Crime

Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) said it had arrested 10 persons over alleged vandalism of electricity installations across its franchise areas within one month. The Head of Communications, EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu. He said that the arrest followed collaboration between the …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo Command says it has uncovered and destroyed two hectares of cannabis farms in the state. Mr Buba Wakawa, State Commander of the Agency disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Wednesday. Wakawa disclosed that the farms located …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said their joint operation with America Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, to arrest and prosecute internet fraudsters has yielded 167 arrests, and recovery of 92m. The anti-graft agency said it also recovered four exotic cars, plots of land in choice areas in Lagos, …

A former Goldman Sachs banker, Ellias Preko, who helped the former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, to hide funds in offshore accounts has been ordered to pay back £7.3m or face 10 years more in jail. Preko, a 60-year-old Ghanaian had been convicted and jailed for four and a …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Benin Zonal Office, on Monday announced the arrest of 113 internet fraudsters in Edo, Delta and Ondo states. Those arrested, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, include a female suspected cyber fraudster who allegedly worked in collaboration with foreign counterparts on the …

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arrested Oyediran Joseph, said to be one of the “most wanted” suspected internet fraudsters by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. EFCC said the 36-year-old suspect was arrested in Ilorin, Kwara State recently. The Zonal Head of the …

Captured suspected kidnapper, Hamisu Bala Wadume, has explained how he escaped from the operatives of Intelligence Response Team on August 6. Wadume escaped from the custody of IRT operatives when they came under attack from soldiers attached to Battalion 93, Takum, Taraba State, as they conveyed the kidnap suspect from …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, Okoi Obono-Obla, from office. Mr Obono-Obla’s suspension letter, signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, directed the embattled official to step down and …

A 32-year-old applicant, Tajudeen Adedipe, who allegedly stole electrical cables worth N2.5 million on Wednesday appear in an Ota Magistrates’ Court, Ogun. The police charged Adedipe who lives at No.26 Tolani St., Iyana-Iyesi Ota, with two counts of theft and burglary. The Prosecution Counsel, Sgt. Abdulkareem Mustapha, told the court …

The Police Command in Anambra said on Wednesday it had arrested four suspects, including a chairman of market association it alleged were behind recent cult-related killings in the state. The spokesman for the command, SP Haruna Mohammed, who made the disclosure in Awka, said the suspects were arrested by a …