Crime & Metro
CP Itam complement already emplace joint security operational force to ensure safety, maintenance of public order
Stanley Ihedigbo Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has complemented the already implaced Joint Security Force (JSF) comprising of the Army, Navy, Civil Defense, and other sister Agencies engaged in visibility policing patrols. The JSF is a dynamic and potent to address any security concerns,…
Read More »EFCC arrests seven for alleged illegal mining activities in Ilorin
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested seven suspects for offences bordering on illegal mining activities, and two others for offering N1.2million bribe to compromise the operatives of the Commission. According to the Head, Media and Publicity,…
Read More »EFCC alert: Beware of rising phishing activities
Stanley Ihedigbo Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has announced the increased in phishing activities targeting unsuspecting individuals across various digital platforms. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, in recent months, the Commission has observed a surge in fraudulent schemes designed to deceive…
Read More »Sextortion: FBI’s witness revealed how defendant femanded $200 grom late victim
Stanley Ihedigbo Ayotunde Solademi, a Foreign Service National Investigator with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and second prosecution witness, PW2, in the ongoing trial of Muideen Olamilekan Teslim, told Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, how the defendant threatened to release the…
Read More »NDLEA arrested husband, wife, others ,intercepts load shipment concealed in imported vehicle compartments
Stanley Ihedigbo A cocaine trafficking cartel headed by a couple: Bolanle Lookman Dauda and Olayinka Toheebat Dauda has been smashed in Lagos and Ogun states by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with multi-billion-naira worth of the illicit drug recovered in two major operations following…
Read More »48-year-old Paris-bound businessman excretes 111 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airport
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a 48-year-old Paris, France-bound businessman, Emmanuel Okechuku Orjinze for ingesting 111 wraps of cocaine, which he excreted after days of observation in the agency’s custody following his arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA,…
Read More »EFCC arraigns immediate past Aviation Minister, brother, firms for N5.8bn fraud
Stanley Ihedigbo Former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Hadi Abubakar Sirika, his brother Ahmad Abubakar Sirika and two companies Enginos Nigeria Limited and Samahah Integrated Investment Limited were arraigned by the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before Justice S.B. Belgore of the…
Read More »Alleged $34.4m Fraud: Binance executive ill-health stalls trial
Stanley Ihedigbo Trial of Binance Holdings Limited and its Executive, Tigran Gambaryan before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, could not continue on Thursday, May 23, 2024, due to the ill-health of Gambaryan, the second defendant. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial…
Read More »48 year-old man arrested for forging court magistrates’ stamps, impersonating police officer
Stanley Ihedigbo Detectives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Lagos State Police Command, have arrested one Charles Chukwudi, 48, for forgery and impersonation of an officer. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the suspect was arrested following discreet investigations into his…
Read More »Alleged N1.2m US Visa Scam: American businessman, Marco Ramirez Knows fate Sept. 10
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, adjourned till September 10, 2024 judgment in the alleged $1.2million US visa scam involving an American businessman, Marco Antonio Ramirez. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is prosecuting Ramirez alongside…
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