The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, arraigned one Paul Afolabi before Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division, on four counts bordering on obtaining property under false pretences. Afolabi, who allegedly operated under the name, William Sharon, was arrested in Ibadan by EFCC …
Read More »Oil theft: Soldiers kill notorious kingpin in Rivers
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt has confirmed the killing of a notorious cultist and illegal oil bunkering kingpin, Korobo Menele, by its troops. Menele, who was popularly known as Mene and Oil Minister, was reportedly shot on Sunday, few hours after a group of hoodlums …
Read More »Kolanut theft earn a man months of imprisonment
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iyin Ekiti has sentenced a 36-year-old man, Ige Omotosho, to six months imprisonment for stealing a bag of kolanut. Omotosho was convicted on two counts of forcible entry into a farmland and stealing a bag of kolanut worth N10,000. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adefumike …
Read More »Four Cameroon police killed by suspected separatist bomb – government
Cameroon’s government said on Sunday that separatists in its restive English-speaking region had detonated an improvised explosive device that killed four police and wounded six. “The government condemns in the strongest terms this criminal act, perpetrated by armed bandits and terrorists with no faith or law,” the statement said. It …
Read More »14 Soldiers to face trials in Port Harcourt
One major, two captains, two staff sergeants and one sergeant are among 14 soldiers arraigned before a seven-member court martial over their alleged involvement in murder, kidnapping and other offences. The General Officer Commanding, 6 Division, Maj. Gen. Jamil Sarham, disclosed this on Saturday during the inauguration of the General …
Read More »Two Air Force officers dismissed
Two officers of the Nigerian Air Force have been dismissed for their alleged involvement in the murder of a police sergeant securing a farmhouse owned by the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. The officers, Awua Theophanous and Sunday Paul, were disengaged from the service …
Read More »Four Nigerians arrested over alleged kidnap of Canadians in Ghana
Four Nigerians have been arrested in Ghana over the alleged kidnap of two Canadians on Friday. The suspects, who are yet to be identified, kidnapped Bailey Jordan Chitty, 20, and Lauren Patricia Catherine Tilley, 19, who were volunteering in Ghana. They were held at a house at Akyease in the …
Read More »Alleged N3.6bn fraud: NDDC recovered N100b from IOC’s -says witness
A prosecution witness, Ibinabo Micheal-West, on Monday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) recovered over N100 billion from International Oil companies (IOC) He said this at the resumed trial of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against a former NDDC …
Read More »Scores killed in Sokoto attack, presidency says
The presidency has announced the death of “scores of people” in an attack in Sokoto on Saturday. The presidency said the attack occurred in “three communities in Rabah Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State.” Sokoto, like neighbouring Zamfara and Katsina states, has witnessed random attacks by armed men who …
Read More »Nigeria’s oldest prisoner regains freedom
The centenarian and Nigeria’s oldest prisoner, Pa Celestine Egbohuche, who had been at the confines of Enugu Maximum Prison for over 19 years has finally regained freedom. Pa Celestine was released on Thursday to his only surviving daughter, Chisom Celestine, through a non-governmental organisation, Global Society for Anti-corruption which had …
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