Crime Facts

IG probes Imo policemen over N130m seized cars

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered an investigation into the allegations of abuse of office by some men of the Imo State Police Command. This followed a complaint by a car dealer in Edo State, Anthony Osayande, who accused a team of policemen led by John Ebute of forcefully invading his car stand, […]

N4.6bn unapproved spending uncovered in Umahi’s ministry

An audit report has uncovered financial irregularities totalling over N4.64bn in the Federal Ministry of Works (Housing Sector), raising concerns about systemic non-compliance with financial regulations and procurement laws. The findings, contained in the Auditor-General for the Federation’s Annual Report, cover activities between 2020 and 2021 and reveal significant lapses in internal controls under Babatunde […]

Kano govt files fresh charge against Ganduje

  The Kano Government on Tuesday filed fresh charge against former governor of the state, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje. In the charge sheet with case No. K/143c/24, the state government accused Ganduje and erstwhile Commissioner for Justice, Musa Lawan, of criminal conspiracy and misappropriation contrary to Section 308 and punishable under Section 309 of the Penal […]

Court documents show how ‘$6.2m stolen from CBN was shared’

  Documents have shown how the $6,230,000 cash allegedly stolen from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on February 8, 2023, was shared. President Bola Tinubu had set up a special investigative team, led by Jim Obaze, to probe the tenure of Godwin Emefiele, former CBN governor. The team had claimed that $6.2 million was […]

ICPC Case: Court Orders Arrest of Former DG of National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies

  A Federal High sitting in Apo, Abuja has ordered the arrest of former Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, Professor Ladi Aisha Hamalai for her failure to appear in the corruption case preferred against her by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The Court presided […]

EFCC Operatives Lay Siege To Yahaya Bello’s Abuja Residence

  Dozens of operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, cordoned off the street where the Abuja residence of a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is. Our correspondent, who visited Benghazi Street in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, reports that the stern-looking operatives of the anti-graft agency did not allow […]