Crime & Metro

    Stanley Ihedigbo     Federal High Court, Calabar, has secured the conviction and sentencing of four individuals for their involvement in internet fraud. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu presided over the case, handing down various jail terms to the convicts. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economics Financial Crimes…

    Stanley Ihedigbo     Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of Federal High Court, Abuja, has expressed displeasure upon discovery that a defendant, Nicholas Mutu, has been jetting out of the country with an undeclared passport and without the express permission of the court in violation of his bail conditions.…

      Stanley Ihedigbo     Alleged fake fertility nurse Blessing Amaka David-Agwa has been denied bail by Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Enugu, Enugu State. David-Agwa is facing a 45-count charge bordering on impersonation, forgery, and obtaining by false pretence, totaling N28,278,600. According…

  Stanley Ihedigbo     National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made a significant breakthrough in disrupting international drug trafficking as it’s operatives have thwarted attempts by drug syndicates to export large consignments of cocaine, methamphetamine, and opioids through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and the Nnamdi…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Echendu Ndubuisi Endy, Managing Director of Echendu GPC Limited before Justice E . A . Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, for allegedly defrauding his…

    Stanley Ihedigbo     Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Apo, Abuja, on Thursday, November 14, 2024, berated Adeola Adedipe, SAN, counsel to former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye for employing delay tactics to stall the pace of progress in…

    Stanley Ihedigbo     Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested two men in Uyo for alleged mutilation of the Nigerian Naira notes. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, the suspects, Ejiofor Joseph Abuju and Temple Sunday Kachi were…

      Stanley Ihedigbo     Trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Governor Godwin Emefiele, continued on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court in Maitama, with a fifth prosecution witness, Kingsley Obiora, former CBN Deputy Governor in charge of policy, disclosed…

      Stanley Ihedigbo     Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two members of an alleged syndicate, Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim, for impersonating and attempting to blackmail the commission Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, in $1m fraud. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr Dele…

        Stanley Ihedigbo     Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested 11 suspected currency racketeers and internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to the Head of Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr Dele Oyewale, they…