Crime & Court

Two ‘Yahoo boys’ get 2 years jail – term

The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of two internet fraudsters…

3 years ago

Anambra drug kingpin nabbed, 548,000 Tramadol tablets recovered

Okeke Chijioke (44), a major illicit drug kingpin in Anambra state has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug…

3 years ago

Oyo court sentences man to death for killing his boss’s wife

Mr. Adeyemi Morenikeji, 37, has been sentenced to death by an Oyo High Court, located on Awe road, after he…

3 years ago

Alleged N1.4bn fraud: EFCC failed to establish any ‘prima facie case’ – Court acquits, discharges Ex-NBA President Usoro

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has acquitted and discharged the immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar…

3 years ago

EFCC steps up war against crimes, launches ‘Eagle Eye’ App

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday launched an online App, named Eagle Eye, designed…

3 years ago

₦6.5bn worth of heroin intercepted at Lagos Airport

A consignment of 26.150 kilograms of heroin with a street value of over a ₦6.5 billion has been intercepted at…

3 years ago

Ex-JAMB boss, Dibu Ojerinde remanded in prison over alleged N5.2b fraud

An Abuja Federal High Court, on Tuesday ordered that a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB),…

3 years ago

Mother of 3 with 100 wraps of cocaine concealed in her private part nabbed in Abuja

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Nigerian woman based in Brazil, Mrs. Anita Ugochinyere…

3 years ago

Zamfara police parade student posing as bandit leader, others

Zamfara State Police Command has paraded suspects in connection with banditry and other related crimes in the state, including a…

3 years ago

Soldiers behind Gabon’s failed 2019 coup jailed for 15 years

Three soldiers behind a failed coup in Gabon in 2019 have been sentenced to 15 years’ prison, the prosecutor told…

3 years ago