Crime & Metro
Ebonyi community attack: Death toll climbs to 15, many still unaccounted for
Amah Samuel-Ugbor Nnachi Tragedy has struck in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, as a brutal attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen on three villages in the Ishielu Local Government Area has left a devastating trail of death and destruction. The villages of Amagu and two others in the Nkalaha community…
Read More »Mompha to return to court on March 13 for money laundering trial
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has adjourned till March 13, 2025, a further hearing in the trial of Ismaila Mustapha for an offense bordering on alleged money laundering. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes…
Read More »Ex-First Bank staff forfeits N1.1bn, $392,828, €35,070 to FG
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice A.O.Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of the sums of N1,1bn, $392,818.01 and £35,070, recovered from one Muiz Tijani Adeyinka, a former employee of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN), to the Federal Government of Nigeria. According…
Read More »Setting record straight: EFCC’s 10th witness testifies in $6.2m procurement fraud case
Stanley Ihedigbo Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is setting the record straight regarding the testimony of its 10th witness in the ongoing trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The EFCC is compelled to correct false narratives surrounding the witness’s testimony, ensuring…
Read More »11 Chinese nationals face trial in Lagos for alleged cybercrime, internet scam
Stanley Ihedigbo Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, arraigned 11 Chinese and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd., before Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. According to the Head, Media and Publicity,…
Read More »Agunoleye faces trial again over $6bn fraud allegations
Stanley Ihedigbo Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, February 3, 2024, re-arraigned a former Minister of Power and Steel Development, Olu Agunloye on seven-count amended charges bordering on fraudulent award of contract and official corruption before Justice J.O Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,…
Read More »29 Chinese, 10 Filipinos, three Nigerians arraigned for alleged internet fraud
Stanley Ihedigbo Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, February 3, 2025, arraigned 29 Chinese, 10 Filipinos, one Malaysian, one Indonesia, and one Pakistani before separate Federal High Courts sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC,…
Read More »EFCC charges Ex-NHIS boss, Usman Yusuf to court over N90m fraud allegations
Stanley Ihedigbo Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, February 3, 2025, before Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako Kuje. He faces a…
Read More »Businessman’s desperate gamble: Surgery to remove 81 wraps of cocaine from stomach
Stanley Ihedigbo In a harrowing near-death experience, 59-year-old businessman Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe underwent a life-saving surgery in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to remove 57 out of 81 cocaine pellets lodged in his stomach. The dramatic medical intervention came after Igbokwe had ingested the illicit substance over a seven-day period,…
Read More »Alleged N110bn fraud: Witness exposes Yahaya Bello’s associate’s refund request
Stanley Ihedigbo Trial of former Kogi State governor Yahya Adoza Bello resumed on Wednesday, January 29, 2 with a revealing testimony from the First Prosecution Witness, Fabian Nwaora. According to Nwaora, Shehu Bello, an accomplice of Yahya Bello, requested a refund of N550 million from EFAB Property…
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