Crime & Metro

    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…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Sixth prosecution witness, PW6, Idi Musa,  in the trial of Ismaila Mustapha (a.k.a Mompha)  an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, July 1, 2024, told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos how the sum…

Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested 60 suspects at a drug party dubbed ‘Go hard or Go home, Pick Your Poison’ and intercepted 6,125 cartons of codeine syrup containing 1,050,000 bottles of the opioid worth over N7 billion in street value, at the…

        Stanley Ihedigbo     Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced the duo of Onah Henry Chinonso (a.k.a Sandra Morales) and Puklong Michael Longhom (a.k.a Robertech) to prison for internet fraud. The convicts were prosecuted by the Kaduna…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Justices H.H Kereng and Muazu Abubakar of the Gombe State High Court, Gombe and Bauchi State High Court, Bauchi have convicted and sentenced Dabiet Onyemi Gilbert and Saleh Haruna to different jail terms for fraud. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes…

    Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 117 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, the suspects were arrested at Regional Hotel, Iyana- Ishasi, Lagos in a sting…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, presented its first prosecution witness  (PW1), Odofin Adekunle Christopher, an investigator with the commission against one Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka, an alleged serial fraudster, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in…