Crime & Metro

Stanley Ihedigbo In a bid to ensure a peaceful, credible, and violence-free governorship election in Anambra State, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, witnessed the signing of a Peace accord among the flag bearers of political parties participating in the forthcoming election. According to the Police Public…

Stanley Ihedigbo National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alerted the Nigerian public about the circulation of dangerous illicit substances being falsely packaged and marketed to the public as medicinal cannabis. According to the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, the public alert comes on the heels of credible…

Michael Olumide In a significant breakthrough in the fight against illicit arms proliferation, the Kebbi State Police Command has arrested three suspected gunrunners and seized a locally fabricated AK-47 rifle along with 737 rounds of 7.62x39mm live ammunition in Bena and Dolekaina. According to the Public Relations Officer, Kebbi State…

Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have made a significant breakthrough in their fight against illicit drug production in Nigeria, arresting a 30-year-old man, Stephen Kelechi Imoh, in connection with a clandestine laboratory manufacturing Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis, hidden in a residential building…

Supreme Court has dismissed appeals filed by Mr. Abubakar Ali Peters, Managing Director of Nadabo Energy Limited, in connection with an alleged ₦1.4 billion oil subsidy fraud. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dele Oyewale, Peters had approached the apex court seeking to…

Supreme Court on Thursday, October 30, 2025, struck out a motion filed by socialite Fred Ajudua challenging its earlier judgment in the ongoing $1.043 million fraud case involving a Palestinian businessman, Zad Abu Zalaf. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dele Oyewale, Ajudua…

Justice Benjamin Lawan Manji of the Adamawa State High Court, Adamawa State, has convicted and sentenced the Managing Director, Bonghe Micro Finance Bank, Grace Andreas Karka, to five years imprisonment. Karka was prosecuted on two-count charges bordering on criminal conspiracy and cheating to the tune of N32m by the Gombe…

Chinedum Ihedigbo Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday raided Proxy Nightclub in Lagos, arresting the owner, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, known as Pretty Mike with along with over 100 guests. According to the Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Femi Babafemi, early hours of Sunday, following…

Stanley Ihedigbo Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is set to arraign one Rita Izehia Iyoha for property fraud. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, Iyoha, 58, in collaboration with her sister, Fidelia Oghenetejiri, is alleged to have defrauded one…

Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested an alleged serial fraudster, Mrs. Imaobong Cyril Okpong, for her alleged involvement in a series of visa fraud schemes and fake offers of foreign scholarships for nonexistent studies abroad. According to the…