Category: Crime
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ONSA Arms Deal: N4.6b was Traced to Bafarawa’s Son-Witness Tells Court
The Second Prosecution Witness, 2PW, Hamza Abdullahi in the trial-within-trial of former Sokoto State governor, Attahiru Bafarawa and four others, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, told Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, that a sum of N4.633billion was traced to the account of Dalhatu Investment Limited where Bafarawa’s son, Sagir…
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EFCC Arrests Nine Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They were arrested following actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in internet-related offences. Items recovered from them include different brands of mobile devices, laptops, two cars and several incriminating…
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Alleged N3bn Fraud: How Oyo-Ita, Allies Diverted Public Funds to Private Companies
Prosecution Witness Eight, (PW8), Hamma Adama Bello in the trial of former Head of Service (HoS), Winifred Oyo-Ita on Thursday, April 25, 2024 narrated before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how the defendant and her subordinates diverted public funds into their private companies. Oyo-Ita, the first defendant is facing…
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Alleged fraud: Former Ekiti Gov, Fayose’s trial stalled
The absence of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke in the alleged money laundering trial of a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, stalled the proceeding on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Lagos. Justice Aneke was said to be on an official assignment. The case has been adjourned until July 1 for the continuation of…
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One dead as Amotekun, cultists clash in Ondo
One person has been shot dead in a clash between operatives of the Ondo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps and some suspected cultists at Igbokada, headquarters of Ilaje local government area. The deceased was identified as Okunneye Sunday Iseoluwa popularly known as Soldier Boy. It was gathered that Amotekun operatives stormed a joint…
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EFCC freezes 300 illegal forex accounts
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen 300 illegal forex accounts trading on a peer-to-peer platform. The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, revealed that the accounts were suspended on Monday following a court order. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, Olukoyede explained that over $15bn passed through one of the forex platforms in the last…
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Tragedy: Five Children Found Dead in Car in Minna
The police command in Niger has verified the tragic deaths of five children due to suffocation inside a car on Sunday in Minna. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the police public relations officer (PPRO) in Niger, confirmed the incident to reporters on Monday in Minna. According to him, the Kpakungu Division Office of the police command…
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Unemployed man jailed six months for stealing motorcycle
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Monday, sentenced an unemployed man, Usman Abubakar, to six months’ imprisonment for stealing a motorcycle. Mr Abubakar, a 20-year-old of an undisclosed address, however, pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of stealing. The chief magistrate, Olabisi Ogunkanmi, found Mr Abubakar guilty as charged and sentenced him…
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EFCC Arrests Six Suspected Internet Fraudsters
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday,April 21, 2024 arrested six suspected internet fraudsters in Kaduna State. The alleged fraudsters were arrested at Bafra Hotel, Alkali Road, Kaduna, following actionable intelligence about their suspected involvement in internet-related offences. Items recovered from them include six mobile phones…
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Kano anti-graft agency traces N51.3bn misappropriated by Ganduje
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, PCCAC, says it has traced about N51.3 billion allegedly misappropriated by former governor Abdullahi Ganduje, current national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Chairman of the PCCAC, Muhuyi Magaji, disclosed this during an interview on Arise TV. The Kano State government, led by Governor Abba Yusuf…