An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure has ordered the remand of two men, Adebowale Adegboye, and Idowu Akinseye in prison custody for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl (name withheld). While Adegboye is the father of the victim, Akinseye is her stepfather, reports The PUNCH. The duo were alleged to have had carnal knowledge [&hell...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is yet to release the reports of its investigations into the alleged fraud cases involving former Ministers of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk and Betta Edu. The investigations, which were launched 15 months, also involved a former coordina...
•Terrorists Jihadists have killed at least 14 farmers in a raid on farmlands in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State, with a local official warning that the toll may rise. The farmers were clearing their land on Saturday near Pulka town in Gwoza district in preparation for the upcoming planting season when they were attacked, said Abba […...
A security operative who sells state’s arms and ammunition to bandits has been arrested by Directorate of State Services (DSS). The operative (yet-to-be named) was arrested with a cache of arms which he planned to sell to criminal elements for N4 million, reports The Nation. He was arrested alongside 53 others by the Kaduna Command […]...
•Oba Joseph Oloyede and Pastor Edward Oluwasanmi The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, and a Nigerian pastor, Edward Oluwasanmi, are facing possible prison sentences in the United States after pleading guilty to charges of COVID-19 relief fraud. Oba Oloyede, a US-based accountant and information system expert, was appointed...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared eight persons wanted over their alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme linked to an online trading platform, Crypto Bridge Exhange, better known as CBEX. A public notice by the EFCC yesterday listed them as Seyi Oloyede, Emmanuel Uko, Adefowora Oluwanisola, and Adefowora Abio...
•Armed Fulani herdsman At least seven people have been killed in a fresh attack on Agbo Vengav Udam community in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen. Residents told our correspondent that the assailants stormed the village around 7pm yes and opened fire indiscriminately, killing seven on the spot [...
Gombe State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of eight suspects for alleged abduction and gruesome killing of a six-year-old boy, Muhammad Ibrahim Bulama, a resident of Bura-Bunga village via Bajude, Gombe State, for money-making ritual purposes. The suspects, members of an 8-man syndicate regarded as deadly ritualists, have been arreste...
•Terry Apala (L) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today has ordered the remand of hip hop musician, Terry Alexander Ejeh, also known as Terry Apala, for a charge of naira abuse. Justice Akintayo Aluko ordered his remand in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, Lagos, till May 5, 2025, when his bail application would be […]
A civil society group under the aegis of the Center for Human Rights and Accountability Network has advocated for the establishment of State Police, saying that present security architecture appears unable to cope with rising waves of crime and criminality in the country. It argued that the introduction of state police into the policing struct...
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