Crime

EFCC arraigns Vice Chancellor for N260m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 arraigned a former Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gusau, Professor Magaji Garba before Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi Abuja on a…

Man bags 1 yr. jail term over Internet fraud

A Federal High Court in Ibadan has sentenced a man, Segun Soneye to one year in prison over impersonation and internet fraud. Delivering judgment, Justice Uche Agomoh said that Sonye was convicted and sentenced based on the evidence before the…

Gunmen attack Adamawa Police Station, kidnap two

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked Ngurore Police Station in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa, police authorities say. They also attacked a house in the area, abducting a woman identified as Hauwa Umaru and her daughter in…

Fake petroleum supplier remanded for fraud in Osun

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 51-year-old fake petroleum supplier, Bello Moshood for allegedly defrauding a man of 132,000 litres of petroleum products. The accused person allegedly committed the offence in April 2013 at Ile-Ife, Osun…

Court sacks 16 TIC chairmen in Kwara

By Saka Laaro,Ilorin. Court sitting in Kwara State has sent packing all the 16 Chairmen and members, Transitional Implementation Committee who were, according to court judgement, unlawfully appointed to head the 16 local government in Kwara State. After several court…

EFCC advises youths against cybercrime

As part of efforts to engage the student community in the  campaign against cybercrime, the Ibadan Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, Kanu Idagu, has advised the youth to desist from cybercrime, warning that it…