Crime

Court jails Kwara Poly student two years for cyber fraud

AFederal High Court sitting in Ilorin has convicted one Adebowale Oyedotun, a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, over offences bordering on cybercrime. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) secured the conviction. Oyedotun, 19,…

Businessman docked for allegedly cheating client N1.3m

A 67-year-old businessman, Dike Anthony, was on Tuesday arraigned at an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly cheating a client of N1.35 million. The police charged Anthony with criminal breach of trust and cheating. The Prosecution Counsel, Abdullahi…

Trader docked for alleged N478, 000 yam frauds

A 35-year-old trader, Oladimeji Nurudeen, charged with obtaining yam tubers worth N478, 000 by false pretences, on Tuesday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State. Nurudeen, who resides at Ikorodu, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of obtaining money…

Niger: NDLEA destroys 21 tonnes of drugs worth over N1bn

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Niger on Monday destroyed drugs weighing 21 tonnes in Maikunkule village of Bosso Local Government Area of the state. The state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, represented by the state Commissioner for Internal Security,…

Driver jailed nine months for stealing gym equipment

A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja on Monday sentenced a 34-year-old Driver, Habib Dada, to nine months imprisonment for stealing  his employer’s gym equipment. Dada, of Gusape Asokor village Abuja pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust, theft and…