Crime

Court remands man for alleged N3.2m land fraud

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna High Court on Thursday ordered that Ibrahim Hamza be remanded in a correctional centre, for alleged N3.2million land fraud. Khobo gave the order after the Prosecution Counsel, Y. J. Matiyak, pleaded that Hamza be…

Agent jailed 2 years for Canadian visa scam

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday sentenced 33- year-old man, Olanrewaju Sangodoyin, to two years imprisonment defrauding his client of N750, 000. Delivering judgment, Magistrate Abimbola Amole-Ajimoti, sentenced Sangodoyin without an option of fine. ”The convict is found…

Car dealer jailed one year for N2.8m fraud

Justice M.T.M. Aliyu of the Kaduna High Court on Thursday sentenced car dealer, Barau Mukthar, to one year imprisonment for N2.8 million fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office charged Muktar with fraud. Justice Aliyu sentenced…

EFCC arrests four suspected oil thieves

The Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Command on June 7, 2022, arrested four suspected oil thieves. The suspects,  Abdulgafar Salihu Ogande, Ismaila Isyaka, Ibrahim Isiaka and Iliyasu Usman were arrested at Mbiama, Rivers State alongside…

Community sends SOS over herders’ attacks

Residents of Oke Aro Community in Ondo State have been thrown into anxiety, as Fulani herdsmen continue to cause fear in them with  series of attacks. The dwellers, it was gathered, had their first onslaught in the hands  of the…