Crime & Metro

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…

Stanley Ihedigbo A Nigeria-based businessman returning from Brazil, Uche Franklin Onyekwere, was arrested by the NDLEA at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport for attempting to smuggle cocaine hidden in his private parts and the soles of his shoes. According to the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, Onyekwere was…

Michael Olumide Federal High Court has appointed Mr. Omobolaji Bello as the Administrator of Sujimoto Holdings Limited following an order made on 14 November 2025 pursuant to the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA 2020). The appointment places Sujimoto Holdings Limited under administration, with Mr. Bello assuming the role…

Michael Olumide Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has warned that he would no longer tolerate unnecessary delays in the alleged fraud trial of three former employees of Sports Radio, Brila FM, Babafemi Raji, Akakan Victor Mkpong Sam and Blessing Sunday Ekerete. He, thereafter, adjourned to March…

Stanley Ihedigbo An 80-year-old ex-convict, Jeremiah Isaiah Nkanta, has fallen back into the hands of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) just three years after completing a two-year prison sentence for drug trafficking. According to the Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, Nkanta—who is notorious for involvement…

Stanley Ihedigbo Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has quashed a police investigation targeting Ghanaian businessmen in Abuja, declaring the probe by the Nigeria Police Force Monitoring Unit misleading, unlawful, and lacking legal foundation. The decision was conveyed in an official circular issued by…

Stanley Ihedigbo Residents of Lagos were left in shock following the arrest of a female drug kingpin who concealed a large quantity of cocaine inside her children’s bedroom. According to the Director, Media and Advocacy of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, twenty months after a cocaine…