Crime

By Oghenekevwe Arese In the capital city of Edo State, Benin City, a High Court presided over by Justice Efe Ikponmwonba has convicted and sentenced two brothers, Ochuko Godfrey and Ochuko Prosper, along with 14 others, to various jail terms. In a recent post on Thursday from the Economic and …

Delta State Police Command Retrieves Weapons Seized from Suspected Hoodlums Creating Panic in Warri and Surrounding Areas In a recent development, the Delta State Police Command has successfully confiscated a cache of weapons believed to belong to suspected hoodlums who have been causing fear and disorder in the city of …

Chukwuebuka Okija   A popular native doctor from Anambra state, Chukwudozie Nwangwu, has regains freedom after six days of captivity. It was reported that Nwangwu, otherwise known as “Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki,” was abducted from his Triple P Hotel on Sunday when the gunmen attacked him and shot dead two of …

The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, led by the Secretary to the State Government Enugu State, (SSG), Chidiebere Onyia, sealed the premises of two commercial banks, and 107 shops across the coal city for complying with the Sit-At-Home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Enugu. The sit-at-home …

Bhadresh Gohil, a 58-year-old lawyer of Indian origin, was ordered by a UK court on Monday to pay more than £28 million in costs related to criminal activities. Gohil had previously been convicted of fraud and money laundering in a case involving corruption allegations against James Ibori, a former governor …

The Ondo State Magistrates’ Court, located in the state capital of Akure, has handed down a two-year prison sentence to Friday Okeneji, a man found guilty of stealing chemical substances worth N130,000. The convicted individual, identified as a pastor of a renowned church in Iwaro Oka Akoko, situated within the …

A federal high court seating in sittng in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, to either charge the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN, Godwin Emefiele to court if they have criminal charges against him Hamza Muazu, presiding judge, said the former CBN governor should …

The suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has honoured the invitation by the Department of State Services. The secrete police invited the suspended EFCC boss immediately after the approval of his suspension by President Bola Tinubu. Recall that the president suspended Bawa over what he …

President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has approved the suspension of the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa. The President Approves the suspension on Wednesday to allow for a proper investigation into his conduct while in office. Bawa has been directed to immediately hand over the affairs …

The Department Of State Services,DSS, has confirmed that the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria is now in her custody. In a tweet titled “EMEFIELE, NOW IN DSS CUSTODY, the secrete police said “The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby confirms that Mr Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Governor …