CRIME
BREAKING: EFCC Nabs Another FBI Suspect Wanted for $2.5m Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office has arrested a 38-year-old man, Festus Akinyemi Abiona who was indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI over his alleged involvement in internet fraud. Abiona had been on the wanted list of the Commission for more than eight months over the alleged fraud case, before luck ran out on...
EFCC Seeks Navy Support In Prosecuting Illegal Oil Bunkering Cases
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has appealed to the Nigerian Navy to facilitate the release of its arresting officers to give evidence in oil theft cases under prosecution in court. Usman Imam, Zonal Head of the Port Harcourt office of the EFCC who made the plea today February 10 during a courtesy visit to the Commanding Officer of...
30 Killed At Military Checkpoint By Boko Haram
At least 30 persons have been confirmed dead while 18 vehicles including 8 trucks loaded with goods were razed by the attacking boko haram fighters at Auno community in Borno state. The incident occurred at a military checkpoint where commuters are not allowed to pass after 5 pm and the victims were caught unawares by the fighters around 10 pm...
BREAKING: Ex-AGF Adoke Freed From EFCC Custody
The immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has been freed from custody. The ex-AGF has been in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after he was arrested upon his return from a self-exile, on December 19, 2019. He regained his freedom on Monday shortly after he was granted bail in the...
Malabu Oil scam: EFCC arraigns Adoke on fresh money laundering charges
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned the immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), on fresh money laundering charges. Adoke was arraigned alongside Aliyu Abubakar. Both men are standing trial alongside others at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Gwagwalada, Abuja, in respect of the Malabu Oil scam. They pleaded not...
BREAKING: Ex-Attorney-General Adoke Rejects EFCC Custody, Prefers Kuje Prison
A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), on Monday, expressed his preference to be remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre to the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. His lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), spoke on his behalf shortly after he was arraigned on fresh money laundering charges at the Federal High...
Outrage as pharmacist beats Imo APC chieftain to death
Tragedy struck in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Saturday after a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Damian Ali, was allegedly beaten to death by the owner of Swift Tel Pharmacy and his workers. Our correspondent learnt that the incident caused pandemonium at Umuguma Junction in the World Bank area of Owerri. It took the intervention of personnel of the...
SAD!! Ifeanyi Uchendu Stabbed To Death For Separating Fight
The family of a 36-year-old footballer, Ifeanyi Uchendu, has been thrown into mourning after a bar owner, Dennis Obiora, allegedly stabbed him to death in the Alausa, Ikeja area of Lagos State. It was gathered that Ifeanyi and a friend, identified simply as Chinedu, were drinking at the Dorbazini Bar, Alausa, when the latter started smoking a substance suspected to...
Outrage as pharmacist beats Imo APC chieftain to death
Tragedy struck in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Saturday after a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Damian Ali, was allegedly beaten to death by the owner of Swift Tel Pharmacy and his workers. Our correspondent learnt that the incident caused pandemonium at Umuguma Junction in the World Bank area of Owerri. It took the intervention of personnel of the...
Gunmen kidnap ex-ABU VC’s daughter in Kaduna
Some gunmen on Friday night invaded the residence of former vice-chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, and kidnapped his 35-year-old daughter, who is a mother of three. The gunmen, it was gathered invaded the residence located at Hayin Malam Jama’a in the Sabon Gwari LGA, Zaria in Kaduna State on Friday night about 11.30 pm. It was...
