•Jailed Professor Peter Ogban Mixed reactions have trailed judgement by the Court of Appeal in Calabar which upheld the conviction of Professor Peter Ogban for his role in manipulating the outcome of the 2019 senatorial election in Akwa Ibom North-West District in favour of now Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Prof. Ogban, a soil science pr...
Justice Olubusola Okunuga of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced one Abubakar Sani to one year imprisonment for fraudulent conversion of N1,133,808,604.31. Justice Okunuga convicted Sani following his guilty plea. The convict was arraigned before the court on amended information dated today, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, report...
•EFCC operatives and Aisha Achimugu Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release socialite and businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu within 24 hours Justice Ekwo also ordered that the parties report to the court on May 2 on the outcome of his order, reports […...
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today, arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja with the businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, as ordered by the court. Achimugu, who was sandwiched by two female EFCC officers, arrived in court at about 11:35 am, reports NAN. Justice Inyang Ekwo had, on Monday, ordered the [&he...
•Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh The Lagos State Police Command has arrested eight individuals in connection with a series of cult-related killings within the Yaba College of Technology and its surrounding areas. The arrests were made yesterday, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, following an intelligence-led operation, reports The ...
•Murder suspect Chidinma Ojukwu and victim, late Michael Usifo Ataga Chidinma Ojukwu, a former 300-level Mass Communication student at the University of Lagos, yesterday, told a Lagos State High Court that every statement she made to the police during interrogation was false and made under duress. Chidinma is standing trial for the alleged mur...
•E-Money After hours of questioning by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, a popular Lagos socialite, Emeka Okonkwo (a.k.a. E-Money) purportedly regained his release yesterday evening. E-money had been picked on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos and taken to the commission’s office in Abuja for qu...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo In a move to combat rising insecurity in Edo State, Governor Monday Okpebholo has commenced the demolition of properties linked to kidnapping and cult-related violence, vowing to bring sponsors and collaborators to justice. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Fred Itua, state off...
•Aisha Achimugu and EFCC Prominent business executive and socialite, Aisha Achimugu, has reportedly declared a hunger strike while in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, following her arrest by operatives of the anti-graft agency. In a statement issued today in Abuja, her legal team, led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria (...
The Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has identified betting platforms, fintech platforms, the use of wire transfers and crypto exchanges, and spare part businesses, among others, as channels used in moving proceeds of Kidnapping for Ransom (KFR) in and out of the country. Other channels include livestock, the use of cash in moving KF...
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