Crime & Metro
Lagos female lawyer risks jail term for failing to produce suspect
A 29-year-old female lawyer, Ms. Peace Chidinmma Igbo, has been brought before an Ebutta-Metta Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State for failing to produce a suspect she stood bail for. According to a charge sheet,” That you Peace Chidinma Igbo ‘F’ on the 25th day of November 2024 at the Nigeria…
Read More »Three Ghanaian ladies caught smuggling combined 4.8kg of Ghana loud, strong strain cannabis into Nigeria
Chinedum Ukaegbu Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested three Ghanaian ladies, identified as Haziza Zubairu, 42; Samirat Mustapha, 43; and Jamila Salifu, 26, for smuggling a combined 4.8kg of Ghana Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, into Nigeria. According to Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA,…
Read More »AIG Grimah embarks on familiarization tour to Sokoto State Police Command
Stanley Ihedigbo Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Gyogon Augustine Grimah has embarked on a familiarization tour to the Sokoto State Police Command, aiming to strengthen relationships, understand local challenges, and enhance security operations in the state. According to the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Uthman Muhammad Yaqub, the…
Read More »N8.3bn fraud: Bauchi Accountant General, others face trial
Stanley Ihedigbo Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned the Accountant General of Bauchi State, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja, before Justice O.A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja for fraud. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, Jaja was arraigned alongside…
Read More »Spraying Naira at wedding ceremony costs makeup artist 6 months in jail
Stanley Ihedigbo A Kano-based make-up artist, Abdullahi Musa Huseini, also known as Amuscap, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Kano for spraying Naira notes at his wedding ceremony. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Huseini for wilfully…
Read More »EFCC scores victory: Lagos Court orders N13m forfeiture to government
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N13m recovered from one, Chinedu Vincent Ezeudemba to the Federal Government. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr.…
Read More »EFCC arraigns Sierra Leonean for non-declaration of $90,000 at Lagos airport
Stanley Ihedigbo Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Alhaji Ahmed Shaw, a Sierra Leonean national, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, for non-declaration of $90,000 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. Shaw was arrested on March 3, 2025, by operatives…
Read More »Works Ministry Director, Surveyor to face trial on May 15 over alleged N1.9bn
Stanley Ihedigbo Former Deputy Director of Highways at the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Augustine Ojo Olowoniyan, and a surveyor, Sulaiman Abdulkadir Muhammed, will face trial on May 15 over an alleged N1.9 billion fraud. The case has been scheduled by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal…
Read More »Court rules in favour of EFCC, orders final forfeiture of FIRS official’s assets
Stanley Ihedigbo Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled in favor of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), ordering the final forfeiture of two properties linked to Aminu Sidi Garunbabba, a staff member of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). The properties are located in FCT,…
Read More »$40,000 non-declaration at Lagos Airport lands man one month in jail
Stanley Ihedigbo A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced Igboezue Emeka to one-month imprisonment for failing to declare $40,000 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. Emeka was convicted for violating the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, by not declaring the foreign currency to the Nigerian Customs…
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