Crime

NSCDC arrests commercial driver over alleged N1.8m fraud

The Kwara Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Wednesday said its operatives have arrested one Babatunde Adekunle for allegedly withdrawing money fraudulently from a customer’s account. The Kwara Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Umar Mohammed, told…

Court remands visually impaired man for raping teenager

A visually impaired man whose name is  Francis Ugachukwu has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. It was gathered that Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court remanded the…

Man arraigned for alleged N12m inheritance scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Command, has arraigned one Isyaku Ibrahim before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court on a one-count amended charge of criminal misappropriation to the tune of N12 million. The…

EFCC arraigns man for alleged N12m inheritance scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Command, has arraigned one Isyaku Ibrahim before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court on a one-count amended charge of criminal misappropriation to the tune of N12 million. The…

Alleged N1bn fraud: Court remands ex-Kano State works commissioner

A Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Idris Wada-Saleh, be remanded in Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission(PCACC) Custody over alleged N1billion fraud. The defendant, a former Commissioner to Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, is charged…

Man kills 6-year-old son for bed-wetting

A man identified to be in his 30s has been arrested following the death of his six-year-old son in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. Nigerian NewsDirect gathered according to security reports that the suspect, Mohammed Jubrin, is a staff member of…