Crime

EFCC docks entertainer for dud cheque

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command today, December 7, 2021 arraigned one Simon Oshi, a 28 year-old businessman and entertainer before Justice N. Osun -Adebiyi for alleged issuance of dud cheque. The defendant was alleged to…

Man, 24, to die by hanging for killing brother

An Ado Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced 24-year-old Ebenezer Olorunleke to death by hanging for killing his own brother. Justice Bamidele Omotoso said the prosecution had discharged the burden on Olorunleke Ebenezer and established beyond reasonable doubt the defendant…

Businessman, 54, docked for alleged N10m fraud

A 54-year-old businessman, Jeremiah Akinbami, on Monday, appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding a bank of N10 million. Akinbami, who resides in the Ketu area of Lagos, is standing trial on a three-count charge of obtaining…

Traveler excretes 96 pellets of cocaine in NDLEA Custody

…5 varsity students, others in net over 5,721.92kg drugs By Seun Ibiyemi A 44-year-old father of three, Gabriel Anthony Patrick has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA,…

Gun men attack Okomu Oil Palm company

One Police Officer and an unarmed private security driver attached to Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC are in critical conditions following attack by gunmen who allegedly were in the company’s rubber plantation to steal wet rubber cup lumps. The incident,…