Crime & Metro

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Justice Deinde I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, convicted and sentenced Okunfulure Olusola Steve to three months imprisonment for money laundering. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Dele Oyewale, the convict was arrested…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentence of 17 internet fraudsters before Justices A.N. Erhabor and W. I. Aziegbemhin of Edo State High Courts, sitting in Benin City. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC,…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Justice Sharon T. Ishaya of Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on adjourned until May 29 and 30, 2025, the re-arraignment and trial of Secretary and Chairman of Covenant Fadama Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Jos, Okewole Dayo and Bishop Katung Jonas. According to the Head,…

    Stanley Ihedigbo Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has re-arraigned former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) before Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, for fraud. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Dele Oyewale, he was re-arraigned alongside a former…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML), has taken decisive action against Huge Dream Properties Ltd, sealing its office for non-compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regulations. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Dele Oyewale, Huge Dream Properties…

    Stanley Ihedigbo In a surprising turn of events, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 75-year-old man in Abia State for possession of skunk. According to the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in Abia State, NDLEA officers on Saturday 5th April…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Former House of Representatives Member representing Ajeromi Ifelodun Federal constituency, Hon. Rita Odichinma Orji, was arrested on November 24, 2024, for allegedly using a fake West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) certificate during her tenure between 2015 and 2019. The police took her into custody, and she…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   A suspect, Okorie Sylvernus Sunday, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, with $578,000, is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for allegedly concealing the currency in different packages. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale,…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Engineer Abdulsalam Olarewaju Sirajudeen in the trial of a former governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu for alleged fraud, before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin that the Ahmed failed…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned a husband and wife, Baba Sule Abubakar Sadiq and Hafsat Kabir Lawal, alongside two others, Abdullahi Bala and Ladani Akindele, before Justice Amina Bello of the Kaduna State High Court for obtaining money by false pretence, money laundering…