The Police Service Commission has said it will determine the fate of the Commander of the IGP Intelligence Response and Monitoring Team, Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police, indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for alleged involvement in a $1.1m Internet fraud. The commission also noted that Kyari might face dismissal or demotion, […]
A civil society organisation, Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers & Advocates, says that the Nigeria Police Force should hand over the investigation of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This was contained in a statement issued by the lawyers on Friday […]
The U.S. government says Mr Kyari is a “serious risk defendant” wanted for charges relating to a $1.1 million transnational internet fraud coordinated Huspuppi. ByPremium Times July 29, 2021 3 min read The United States government has described Abba Kyari, one of Nigeria’s celebrated cops, linked to a $1.1million transnational internet fraudsters, as a “serious […]
The Inspector-General of Police has ordered a review of the allegations against Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police. Kyari has been accused of being bribed by suspected billionaire fraudster, Abbas Ramon, also known as Hushpuppi, but he denied the allegation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FIB) had also asked Nigerian authorities to track down […]
Wire fraud convict, Obinwanne Okeke, widely known as Invictus Obi, has lost the appeal he filed against his years’ imprisonment. The U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal after it was voluntarily withdrawn by the convict. The 33-year-old Nigerian, who was arrested in the U.S. on August 6, 2019, had pleaded guilty to the offence […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will today Monday travel to the United Kingdom to participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025. Thereafter, he will spend a few days undergoing a previously scheduled medical check-up. A statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) informed that […]
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti, on Friday, convicted a former bank cashier, Ebenezer Adeolu Alonge, alongside his wife, Isakunle Olamide Oyinlola and his mother-in-law, Isakunle Eunice Moradeke for 60 years for conspiracy and stealing. Justice Adekanye Ogunmoye convicted them on a 12-count charge, which according to him was contrary to section 390(9) […]
The High Command of the Nigeria Police on Friday said that there was no recruitment exercise currently going on in the Force as being made to believe in some quarters. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police […]
Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday sentenced one 34-year-old fake Customs officer, Yakubu Azeez Afolayan, to 20 years imprisonment having found him guilty of offences bordering on impersonation and job scam. The convict was allegedly parading himself as Customs officer. In the assumed capacity, the court held that […]
The Owerri branch of the Nigerian Bar Association has frowned on the way people impersonate lawyers in the state. According Punch, the Chairman of the Anti-Impersonation Committee of the NBA in the branch, Ihediohanma Akponye, who spoke when members visited the state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, said fake lawyers were causing huge economic loss […]
