Crime & Metro
Unlicensed Bureau de Change operator ordered to perform 200 hours of community service
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced one Yakubu Aminu to 200 hours community service for carrying out bureau de change businesses without a valid licence. Similarly, a Kwara State High Court presided over by Justice…
Read More »Alleged N71.5m fraud: Court adjourns notorious ponzi scheme operator’s trial till Oct 29
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State has adjourned the trial of an alleged notorious ponzi scheme operator, Chinedu Roland Okoronkwo, standing trial for N71,5m fraud till October 29, 2024. According to the Head, Media…
Read More »Alleged N33.8bn Manbilla Project fraud: Proceeds used to purchase Abuja properties- Witness
Stanley Ihedigbo First Prosecuting Witness (PW1), Abubakar Kweido, in the trial of a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja before Justice James Omotosho that he former minister allegedly used funds from the Mambilla Hydro project’s…
Read More »Emefiele didn’t have Buhari, CBN Board’s Approval for Naira Redesign-Witness
Stanley Ihedigbo Fourth Prosecution Witness (PW4), Edward Adamu, in the trial of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, told Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Emefiele did not did have the approval…
Read More »EFCC arraigns a woman, native doctor for alleged N24.3m land fraud in Uyo
Stanley Ihedigbo A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo and presided over by Justice Chigozie M. Onah, has fixed November 1, 2024 for bail hearing and trial in a matter involving a woman, Josephine Anietie Philip allegedly involved in land racketeering alongside a native doctor, Effiong…
Read More »Alleged N3b Fraud: How money flowed from Kogi State government to my accounts-BDC operator
Stanley Ihedigbo An Abuja-based Bureau de Change operator and third prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, Jamilu Abdullahi, on Thursday, September 26, 2024, gave a narrative of the financial transactions between him and the Kogi State government under former governor, Yahaya Bello before…
Read More »Libel: Abike Dabiri, NIDCOM wins again
Stanley Ihedigbo Federal Capital Territory Court sitting at Bwari, Abuja has dismissed Frederick Odorige’s motion seeking to set aside the Court order dated July 10, 2023 consolidating the hearing of Hon. Abike Dabiri’s Preliminary Objection with the substantive suit. According to the Director of…
Read More »38-year-old drug mule excretes 76 wraps of cocaine in NDLEA custody
Stanley Ihedigbo A 38-year-old drug mule, Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony, excreted 76 pellets of the ingested cocaine weighing 1.267kg, after three days observation in National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) custody. According to the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International…
Read More »EFCC arrests 44 suspected internet fraudsters in Kwara
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested 44 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Ilorin, Kwara State. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, they were arrested on Friday September 6, 2024…
Read More »EFCC arrests 48 suspected internet fraudsters in Umudike
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 48 suspected internet fraudsters in Umudike, Abia State. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, they were arrested at different locations within Umudike, following…
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