CRIME
EFCC Chairman, Bawa Testifies In N1.4bn Oil Subsidy Fraud Trial
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja High Court to give evidence in a N1.4 billion fraud trial involving an oil company, Nadabo Energy. Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Saidu Ateh before Justice C. A. Align, the EFCC boss analysed the email correspondences of the defendant. He said investigation...
EFCC Arrests 10 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters ìn two different locations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The suspects: Eberechi Kelvin; Promise Amadi; Golden Wopara; Abraham Okparuelu; Godwin Omeh; Iheanacho Chigaemezu; Paul Effiong; Nelson Uwoajgeaga, Samuel Collins, and Meshack Aniekan were arrested...
EFCC Arrests 25 Suspected Yahoo Boys In Lagos
The Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 25 suspects for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. The suspects are: Ibrahim Olaiwon Olatunji, Kelechi Daniel David, Olutayo Oluwapelumi, Abiola Baruwa Gideon, Adesuyi Toheeb Adeyika, Wano Abdullahi Ahmed, Imoukhuede Idowu Peter, Ige Emmanuel Oluwatobi, Durodola Peter Tolulope, Makanjuola Olamide Elijah, Emmanuel Edward Enyiema, Oguniran Samuel...
Court Jails Former Dangote Manager, Two Others for $32,000 Insurance Fraud
The Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, secured the conviction and sentencing of the trio of Raymond Akanolu, a former General Manager, Dangote Industries Limited, Mojisola Aladejobi, and Balogun Omololu Alaba before Justice S.S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja for $32,000 (Thirty -two Thousand...
ESN Has Captured Notorious Fulani Bandits’ Leader Terrorising Benue, Others — Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, says that members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, have captured a notorious leader of a gang of Fulani bandits, identified as Mohammed Isa. Kanu said this in a statement released by the IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, which was obtained by ABN TV on Monday. In the statement, the IPOB...
UK To Return £4.2m James Ibori Loot
The United Kingdom (UK) is set to return £4.2m (N2.2bn) seized from convicted former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, and his associates. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, said this while delivering his speech on Tuesday at the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and the government of the UK regarding the return and management of...
Youths Burn Down Imo Police Station Over Killing Of Two Siblings (Graphic Photos)
Youths of Ihitte/Uboma on Tuesday burnt down the police station in the community following the killing of two siblings by a policeman in the community. ABN TV gathered that the brother and sister were killed at Isiweke by a yet-to-be-identified policeman. The angry youths have also dumped the bodies of the victims at the police station, seeking justice. READ ALSO: Soldiers Kill...
Kwara Man Lands In Prison After Allegedly Stealing Goat
Magistrates’ Court in Ilorin on Monday remanded one Habeeb Yusuf at Oke-kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin for allegedly stealing a goat. The police arraigned the defendant on a two-count charge of criminal trespass and theft. The Magistrate, Olaolu Muyiwa said he remanded the defendant pending the completion of investigation on the case. Muyiwa adjourned the case until March 22 for mention. You may also...
Ranch Sambisa Forest To End Farmers/Herders Clashes, Akwa Ibom Senator Tells FG
Sen. Christopher Ekpenyong representing Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State has recommended that the federal government should encourage security forces particularly the military to rescue the Sambisa forest in Borno State from insurgents and bandits and use it for ranching. Ekpenyoong who spoke weekend, in Uyo while reacting to the worsening insecurity in the country occasioned by activities...
Soldiers Kill Motorcyclist Few Days To Traditional Wedding In Lagos
Few days to his traditional marriage, a motorcyclist, Babangida Abdullahi, has been shot dead by soldiers attached to the 174 Battalion Army Barracks during a joint raid with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Flower Market, Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Abdullahi and one of his friends, Saminu,...
