Crime & Metro

      Stanley Ihedigbo     A major drug cartel behind the production and distribution of deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘mkpuru mmiri’ has been taken down by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), following the arrest of the leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Joachin…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), opposed the application of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, for the release of his passport to enable him to make an overseas medical trip. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC,…

    Stanley Ihedigbo     Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have raided the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate headed by a couple: Agbakoba John Mmadu, and Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe as well as their associate, Okoye Ifeoma Maryjane, where large consignments of the class…

    Stanley Ihedigbo     Third Prosecution Witness  (PW3), in the ongoing trial of Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley, told justice U.P Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),  High Court, Abuja, how the defendant and his entire family allegedly conspired and defrauded her of the sum of $370,000 . According…

    Stanley Ihedigbo Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Thursday, July 4, 2024, adjourned till October 24, 2024 further hearing in the alleged N4.8bn fraud trial involving Cletus Ibeto, Chairman, Ibeto Energy Development Company, Cletus Ibeto. According to the Head, Media and Publicity,…

  Stanley Ihedigbo     Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, July 1, 2024, adjourned till October 28, 2024 further hearing in the trial of one Alhaji Usman Abubakar  and  Young Alhaji Foundation over an alleged N950m  forex fraud. According to the…

    Stanley Ihedigbo     A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday dismissed a No-Case-Submission application filed by three directors of an oil firm, Petro Union Oil and Gas Limited, who are currently standing trial over an alleged £2.6bn fraud. The trial judge, Justice Mohammed Liman, held in…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Justices Darius Khobo and A.A Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court and Hawau Buhari of the Federal High Court, Kaduna have convicted and sentenced Abubakar Shettima (a.k.a Dennis Hueber), Timileyin Akinsola (a.k.a James Smith), Favour Onoja (a.k.a Dean Leon), Naphtali Bako (a.k.a Benjah), Suleiman Ibrahim (a.k.aRico_Mod2) and Festus Gabriel (a.k.a Sandra Will) to various jail terms for  internet fraud. According to the Head,…

    Stanley Ihedigbo     A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered popular Anambra cleric and founder of Living Christ Mission, Rev. Onokogu Hezekiah (also known as Daddy Hezekiah), to pay N10 million to Polaris Bank manager, Hezekiah Duru, for violating his fundamental human rights. The cleric had…

Stanley Ihedigbo Three months after vomiting and excreting eighty (80) wraps of cocaine following his arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),  at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos, a Delhi, India-bound passenger, Freeman Charles Ogbonna, has…