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Panic has gripped the Ahoro-Esinele community in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State following an invasion by gunmen on Friday morning. The armed group reportedly stormed Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele, between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., where they kidnapped the school principal, Mrs. Rachael Alamu, and an unspecified number of students. During the ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced an investigation into an alleged money laundering case involving $79,150 recovered at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos. Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 are currently questioning two suspects, Anih Shadrach Friday and Chukwukezie Vincent Ndonna, regarding the undeclared funds. ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Justice Aisha Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court has convicted and sentenced two men, Abdullahi Suleiman and Ahmad Yahaya, for offenses bordering on cheating and criminal misappropriation involving a total sum of N7,378,000. The defendants were arraigned on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, on separate one-count charges. Suleiman, alongside Ismail Luka and ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, operating under Operation DESERT SANITY, have recorded fresh operational successes. These include the rescue of abducted civilians, the reunification of families, and the arrest of suspected terrorist collaborators across parts of the North East. According to a statement from the Military ...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi, over alleged money laundering involving more than ₦500 billion. The arrest, carried out in Abuja on Wednesday, has pushed the federal energy agency into the spotlight, with EFCC investigators reportedly examining financial transactions ...
Justice O.A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, rejected an application filed by the Bauchi State Accountant General, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja, for permission to travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage, Hajj, and a medical check-up. Jaja is facing prosecution by the Economic ...
By Ismail Azeez Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has berated the Osun State Commissioner of Police over what he described as unbridled brigandage across the state. The Governor stated that the situation could have been instantly curtailed if the police authorities had acted swiftly and decisively at the early stage of the crisis. In ...
By Imisioluwa AfunmisoOperatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspected members of a notorious One Chance robbery syndicate. During the operation, police recovered a tricycle used for their crimes and several suspected stolen mobile phones. The suspects were apprehended during a routine stop-and-search operation along Iyana Ipaja Road. According to the Police ...
By Ismail Azeez Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed the State Police Command to arrest documented thugs allegedly associated with the All Progressives Congress (APC). The directive comes amid fresh attacks on Accord Party assets and public properties across Osogbo, with the Governor warning against a situation where the public might resort to self-help. ...
Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Sunday shot dead an undergraduate said to be of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and injured three others in a violent attack. The attack reportedly occurred at about 6 p.m. along the Benin-Lagos Road, directly in front of the university’s main gate. Witnesses said the deceased, identified simply as ...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, has arrested three suspects for alleged vandalism and tricycle theft in different parts of the state. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Kano by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi. Idris-Abdullahi said two suspects, Adamu Ibrahim, 25, and Abba ...
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced 20 -year-old, labourer, Nanle Solomon, to two years in prison for stealing a filing machine. The convict pleaded guilty to the 2- count charge of trespass and theft brought against him by the police. The Magistrate, Mrs Irene Pati, sentenced the convict to one year in prison for ...
A cloud of grief and controversy hangs over the Aresa family following the sudden passing of Mr. Aresa Nasiru. The elderly man’s death has sparked urgent calls for justice and an investigation into allegations of systemic bullying and intimidation by his own relatives over a disputed family matter. According to eyewitness accounts and reports from ...
By Omobolaji Adekunle Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have foiled a truck hijacking in the Ijebu North area of the state, recovering a stolen DAF truck loaded with motor spare parts along with a fabricated wooden rifle allegedly used by the suspects. The incident occurred on Wednesday at Oke-Ado, Ijebu North, where hoodlums ...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday convicted the former Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, over allegations bordering on money laundering offences. Although Mamman was conspicuously absent in court, Justice James Omotosho, in the judgment, held that the EFCC had been able to established the 12-count amended charge against the defendant beyond reasonable. ...
By Muyideen Aliyu The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a businessman, Taiwo Sunday, on a two-count charge involving alleged fraud to the tune of ₦123 million. Sunday appeared before Justice Kareem Adedokun of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, facing charges of stealing contrary to ...
The Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has successfully arrested and repatriated a Chinese fugitive, Xu Qing, to the People’s Republic of China to face charges related to large-scale illegal absorption of public deposits through a Ponzi scheme. The repatriation followed a formal request from Chinese authorities, who declared the ...
Months after the assassination of Olufemi Tajudeen Idris, Esq., the legal counsel for youth leader Abidemi Akinlade, no arrests have been made, leaving the victims without justice and the key witness in grave danger. Idris was murdered in a machete attack at his residence on March 6. The killing is widely viewed as a calculated ...
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Plc (PHED) has confirmed the death of a suspected vandal, identified as Khalifa, who was electrocuted during an attempt to interfere with high-tension power infrastructure in the Oginigba area of Port Harcourt. The fatal incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, April 24, 2026, when the suspect reportedly attempted ...
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has condemned the alleged extra-judicial killing of 28-year-old Mene Ogidi. Addressing lawmakers before the commencement of plenary on Tuesday, Akpabio described the incident as a matter that strikes at the moral fabric of our nation and said it demanded urgent attention from both the legislature and security authorities. “Before ...
An estate agent, Kehinde Adewumi, was on Wednesday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan, over alleged accommodation fraud. Adewumi, 31, is facing a two-count charge of obtaining money under false pretences and theft. He, however pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, ASP Olagoke Adegbenro told the court that the defendant committed the ...
The Chadian armed forces on Tuesday said that 23 soldiers were killed and 26 hurt in an attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram on a base on the shores of Lake Chad. Army spokesman Issakha Acheikh Chanane said that the attack late on Monday on the island of Barka Tolorom in Lake Chad was ...
…as Court Adjourns Hearing to May 13 The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed a counter-affidavit in opposition to a fresh bail application filed by the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, in the ongoing case before the Kaduna State High Court. At the resumed hearing of the ...
