Crime & Metro

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has reaffirmed his commitment to making Anambra State the safest in Nigeria. To achieve this, he has devised a comprehensive strategy to tackle the myriad security challenges facing the state, including kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, drug abuse, and touting. In a…

      Stanley Ihedigbo   Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced a businesswoman, Oluremi Phillips, to 17 years imprisonment for N57,690,000 fraud. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economics Financial Crimes Commission (EFCÇ), Mr. Dele Oyewale, Philips was…

  Stanley Ihedigbo Justices A. A Bello, A.Isiaka, and Murtala .J. Zubairu of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna, have convicted and sentenced nine to various jail terms. According to the Head, Media, and Publicity, Economics Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Dele Oyewale, the convicts are: Yaya Babatunde…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Justices Aminu Garba and Aisha A. Ibrahim of the Federal High Court 1 and 2, sitting in Bauchi, Bauchi State, have convicted and sentenced 17 internet fraudsters to various jail terms, even as Justice Ahmed Isa of the Adamawa State High Court, sitting in Yola equally…

    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,…