CRIME
EFCC Arraigns Ex-Kwara Scholarship Board Chair, Two others for Bursary Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday January 15, 2020 arraigned the immediate past chairperson of Kwara State Scholarship Board, Hajia Fatimah Yusuf and two others, namely: Fatai Lamidi and Stephen Ajewole before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the State High Court, Ilorin. They were arraigned on a seven-count charge for their alleged involvements in bursary fraud in the...
Journalist hacked to death in Adamawa
A journalist, Maxwell Nashan, who worked with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), has been hacked to death in a bush on the outskirts of Vunokilan, Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Locals said some female farmers found the victim tied, with his mouth sealed and cuts on his body. The women then contacted operatives of the civil defence...
Journalist hacked to death in Adamawa
A journalist, Maxwell Nashan, who worked with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), has been hacked to death in a bush on the outskirts of Vunokilan, Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Locals said some female farmers found the victim tied, with his mouth sealed and cuts on his body. The women then contacted operatives of the civil defence...
BREAKING: 3 injured as police disperse Shi’ite protesters in Abuja
Three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (Shi’ite) sustained injuries on Tuesday when policemen allegedly fired gunshots and tear gas canisters to disperse a protest by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria at the Berger area of Wuse, Abuja. Our correspondent could not immediately ascertain whether the victims were injured by bullets or other projectiles. The IMN members were protesting the...
DPO allegedly beats, strips sisters naked, arrest mother in Delta
A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Delta state, SP Asanayin Ibok, allegedly beat up and stripped two sisters, Mercy, 28 and 19-year-old Lucy Okoro, naked over a landlord/tenancy dispute in Warri on Friday. SP Ibok who heads the Ekpan Police Division in Uvwie council area of the state was said to have arrested the duo and their widowed mother, Mrs...
Man dies after drinking herbal mixture
The Osun State Police Command on Monday said it had commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of one Mutiu Adekunle, who died after drinking a herbal mixture. Adekunle’s death occurred on Sunday around 11.15 pm at a hospital where he was rushed to, having developed complications after drinking a herbal mixture given to him by one Alfa Nureni...
Travel agent arraigned over alleged N1.2m Canadian visa fraud
A travel agent, Adeyemi Aladetoyinbo, 42, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining N1.2 million to secure a Canadian visa for his client but failed to do so. Aladetoyinbo, who resides in Mushin area of Lagos State, is standing trial on a three-count of obtaining money under false pretences, breach of peace and theft. The defendant...
DSS Arraigns Mastermind Of Buhari’s Fake Wedding
The Department of State Security Services has docked Kabiru Muhammad, a suspected ‘mastermind’ behind the viral news of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second wife wedding before a Kano Magistrate court. DSS alleged that Kabiru purported the fake news of a wedding between the President and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Faruk. Kabiru created a frenzy in the country by spreading a fake...
DSS Arraigns Mastermind Of Buhari’s Fake Wedding
The Department of State Security Services has docked Kabiru Muhammad, a suspected ‘mastermind’ behind the viral news of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second wife wedding before a Kano Magistrate court. DSS alleged that Kabiru purported the fake news of a wedding between the President and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Faruk. Kabiru created a frenzy in the country by spreading a fake...
Church Accountant Bags 18 Years for N15.5m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe Zonal Office on January 13, 2020, secured the conviction of one Ibrahim Aku before Justice Nathan Musa of the Adamawa State High Court. Aku, an accountant at EYN Church of Christ (Ekilisiyar Yen Uwa Nigeria), EYN, Church of Brethren in Nigeria (CBN) in the state faced a six-count charge, bordering on forgery and obtaining money by false...
