19 young fraudsters sentenced in Edo, forfeit properties
At least 19 young men proven to be internet fraudsters have been tried and sentenced by an Edo state High court. This was disclosed by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Nigerian man arrested three months after arriving UK for multiple child pornography
Cyril Kenneth, a Nigerian, who arrived Belfast, Northern Ireland a part of the United Kingdom (UK) in February to study, has been arrested for attempting to date children under the…
Former Ekiti speaker detained over attempted murder, fraud
42-year-old Tajero Adebayo and 48-year-old ex-Speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, have been detained in the Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre owing to fraud and attempted murder cases. The men…
Police begin investigation into death of good Samaritan shot by phone snatchers
The Lagos State Police have disclosed that they have begun investigation into the death of a 23-year-old good Samaritan, shot dead by armed robbers, while attempting to retrieve his female…
Benue catechist on the run after lover dies during abortion
The Police in Keande Local Government Area of Benue state are currently on the trail of one Oliver Vershima , a Catechist who serves in St. Martin's Parish Mbape in…
‘FBI agent’ sentenced to three years jail term in Kaduna
Solomon Eke met his Waterloo on Monday after a High Court in Kaduna sentenced him to three years in prison for impersonation. The anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Two bankers arraigned for producing fake ATM card, stealing customer’s ₦20m
Two bankers, Freeman Austin Jacob and Umar Abdullahi and two others - Ahmed Bashir and Abdulhakim Musa (aka Gandu) were on Monday arraigned before Justice Simon Akpah Amobeda of the…
Cleric sentenced to death for killing pregnant choir mistress, two others
Chidiebere Okoroafor, the founder of Alter of Solution and Healing Assembly in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State has been sentenced to death by a high court in the…
Customs confiscates pangolin scales worth N432m in Bauchi
At a press conference in Bauchi, Mr. Umar Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone D of the Nigeria Customs Service, revealed that contraband Pangolin scales…
21 pregnant girls rescued from Abia-based baby factory
21 pregnant women were on Sunday removed from an Abia State-based baby factory through the aid of the 14 Brigade of the Nigerian Army. The facility, according to residents of…