Police kill two suspected robbers, recover 413 cows, 50 sheep

 Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), have recovered 413 stolen cows, 50 sheep and one locally made AK47 rifle at Kagarko bush, Kaduna State after a fierce gun battle with suspected armed robbers.

Court Adjourns Ex-Naval Boss, Jibrin’s Trial to Dec 8

Justice A. S. Umar of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Maitama has fixed December 8 and 9, 2017 for further hearing in a case of N600million fraud involving a former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin.

How to cripple human traffickers financially, says NAPTIP boss

Okah-Donli

Human traffickers must be crippled economically by destination countries and International Law Enforcement Agencies if the fight against human trafficking is to be won.

Court strikes out case of UK based lady seeking former husband's extradition

Ogunowo,

A Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State has struck out a suit filed by Eileen Odumosu against her ex-husband, Mr Bankole Oni Ogunowo, seeking to repatriate him from United Kingdom to Nigeria.

‘No law says women can’t stand surety, bail people’

IGP Ibrahim Idris

A group of lawyers and members of the Civil Society Organisation in Nigeria, yesterday, disclosed that there was no known law in Nigeria, which stipulates that women could not stand as surety or bail people.

NAPTIP declares woman who uses videos to force girls into prostitution, wanted

NAPTIP BOSS, JULIE

Miss Perebi Nicole Otubo has been declared wanted by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for allegedly trafficking girls from Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for prostitution.

FG repatriates 242 Nigerians from Libya

Nigerians numbering 242 were on Tuesday evening repatriated from Libya. The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos on Libyan Airline plane.

Only three of 26 dead migrants are Nigerians – Buhari

NAPTIP BOSS JULIE OKAH-DONLI

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said only three of the 26 migrants who died in the Mediterranean and were buried in Italy recently were Nigerians.

Shock as Lagos Model College boys’ kidnappers drop arms

Kidnappers of six students from Lagos Model College, Igbonla, Epe yesterday dropped their arms and embraced the amnesty programme of the Federal Government brokered by the Ondo State Government.

Lagos to buy surveillance aircraft to fight militants

Lagos Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has announced plan to acquire Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform, a specialized light aircraft, to secure creeks and riverine communities in the State.

WHY WE RECALLED AND REINSTATED DCP DANJUMA IBRAHIM - PSC

Following reports in the social media and inquiries from the public, the Police Service Commission wishes to clarify its position on the recall and reinstatement of DCP Danjuma Ibrahim formally in charge of operations at the Federal Capital Territory Command.

Court Adjourns INEC Officials' N264.88m Fraud Case to Dec. 4

Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has adjourned further hearing in the case of three officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to December 4, 2017.   

N30m fraud: Contractor remanded in prison for defrauding best friend

Ajigbotafe

A   contractor, Akinyemi Ajigbotafe, has been remanded in prison custody by a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State for allegedly defrauding his best friend to the tune of N30m.

The accused was said to have committed the crime under the pretence that he wanted to clear, dredge and sand fill 20 acres of land for his best friend, Lucky Martins Igbokwe, at Awoyaya Town, Ibeju Lekki area of the state.

Girl sold in Mali for N450,000 calls for help

NAPTIP BOSS OKAH-DONLI

A 25-year-old lady, identified as Miss Ogechukwu Okonkwo, has made a frantic phone call from Mali, to her uncle Ndubisi Okafor in Nigeria to come and rescue her.

Church drummer arrested for attempted assassination

Homicide detectives attached to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, have arrested a church drummer, Mr Alex John, for the attempted assassination of a mother and daughter at the Isheri area of Lagos State.

Falana: EFCC Replies Fayose

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, takes exception to the attempt by the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose to impugn the integrity of its Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, over the management of assets recovered from pension fraud suspects.

NAPTIP Partners With Tour Operators to Fight Human Trafficking

Okah-Donli

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dame Julie Okah-Donli have called upon the tour operators, travel agents and airline operators to note their responsibilities as spelt out under Section 35 of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administrative (TIPPEA)Act 2015, which regulates the activities of tour operators and travel agents with respect to curbing the crime of human trafficking.

Juliana Francis Wins Wole Soyinka Investigative Female Reporters Leadership Award

The Crime Editor of New Telegraph newspaper, Juliana Francis, has emerged the first runner up of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Female Reporters Leadership Programme, 2017 edition.

N112m Scam: EFCC Commences Trial of Delta INEC Official

Justice E.O Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State on Thursday, 16 November, commenced hearing of a matter involving a former official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Fidelia Omoile, who is facing trial on a one- count charge bordering on bribery to the tune of N112, 480, 000.00.

Businessman Convicted for N23.5m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Gombe zonal office, secured the conviction of one Muhammad Abubakar Mubi to six months imprisonment before Justice M. J.  Umar of the Federal High Court, Gombe on one count charge bordering on Obtaining Money by False Pretence. 

Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor murdered in Lagos

A Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Victor Kanayo, has been murdered in Lagos.

Subsidy Fraud: Witness Reveals How Eternal Oil MD, Others Forged 30 Documents To Defraud FG

At last, the trial of the trio of  Mahmud Tukur, Abdullahi Alao and Ochonoghor Alex and their companies Eternal Plc and Axenergy has commenced, with a  prosecution witness, Abdul-rasheed Bawa, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, telling Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos how the defendants defrauded the Federal Government of the sum of N3,121,393,098.

Magu Tasks Media on Anti-corruption War

Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has called on the media to complement the work of the anti-corruption agencies, describing the role of the media as vital in the fight against corruption in Nigeria.

CDHR PRESIDENT SLAMS FG OVER MAINA; DSS/EFFC FACEOFF

National President, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, Mr. Malachy Ugwummadu has decried the lack of synergy among government agencies.

EFCC Arraigns Ex-NSITF MD, Abubakar, 4 Others for N18bn Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, November 23, 2017, arraigned Umar Munir Abubakar, Henry Ekhasomi Sambo, Adebayo Adebowale Aderibigbe, Chief Richard U. Uche and Aderemi Adegboyega before Justice Silvanus Orji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, on a 26-count charge bordering on conspiracy, abuse of office and illegal diversion of public funds.

There 222 Pension Properties: EFCC UNDER FIRE

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to comments attributed to the Chairman of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee investigating the controversial reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Miana, Senator Emmanuel Paulker, alleging that officials of the Commission shared 222 properties which Maina’s Panel seized from pension fund thieves. 

Badoo kills mother, two children in church

The dreaded Badoo ritual killing group, on Tuesday, struck, killing a mother and her two children inside a church at Temu village in Ikosi Ejirin Local Council Development Area of Lagos State.

Judge Withdraws From Justice Nganjiwa's N81m Bribery Case

The trial of Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Bayelsa Division could not continue today, Thursday November 22, 2017, as the trial judge, Justice Adedayo Akintoye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, disclosed that the case file had been transferred to another court.

IGP ORDERS COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE TO PREVENT FURTHER ATTACKS

*SECURITY BEEFED UP

       

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris has ordered all Commissioners of Police in charge of State Commands and their Supervising Assistant Inspectors General of Police and other Police Formations nationwide to be on red-alert with effect from 21^st November, 2017 to nip in the bud and prevent the spread of the renewed Boko Haram attacks on soft targets, such as Mosques, Churches, Markets, Schools, Motor Parks, Farm Lands, Settlements, Villages, Towns and Cities in the North East States of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, and also quell the recent attacks by armed bandits in Zamfara State and other vulnerable states in the country. The Police Joint Team will also pay particular attention to the security of IDP Camps and liberated areas in the Mentioned States.

Court Adjourns Fani-Kayode’s N4.9bn Fraud Case Till Dec. 5

Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 adjourned further hearing in a N4.9billon fraud case involving a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to December 5, 2017.  

EFCC Presents Another Witness in N85m UTHC Procurement Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday 21 November, 2017 presented its sixth prosecution witness, in the trial of the Chief Medical Director of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, Professor Thomas U. Agan, and six others, allegedly involved in an N85 million procurement scam, before Justice I. E Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross Rivers State.

How Goje Diverted N1bn Agric Loan- EFCC Witness

The trial of Senator Danjuma Goje, a former governor of Gombe State, on charges bordering on conspiracy and money laundering, continued on November 21, 2017 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presenting four more witnesses, who testified as the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22^nd witnesses.

UK Govt Trains EFCC Operatives …As Magu Preaches Obedience to School Pupils

Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has expressed his gratitude to the Government of the United Kingdom, UK, for the continued support in the fight to eradicate corruption and all forms of economic and financial crimes in Nigeria.

TWO MANAGING DIRECTORS ARRAIGNED FOR N7.3BN OIL FRAUD

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos zonal office, on Monday, November 20, 2017, re-arraigned the duo of Ogbor Elliot, Managing Director, Danium Energy Services Limited, and Godwin Okoronkwo, Managing Director, Petrosol Energy Limited, before Justice M.S. Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a 10-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretense, conspiracy and forgery to the tune of N7, 300,000,000.

NAPTIP arrests cleric, travelling agents, intercepts 39 victims

NAPTIP BOSS, DONLIE

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has intercepted 39 women suspected to be victims of human trafficking and illegal migration in a coordinated raids carried out on suspected locations within the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja.

Man arrested for killing his sleeping parents

 A 33-year-old man, Osinachi Amanze of Umuosama, Umuokiri Nvosi in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State, who allegedly murdered his parents in cold blood, has been arrested.

Gang using taxi to operate smashed after robbing sergeant

A cab driver, Kola Bakare, 31, is finding it pretty tough to convince policemen and journalists that he was not part of a gang of robbers that dispossessed a policeman of his valuables at gunpoint.

How UNILAG students robbed popular musician, Mr 2Kay of N11m

*Police ask musician, Burna Boy, to clear self of armed robbery charge

The suspects

The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, revealed that three students of the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, were part of a four-man gang of robbers that robbed a musician, Abiye David Jumbo, otherwise known as Mr 2Kay.

How friends lured businessman out to his death

Uba after he was shot three times by his friends

Uba, when he was alive

Detectives attached to the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), have arrested four men for allegedly killing Mr. Emmanuel Uba, alias Owan, at the Festac area of Lagos State.

Edo Govt takes delivery of 142 Libyan deportees

NAPTIP BOSS

More than 142 famished looking indigenes of Edo State were ferried back to Benin, the state capital after their incarceration and woeful deportation to the country from Libya and other countries.

Policeman batters woman, 64, threatens to shoot medical doctor

A policeman, Omolayo Ojo, attached to the Lagos State Governor Monitoring Team (GMT), Ikeja, has been alleged of assaulting  a 64-year- old woman and injuring her son.
The son was allegedly attacked, while trying to stop the policeman from harassing his mother.

Impersonation: Lawyer trained in USA, practiced seven years arrested

The Lagos State Taskforce has arraigned, Ladi Fagbore, for allegedly claiming to have trained in US as a lawyer and practiced for 17 years.  

Customs seize N508m smuggled vehicles, contraband

The Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted contrabands worth the sum of N508,615,042 within the last two months.

Policeman killed, three others injured, patrol van burnt

*One beheaded, another killed in cult clash

Armed men have killed a policeman, wounded three others, and then set a patrol van on fire in Edo State.

Ibadan clash: Woman, student shot by police battle for to live

The clash between students of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Moor Plantation, Ibadan and the Oyo State Police Command on Monday, has left two staff of the institution in critical condition at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.

Ozubulu Massacre: Four arraigned over church killings

Four suspects have were arraigned before an Anambra State Magistrate Court sitting at Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state, over their alleged involvement in the killings of 13 persons at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu, on August 6.

Police arraign Chief Imam, another for breach of peace

 Police in Ogun State have charged the Chief Imam of Ajebandele Ijebu community in Ijebu East Local Government, Alhaji Ramoni Igbalaye, to court over felony and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.