On Monday, a federal high court in Abuja dismissed the case of the federal government which sought to extradite Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police, to the United States for criminal prosecution. The court, in its judgment, attributed the failure of the case to the negligence of Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation […]
Policemen in Lagos State have arrested one Andy Edwards who paraded himself as a Captain of the Nigerian Army. The state’s Public Relations Officer of the police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday. “Detectives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a fake Army Captain, Andy Teddy Edwards, ‘m’ […]
The police in Lagos have arrested two suspected fake soldiers in the state. This was confirmed in a statement on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin. One of the suspects, 39-year-old Oluwatosin Gabriel, was apprehended during the enforcement of the total ban on motorcycles in some parts of […]
Two bankers, Titus Chima Nwankwo and George Ifiok Utibe-Abasi, have been convicted for stealing N2.9 million from the account of a deceased customer, Godfried Francis Osso. The convicts had forged the signature of the late Osso in order to withdraw the amount from his bank account. Nwankwo and Utibe-Abasi were convicted by Justice Elias […]
The National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (Retd), has said Nigeria is winning the fight against cybercrime, noting that the country has joined 66 other countries across the world that have signed and ratified the Convention on Cybercrime. Monguno also announced Nigeria’s accession to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime on 6 July, 2022, which […]
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, on Friday, sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, and her co-defendants to 5 years jail terms each. Mama Boko Haram, alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyede, were jailed after they were found guilty of a three-count of conspiracy and […]
John Nassy, a 29-year-old Nigerian man, faces 10 years in prison in the United States after pleading guilty to involvement in a $2.5 million money laundering scheme that defrauded about 200 victims, many of them elderly. According to a statement on the website of the US Justice Department on Monday, August 8, Nassy said […]
A Lagos-based 28-year-old man, Damilola Areje, has allegedly absconded with a 2019 Mercedes Benz GLE 43, worth N52 million, and $700 worth of Bitcoin belonging to a 32-year-old businesswoman, Nneka Chiemelu, who is into real estate and construction. According to Miss Chiemelu, Damilola, an acquaintance whose father, Inspector Adegbola Areje is a policeman, allegedly […]
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested twenty three (23) suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested on July 27, 2022 at different locations in Enugu State on the strength of intelligence reports linking them to various internet related fraud. The suspects include Onwe Nnaemeka Caleb, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it arrested two herbalists who allegedly conspired to defraud an aspiring house of representatives member in Ekiti of N24 million. According to a statement by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, the anti-graft agency said Abiodun Ibrahim and Wale Adifala, the two self-acclaimed spiritualists, alongside Ifawole Ajibola (aka […]
