Security personnel in Abuja have arrested an ad hoc staff of a COVID-19 Vaccination Centre for issuing fake vaccination cards to some international travellers. The Head of Public Relations of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Mohammad Ohitoto, disclosed this in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Monday. The suspect, Dauda […]
Four persons parading themselves as soldiers have been arrested by the police in Lagos. The suspects, three males and a female, were reportedly apprehended in the Iju area of the state around 1.30am on Sunday. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest, said a vehicle was […]
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound. “I have decided that the global #monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […]
A third prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley has told Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos how electronic tools used for accessing compromised credit card information was found on the laptop of the defendant. The witness, Dein Whyte, who is the […]
The Lagos High Court Sitting in Osborne, Ikoyi has delivered judgment in favour of 27 aggrieved Nigerian investors/claimants who were scammed by a Nigerian couple, Bamise and Elizabeth Ajetunmobi who allegedly fled the country after duping them of N18.8 billion. Justice Toyin Oyekan-Abdullahi ordered the defendants to pay the sum of 18.8bn with interest. […]
A United States Central District Court in California has on Tuesday fixed the sentencing of Nigerian fraudster Ramon Abass known as Hushpuppi to September 21. A Premium Times report stated that Judge Otis Wright has postponed Hushpuppi’s sentencing date for the second time. “At the request of counsel, the Sentencing is CONTINUED to 9/21/2022 […]
Justice Sodetan Ogunsanya of the Ikeja High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday, convicted a lawyer, Stella Achebe and her company, Infinite Favour Nigeria Limited for N10m fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Stella Achebe and her company for the offence bordering on the issuance of dud cheques, contrary to Section 1(1)(b) […]
Interpol is the world’s largest international police organisation with 190 member- countries cooperating to prevent and solve crimes that cross borders. If a criminal flees to another country to avoid prosecution, Interpol will issue a Red Notice alert to all police worldwide about the criminal who is wanted internationally. The Red Notice is a […]
The U.K government has shut down Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church, commonly known as SPAC Nation, owned by Pastor Tobi Adegboyega over an alleged £1.87 million fraud. The evangelical church which was founded by Pastor Tobi Adegboyega was wound up in the public interest in the High Court on Tuesday, June 9, 2022, the U.K […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Baraza Multipurpose Cooperative, a Bayelsa-based Ponzi scheme, Pastor (Dr) Miebi Bribena (full name: Onyimiebi Bribena) and his wife, Beatrice Bribena have been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for allegedly defrauding Nigerians over N2 billion. Bribena, who is a pastor at Christ Embassy Kumasi 1, […]
