CRIME
Cubana Chief Priest Arraigned For Naira Abuse Charge (Video)
A businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has arrived at the Federal High Court, Lagos, for his arraignment for allegedly abusing the naira. Cubana Chief Priest, who is already inside the dock, is being arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on three counts bordering on abuse of naira for allegedly spraying and tampering with the...
Gunmen Kill Bus Driver, Abduct Several Passengers Along Abuja-Lokoja Highway
Gunmen have shot dead a bus driver and abducted his 16 passengers near Chikara village on the Abuja-Lokoja highway. City & Crime learnt that the incident happened on Thursday around 12am when the gunmen opened fire on a Sharon bus at a bend near Yakwo Farms. It was gathered the bus driver was killed instantly, while the occupants, including a nursing...
After Bobrisky, Cubana Chief Priest To Appear In Court Over Naira Mutilation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a three-count charge against popular Instagram celebrity Pascal Okechukwu also known as Cubana Chief Priest for allegedly spraying and tampering with the naira at a social event contrary to the provisions of the Central Bank Act of 2007. Cubana Chief Priest will be arraigned on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 before Justice...
April 7 Now National Police Day — Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has declared April 7 as National Police Day. Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, made this known on Monday night during the maiden edition of the Nigeria Police Awards and Commendations ceremony held in the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. He identified a complete overhaul of institutional mentality and memory of police officers as fundamental to his administration’s ongoing...
AEDC Staff, Others Nabbed For Stealing Transformer In Abuja
Police authorities in the Federal Capital Territory have arrested six suspects including a staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) for vandalising and stealing a transformer in the Mpape area of the FCT. The FCT Police Command spokesperson Josephine Adeh said the arrest was made late Thursday. “The operatives of the FCT police command, on April 11, 2024, at about...
Gunmen Abduct Channels TV Reporter In Rivers State, Place N30m Ransom
Gunmen kidnapped a journalist and reporter with Channels Television, Mr Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday night. Rogers, who covers the Rivers State Government House for his organisation, was reportedly trailed after he closed from work to his residence. The miscreants accosted him before he alighted from his car, pointed...
Court Sentences Bobrisky To 6 Months In Prison
A Federal High Court in Lagos has jailed cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, with no option of fine. Justice Abimbola Awogboro handed down a six-month sentence to Okuneye, who has been in detention since his arrest last week. ABN TV reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned him on a six-count charge. Two of the charges...
Police Recover $100,000 Fake Notes In Abuja, Arrest Suspect
The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC) has apprehended one Mr. Muhammed Zenabdin for criminal conspiracy and possession of suspected counterfeit currency amounting to one hundred thousand United States Dollars ($100,000.00). This is contained in a statement on Tuesday signed by Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi who said the successful operation by NPF-NCCC is in line with...
Court Sends Emefiele To EFCC Custody Over Abuse Of Office
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the remand of the former Central Bank Bank (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Rahman Oshodi gave the remand order over alleged abuse of office and and $5.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud. Meanwhile, the judge ordered that Emefiele’s co-defendant, Henry...
Court Sends Binance Executive To Kuje Prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has remanded a Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, in Kuje Correctional Centre, pending the determination of his bail application. The trial judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, gave the order after Gambaryan pleaded not guilty to the money laundering charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday. The judge subsequently adjourned the matter...
