Crime & Metro

    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,…

    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…

  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,…

    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…

      Stanley Ihedigbo   Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has re-arraigned one Murtala Adebayo before Justice R.A. Oshodi of a Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, for an alleged N19 million fraud. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, Adebayo was initially…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Barrister Benjamin Chukwuemeka Nwobodo before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State on a five-count charge bordering on forgery and obtaining by false…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned One Habu Gambo on a one-count charge bordering on intent to defraud and fraudulently obtaining the gross sum of N14,907,000 before Justice Mashkur Salisu of the Federal High Court Jalingo, Taraba State.…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Trial of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, continued on Monday, 27 January 2025, with the Fifth Prosecution Witness, PW5, Musa Odiniyan informing Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court that the company, Al Buraq Global Investment was not qualified…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   New information has surfaced regarding Access Bank’s approval of a N1 billion loan to DDSS International Company Limited. The loan allegedly utilized a property owned by MOB Integrated Services as collateral, without the owner’s knowledge or consent. According to details of the loan obtained by…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   A Lagos State High Court judge, Justice Ibironke Harrison, has ordered the arrest of Access Bank’s Group Chief Executive, Roosevelt Ogbonna; Managing Director, Bolaji Agbede, and Company Secretary, Robert Imowo, over an allegation of property theft belonging to Obanikoro’s son. This is contained in a…