Crime & Metro

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has announced they arrested 148 Chinese, 40 Filipinos, two Kharzartans, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian, a total of 792 suspects in a massive crackdown on cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams. According to…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned Francis Atuche, former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felony and forgery. Atuche’s re-arraignment took place before Justice O. O. Abike-Fadipe…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   In a massive blow to drug traffickers, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted shipments of methamphetamine and Loud, a strong synthetic strain of cannabis, worth billions of naira. The shipments, concealed in automobile spare parts imported from Canada to the Ladipo automobile…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, apologized to Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on December 13, 2024, for failing to appear in court for his trial. Bello’s apology comes after the Court of Appeal ordered him to present…

      Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested a suspected online fraudster, Osang Usie Otukpa, for allegedly duping 139 Australians to the tune of $AUD8,000,000. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCÇ, Mr Dele Oyewale, he was picked up in a…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, adjourned till January 20, 2025, the arraignment of a former Managing Director of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, for an alleged N76bn and $31.5 million fraud. According to the Head,…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced investigations of a suspected oil thief, two trucks, and a barge handed over to the Commission by the Nigerian Navy (NNS) Delta. While operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate arrested 23 suspected internet fraudsters.…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Justice H.L Abba-Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Jabi, Abuja convicted and sentenced one Praise Humphrey Igbo (a.k.a) Jessica Allen to one year imprisonment for $115,000 fraud. According to the, Head, Media and Publicity, Economics Financial Crimes Commission (EFCÇ), Mr. Dele Oyewale,…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Former Kogi State governor Yahaya Adoza Bello has been denied bail by the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja. Justice Maryann Anenih made the ruling on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, citing that Bello’s bail application was filed prematurely, before his arraignment, and intended…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil and two others to five years imprisonment each. Wakil who is the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Complete Care and Aid Foundation (NGO) alongside Programme Manager Tahiru Saidu Daura and Country…