Crime & Metro

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…

Anambra State Police Command has intercepted a disturbing video circulating across social media platforms, allegedly showing a group of young boys engaging in an unlawful cult initiation ceremony involving a minor. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, preliminary review of the footage…

Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have made a significant breakthrough in their fight against drug trafficking, intercepting consignments of illicit drugs cleverly concealed in frozen snails, electrical bulbs, and female clothes bound for the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Democratic Republic of…

Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a massive shipment of 27,510 Rohypnol pills concealed in sachets of alcoholic drinks at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The consignment, bound for South Africa, was seized at the export shed. According to the Director,…

Kebbi State Police Command has strongly refuted claims made by the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Kebbi Branch, alleging that nine local government areas in the state are “ungovernable.” In a statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, the Command described the…