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Nearly two years after the tragic events that decimated the Okuama community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, fresh tension has gripped the region following the alleged summary execution of a wanted youth, Edward Kokori. The incident, which reportedly occurred on December 27, 2025, has reignited the trauma of the March 2024 military ...
By Rauf Oyewole A political pressure group, Independent Public Service Accountability Watch (IPSAW) and Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Good Governance have decried the continued detention and failure of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arraign the Finance Commissioner of Bauchi State, Dr. Yakubu Adamu in court over alleged N4.6bn money laundering. ...
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 22 suspects and recovered firearms, vehicles, motorcycles, illicit drugs and other incriminating items following a series of intelligence-led operations carried out across several states of the federation. The arrests were made by operatives of the Force Special Tactical Squad (STS), who targeted criminal activities including armed robbery, kidnapping, banditry, ...
The Federal Government has filed fresh money laundering charges against former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, over alleged financial transactions exceeding ₦1 billion.The 16-count charge was filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja and marked FHC/ABJ/CR/700/2025, with the Federal Republic of Nigeria ...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to produce Yakubu Adamu, Commissioner of Finance, Bauchi State, in court on Dec. 30 for arraignment over alleged N4.6 billion money laundering. Justice Emeka Nwite, who gave the order after EFCC’s lawyer, Samuel Chime, failed to produce Adamu in ...
Lagos, In a community where strict rules against homosexuality are enforced with hostility, one man’s secret life has left his family caught in the crossfire of prejudice. Residents say the man Mr Ganiu Ladipo, known locally as a devoted husband and father, had long concealed his sexual orientation. In a society where being gay is ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured a Federal High Court order to detain the merchant vessel MV San Antonio, its captain, and 20 other crew members following the seizure of 25.5 kilograms of cocaine at Apapa seaport, Lagos. In a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, ...
By Matthew Denis Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered huge counterfeit foreign notes to the tune of $3, 430, 000 (Three Million, Four Hundred and Thirty Thousand United States Dollars) and €280, 000 (Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Euros) in possession of a five-member syndicate ...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Gwarimpa, Abuja, has ordered that former Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, remain in Kuje Correctional Centre until December 18, when a ruling will be delivered on his bail application. Justice Maryam Aliyu Hassan gave the order on Monday after hearing arguments from both the ...
By Idowu Adebomi, Ado Ekiti Three men have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, over the alleged theft of 500 chickens valued at ₦9 million. The defendants — Moses Uker, 35; Monday Gambo, 32; and Daniel Zakariya, 23 — were brought before the court by the Ekiti State Police ...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it recovered N37.44 billion and $2.353 million in 2025 through asset seizures and forfeitures, marking one of its strongest annual performances since inception. The Chairman of the Commission, Musa Aliyu, SAN, disclosed this on Sunday during the ICPC’s End-of-Year Engagement, send-off ceremony for retiring ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over N96.5 million to victims of ponzi schemes in Enugu State. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Oyewale said the step was in line with the anti-graft agency’s commitment to combating economic and financial crimes and ensuring restitution for ...
The Police Command in Ogun has arrested a motorcyclist, Godonu Lowe for allegedly killing his wife and attempting to flee with her corpse concealed in a sack. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, made this known on Thursday in a statement issued in Abeokuta. Odutola explained that Lowe was arrested on Wednesday at about 1:05p.m ...
The family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba (Mohbad), has renewed its call for a transparent and independent investigation into his death and urged two key witnesses — Mr. Tajudeen Olusola David and Mrs. Tajudeen Bosede Blessing to testify in court. In a statement signed by the family head, Omolayo Aloba, and Mohbad’s father, Joseph ...
…as FG vows swift rescue Panic and grief have gripped the community of Maga in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State after bandits, operating in large numbers, attacked the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) at dawn on Monday, killing the Vice Principal, Hassan Yakubu Makuku, and abducting 25 female students. The attackers ...
An Akure resident, Mr. Tairu Jamiu Ajefunbi, has accused members of his extended family in Ogun State of abducting his children and subjecting them to harmful traditional practices, including forced ritual initiation and female genital mutilation (FGM), which he alleges led to the death of his six-year-old daughter. The disturbing allegations have intensified concerns about ...
The Department of State Services has dismantled what officials describe as a high value arms supply network believed to be behind a series of violent attacks in Yelwata, Plateau State, and other troubled parts of the North, following the arrest of a key suspect, Musa Abubakar, during a targeted operation on November 12, 2025. According ...
A Delta State indigene, Mr. Lawrence Thompson, has reportedly fled his hometown of Ilabor Igbodo Village in Ika North-East Local Government Area, following threats to his life stemming from a bitter local political dispute. Mr. Thompson, born on August 16, 1977, disclosed that he was forced to abandon his home on November 5, 2025, after ...
By Obasola Olatunde The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted more than 14,440 kilogrammes of skunk in coordinated operations across six states and arrested a wanted Lagos based drug baron believed to be a major player in the country’s cannabis distribution network. The largest single recovery 11,135kg of processed skunk was made on November ...
The Nigerian Police Force has declared Modinat Motunrayo Yahya whose photograph appears above wanted in connection with an alleged Homosexual offence. Modinat, who is believed to be 29 years of age, is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by a Magistrate Court in Lagos State.According to the Police reports, She was declared wanted after ...
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced one Obinna Kingsley Anijiofor to nine years imprisonment for offences bordering on stealing and the issuance of dud cheques. Anijiofor was arraigned on February 10, 2025, by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ...
The Oyo State Police Command has declared one Mr. Adisa Hammed Olalekan wanted over alleged involvement in a criminal case linked to homosexual activity. According to a statement issued by the Command, Mr. Adisa, who resides at No. E9/169B, Bus Stop Gate Road, Oke-Adu, Ibadan, was invited for questioning on 16 August 2024 and again ...
The camp of former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of launching a politically motivated campaign against him, following the agency’s recent decision to declare him wanted on social media. In a statement signed by Mr Julius Bokoru, Special Assistant on Media and ...
