.5 billion fraud. Justice Rahman Oshodi directed that Audu be held at the Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre, pending a decision on his bail application. The judge …
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A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Monday ordered one Sadeeq Jimoh, 52, to be remanded in a correctional centre after pleading guilty to peddling 920gm of Cannabis. The Presiding Judge, Justice Nkeonye Maha, ordered Jimoh to be remanded in Agodi Correctional Centre after the one-count charge of unlawful dealing …
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Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 2, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Agudosi Christopher Okechukwu to six months imprisonment for non-declaration of foreign currencies at Lagos Airport. Okechukwu was arrested in December 2024 at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos by operatives …
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The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie-Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday , May 2, 2025, re- arraigned one Alhaji Ahmed Shaw before Justice D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for money laundering. He was arrested on March 3, 2025 at the …
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Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 2, 2025, convicted and sentenced the duo of Folake Adeoti and Modupe Adewuyi to one year imprisonment, each for hawking Naira notes. They arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, …
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OPERATIVES from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) conducted a routine patrol along the Kaduna-Zaria expressway last Saturday, where they successfully intercepted a commercial vehicle transporting 942 explosives concealed in a sack, originating from Nasarawa and destined for Zamfara State. Newsextra24 reports that the development was confirmed in a statement …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a commercial vehicle loaded with 942 explosives along Kaduna-Zaria expressway. The Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said the vehicle was coming from Nasarawa and heading to Zamfara. Babafemi …
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