CRIME
Suspect Sentenced To Death For Akwa Ibom Jobseeker Umoren’s Murder
Akwa Ibom State High Court, sitting in Uyo, the state capital, has sentenced a 21-year-old Uduak Akpan to death by hanging for the murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniubong Umoren. The court also found the accused guilty of rape and accordingly senten...
Bandits Abduct Woman On Sick Bed In Zaria
Bandits have abducted a woman from a sick bed in Anguwar Malamai village in Kakeyi, Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Anguwar Malamai is the nearest community to the famous Zaria Dam. It is about one kilometre away from the Nigerian Televi...
EFCC Arrests 17 Yahoo Boys In Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects are Ogunnowo Aderosola, Adebesin Adeyinka, Nkeokelonye Stanley Ifeanyi, A...
EFCC Convicts Electrician For Romance Scam
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today, August 3, 2022, secured the conviction of one Shittu Taiwo before Justice Darius Khobo on a one count charge. The charge reads; “That you, Shittu Taiwo (aka York ...
Mompha Accuses EFCC Of Blackmail And Intimidation
Social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, known as Mompha, has reacted to being declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as he accused the agency of blackmail and intimidation. It was earlier reported on June 30 2022 that Momph...
Amotekun Nabs 6 Over Cultism, Firearms In Ogun
At least six persons have been apprehended over housebreaking, cultism, and illegal possession of firearms by Amotekun in Ogun state. The state’s Commander of Amotekun, David Akinremi, made this known in Abeokuta on Wednesday. He said the trio of A...
Gunmen Release Abducted Nollywood Movie Stars
Veteran film stars Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornell have been freed by gunmen who abducted them on their way from a movie set on Friday in Enugu State. Spokesman of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Monalisa Chinda confirmed this on Wednesday night. S...
Police Intercept Truck Carrying 147 Passengers From Zamfara Heading To Ogun [PHOTOS]
A truck from Kaura Namuda, Zamfara State, carrying 147 persons was stopped by the police in Oyo State. Adewale Osifeso, the state's police public relations officer, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday, stating that the truck was stopped along Iya...
Man In Court For Stealing Neighbour’s Goat In Lagos, Gets N100,000 Bail
A 41-year-old man, Abdulfatai Olagunju, has been arraigned before an Isolo magistrates’ court, Lagos, for stealing his neighbour’s goat. The police said the accused, hiding under the cover of darkness, went to his neighbour’s backyard and stole...
EFCC Declares Mompha Wanted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared Nigeria’s popular Instagram celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, wanted. It urged Nigerians with information on Mompha’s whereabouts to speak up or contact the nearest police st...
