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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday convicted the former Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, over allegations bordering on money laundering offences. Although Mamman was conspicuously absent in court, Justice James Omotosho, in the judgment, held that the EFCC had been able to established the 12-count amended charge against the defendant beyond reasonable. ...
The Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has successfully arrested and repatriated a Chinese fugitive, Xu Qing, to the People’s Republic of China to face charges related to large-scale illegal absorption of public deposits through a Ponzi scheme. The repatriation followed a formal request from Chinese authorities, who declared the ...
Months after the assassination of Olufemi Tajudeen Idris, Esq., the legal counsel for youth leader Abidemi Akinlade, no arrests have been made, leaving the victims without justice and the key witness in grave danger. Idris was murdered in a machete attack at his residence on March 6. The killing is widely viewed as a calculated ...
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Plc (PHED) has confirmed the death of a suspected vandal, identified as Khalifa, who was electrocuted during an attempt to interfere with high-tension power infrastructure in the Oginigba area of Port Harcourt. The fatal incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, April 24, 2026, when the suspect reportedly attempted ...
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has condemned the alleged extra-judicial killing of 28-year-old Mene Ogidi. Addressing lawmakers before the commencement of plenary on Tuesday, Akpabio described the incident as a matter that strikes at the moral fabric of our nation and said it demanded urgent attention from both the legislature and security authorities. “Before ...
An estate agent, Kehinde Adewumi, was on Wednesday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan, over alleged accommodation fraud. Adewumi, 31, is facing a two-count charge of obtaining money under false pretences and theft. He, however pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, ASP Olagoke Adegbenro told the court that the defendant committed the ...
The Chadian armed forces on Tuesday said that 23 soldiers were killed and 26 hurt in an attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram on a base on the shores of Lake Chad. Army spokesman Issakha Acheikh Chanane said that the attack late on Monday on the island of Barka Tolorom in Lake Chad was ...
…as Court Adjourns Hearing to May 13 The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed a counter-affidavit in opposition to a fresh bail application filed by the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, in the ongoing case before the Kaduna State High Court. At the resumed hearing of the ...
By Imisioluwa AfunmisoThe trial of Ali Bello, nephew of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the 17th Prosecution Witness (PW17), Ahmed Audu Abubakar, detailing how alleged funds were moved through Bureau De Change (BDC) operators to ...
By Ismail Azeez A Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, has directed Obafemi Awolowo University to rectify the degree classification of a graduate, Shekoni Jemima Oluwagbemisola, after finding that the institution unlawfully downgraded her result. In her judgment, Justice Adefunmilola Demi-Ajayi ruled that the university breached the plaintiff’s fundamental rights by changing her grade ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano Strategic Command, has arrested six suspects with different quantities of illicit substances believed to be narcotics. The Commander of the NDLEA in Kano, Mr Dahiru Yahaya-Lawal, made the disclosure in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, on Monday in Kano. He said ...
Security operatives have arrested 13 suspected cultists during an initiation ceremony in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers. The suspects were apprehended in a forest between Alode and Onne in the early hours of Sunday. An eyewitness, identified as Lene, said that about 100 young men had gathered at the location for the initiation ritual. ...
By Damilare Adeleye United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has dismissed as false, defamatory, and malicious claims alleging that its group chairman, Tony Elumelu, has divorced his wife. An X (formerly Twitter) user had claimed that the business mogul divorced his wife after a purported DNA test showed that his seven children did not belong ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 25-year-old motorcyclist, Umar Yahúza, following a lone accident that occurred in Iseyin in the early hours of Saturday. According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, the incident happened at about 5:30 am at a ...
By Idowu Adebomi The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Zone B, has called for urgent action to protect journalists and combat disinformation, warning that press freedom remains critical to peace, development, and security. In a statement marking the 2026 World Press Freedom Day, the NUJ Vice President, Zone B, Ronke Afebioye-Samo, said the theme of ...
By Imisioluwa AfunmisoThe Kwara State Police Command has recorded major operational successes in its fight against kidnapping and violent crimes, with the arrest of 16 suspects and the recovery of arms, ammunition, and other items during operations carried out across the state in April. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday by the ...
A family of five from Usi Ekiti in Ekiti State has reportedly gone into hiding following escalating threats and violence linked to their refusal to subject their daughters to female circumcision, a traditional practice still observed in parts of the state. Residents of the area identified the head of the family as Mr. Olabode Falusi, ...
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched an investigation into Ralph Chinazum Ajah, the Managing Director of Paramount Energy Limited, for his alleged involvement in a N72.3 million fraud. The suspect is being grilled following accusations of stealing and obtaining money under false pretenses related to a failed ...
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have successfully rescued five students of Gateway Polytechnic, Sapade, following a coordinated intelligence-led operation. The victims were abducted on April 27, 2026, after their vehicle was ambushed by armed criminals in the Sapade area. The Ogun state Commissioner of Police. vp Bode Ojajuni mobilized tactical units, including SWAT ...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have re-arraigned Bauchi State Accountant General, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja and an unlicensed Bureau de Change operator, Aliyu Abubakar of Jasfad Resources Enterprises, before Justice O. A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The duo were re-arraigned on amended five-count charge, bordering on conversion of public funds belonging ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has rescued 14 persons abducted by sea pirates along the Calabar Oron waterways.The victims were freed following coordinated operations driven by intelligence gathering and inter-agency cooperation aimed at dismantling criminal activities along the maritime corridor.According to a statement ...
By Muyideen Aliyu The Kwara State Police Command has arrested 5 suspected kidnappers and recovered a locally fabricated weapon following a coordinated operation in the Ifelodun Local Government Area. The operation, carried out on Apr. 23, 2026, was led by the Command's Anti-Kidnapping Team, which acted on credible intelligence and collaborated with local vigilantes and ...
