Crime & Metro

Michael Olumide A former two-term councilor in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, Sheleru Sadiq Olalekan, has fallen from public service to criminal suspicion after being arrested by Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for trafficking drugs concealed in baby diapers. According to the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi…

Stanley Ihedigbo Justice Maryam Sabo of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano has convicted and sentenced Ebonine Rita Uzoamaka to seven years imprisonment for obtaining the sum of N5.6 million by false pretence. The convict was arraigned on August 18, 2021, on five-count charges of dishonest misappropriation of…

Michael Olumide Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ikoyi, Lagos, was arraigned a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria Edetanle, before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, over alleged $385,000 and ₦165,438,000.00 fraud.…

Stanley Ihedigbo In a shocking twist of desperation and deceit, a 35-year-old Kano businesswoman was caught by Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) trying to smuggle 3,200 tramadol capsules hidden in a fake pregnancy. What appeared to be the glow of motherhood was, in reality, a cunning…

Stanley Ihedigbo Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed a distressing and potentially fatal road traffic occurrence that unfolded in the early hours of today at Oja Junction, along the principal carriageway by Offin Canal inward Eko Bridge, involving a heavily laden containerised truck which violently struck a male…

Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigations of one Ibekwe Izuchukwu Emmanuel, a sales representative of Prince OJ Global Services Limited and Miracle Onyekachi Nnaji, a Point of Sale, POS operator, for alleged criminal diversion of N70m, belonging to the…

Hallos, formerly known as Aahbibi, has officially announced its rebrand alongside the launch of more than 5,000 self-paced courses aimed at strengthening knowledge transfer, accelerating skill acquisition, and improving literacy among everyday learners across Africa and beyond. The new identity signals a renewed commitment to building an inclusive, creator-driven learning…

Trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, continued before Justice Abubakar Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Asokoro with the judge threatening to revoke the defendant’s bail for employing multiple antics to stall his trial. According to the Head, Media & Publicity,…

Trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the Eighth Prosecution Witness, PW8, Gabriel Ochoche, testifying how the sum of N46.5m was transferred into the account of American International School. According to the Head, Media &…

Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arraigned a former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Dutsinma, Professor Armayau Hamisu Bichi, before Honourable Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar of the Katsina State High Court on a five-count charge of bribery to the tune of N19.7m. According to…