Crime

22 Yahoo boys arrested in Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested 22 persons for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. They are: Muyiwa Adetola, Adeolu Damilade, Oritsetimeyin Abel, Ademola Lekan, Abayomi Qudus, Isaac Chibueze, Ayeni Olarewaju,…

NCS intercepts pangolin scales, others worth N952m

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Area Command has intercepted pangolin scales and other mixed endangered species meant for export, worth N952 million. Comptroller Mohammed Abba-Kura said at a media briefing on Tuesday in Lagos that the items were contained…

Man jailed ten years over farming scam in Kaduna

Justice Darius Khobo of State High Court sitting in Kaduna on January 22, convicted and sentenced one Kamilu Tukur Ruma to Ten years imprisonment for obtaining N 742,000 (Seven Hundred and Forty-two Thousand Naira) from one Zainab Garba as investment in…

Police confirm killing of security officers in Delta

The Nigeria Police, Delta Command, has confirmed the alleged killing of a soldier and a policeman by gunmen at Oton community in Sapele. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, gave the confirmation by telephone on…