Crime

Bunkering: Navy detains suspected smugglers’ vessel

The Nigerian Navy said it detained and handed over a suspected smugglers’ vessel to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), for switching off its transponder. Capt. Suleiman Mohammed, First Lieutenant, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, told…

2 panel beaters in court over alleged car theft

Two panel beaters, Olawale Olaniyi and Kehinde Sulaiman, on Friday appeared before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a Honda Element Jeep worth N3 million. Olaniyi, 50 and Sulaiman, 38, of no fixed addresses, are facing a two-count…

4 police inspectors arrested for alleged extortion

The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested four police officers who allegedly harassed and extorted N70,000 from a 16-year-old student on Wednesday at NGAB Junction, Isheri Area of Lagos State. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr…

FedEx staff docked for alleged N2.2m theft

The Police on Friday arraigned a 33-year-old FedEx Red Star Express staff, Wisdom Jackson, before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N2. 2 million from his office account. Jackson, a resident of Shogunle in Oshodi, Lagos, is being tried…

N2m credit alert sends Ilorin driver to prison

A 45-year-old driver, Adetunji Tunde Oluwasegun, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for fraudulently converting to personal use a sum of N2million that was erroneously transferred into his account. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes…