Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, has arrested a serving military personnel, Lance Corporal Ajayi Kayode and 26 others for alleged internet fraud in the Lekki axis of Lagos State. Kayode, with service number NAF18/34732, was arrested in his military attire during an early morning raid at 6B, Fatai […]
Barcelona have sacked Quique Setien as coach , the club confirmed on Monday He will be replaced with Ronald Koeman the frontrunner. The new coach will be announced in the coming days as part of a wide ranging restructuring of the first team ,” Barca said on Twitter. Setien was only appointed in January but […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Monday, August 17, 2020, arraigned Godwin Job (a.k.a Nifemi) before Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan. The defendant was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on stealing. The charge is contrary to section 399 (9) of the Criminal […]
Hadi Sirika ,the Minister of Aviation says international flights will resume on August 29 , 2020 . Sirika made this announcement Monday via His Twitter handle . He tweeted , “ Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the August 29 , 2020 beginning with Lagos and Abuja as we did with the […]
Ekiti State High Court , Ado Ekiti Division, on Monday, sentenced a 26 years old man , Dele Ojo, to death by hanging for killing the owner of a farm where he had been stealing yam tubers . Justice Abiodun Adesodun, in the court judgment, said , “ The circumstances of this case do not […]
The 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates on Monday commenced across the country under strict COVID-19 protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 1,550,000 candidates would be participating in this year’s examination spread across 19,129 centres nationwide. The examination, which was supposed to commence on April 6 to […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced John Otema, an alumnus of the University of Lagos , to 50-years imprisonment for raping a 19- year-old student of the institution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 34-year-old Mr Otema, a quantity surveyor and facilities manager, was charged […]
Ibe Pascal Chinedu Arogorn Members of the Proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafara (IPOB) has issued fresh death threats to a Nigerian Journalist and Columnist, Frederick Nwabufo . The columnist first had a brush with the proscribed group in June 2019 when he wrote an article asking the South-East to cooperate with Miyetti Allah on security. […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has revealed that some leaders in the state want money for peace to reign but his administration won’t appease ‘trouble makers’. Crimefacts earlier reported how the Southern part of the state has experienced the worst form of violence in recent times with hundreds of residents murdered by […]
Ibe Pascal Chinedu Arogorn Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said that he will appeal Monday’s ruling of the state election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja and has instructed his lawyers to challenge the decision ,Crimefacts has learnt . Governor Diri, who spoke shortly after the tribunal ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
