The Police in Edo, on Friday, confirmed that some monies carted away during the deadly bank robbery in Uromi have been recovered. Commissioner of Police, Phillip Ogbadu spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). On Thursday afternoon, around 20…
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has impounded 40 bags of smuggled rice and seized the boat used in smuggling them. The Commanding Officer, Navy Capt. Muhammed Kabiru, made this known…
Three men were on Wednesday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, for allegedly stealing 50 armored cables from Dangote Refinery. The defendants – Peter Ezuonogbo, 28; Yusuf Ibrahim, 23; and Abraham Chinedu, 27 – are facing…
The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has read the Riot Act to those engaged in ritual killings in the state, saying they will be made to face the law if caught. Governor Abiodun said this just weeks after four…
A former Revenue Officer with the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu, Mrs. Dorothy Chigozie Amalili, has been sentenced to three years in jail for defrauding the hospital of N4.6 million. Mrs. Amalili, who was jailed by Justice K. Okpe, of the…
A Gombe State Secondary School Principal, Mr. Bello Muhammed Abubakar, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), over alleged fraudulent activities and other ancillary offences. The Commission, in a 2-count charge brought before…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta A Pastor in charge of Life and Power Bible Church Ogijo, Pst. Mathew Oladapo, has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for allegedly forcefully having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 19-year-old member of…
A 16-year-old boy was on Wednesday docked in an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly breaking into shops and stealing shoes, bag worth N320, 000. The police charged the defendant, whose address was not provided, with three counts of…
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced six oil thieves to various terms of imprisonment. The defendants, Abubakar Lawan; Okwe Victor; Justice Samson; Baffa Abubakar, Usman Mohammed and Chris Chinda were jailed on different…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Command, on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, secured the conviction of a former Minister of Water Resources in the administration former President Goodluck Jonathan, Sarah Ochekpe and two others, Evan Leo Sunday…
