Crime

Financial crime convictions rising in 2023 – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says conviction figures from economic and financial crime prosecutions in 2023 are rising across various commands of the commission. Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, Executive Chairman of the commission, made the disclosure on Thursday in…

Suspected hoodlums set BRT on fire in Lagos 

By Sodiq Adelakun Suspected hoodlums set ablaze the bus belonging to the Lagos State Bus Service Limited yesterday morning after colliding with a commercial bus, killing the driver. The accident occurred on the Ifako Bridge inward Ogudu on the Oworonshoki…

EFCC arrests six internet fraudsters in Abuja

By Sodiq Adelakun The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested six internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo Boys,’ in Abuja. The anti-graft agency made this known in a statement released on yesterday, stating that the suspects were…

Ogun housewife sells baby for N600,000 to pay bank loan

Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old woman, Olaide Adekunle, for allegedly selling her 18-month-old baby girl, Moridiat Rasaq, for N600,000 to an unknown buyer in Lagos. The suspect was apprehended following a complaint made…