Crime
Just In: EFCC operatives conduct search at Dangote head office
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are currently at the Lagos head office of the Dangote Group, according to TheCable. They are conducting a search on forex allocations to the company during the tenure of Godwin Emefiele as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Dele Oyewale, the EFCC spokesman, declined […]
Ex-minister Farouq didn’t shun invitation – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development Sadiya Umar-Farouq did not shun its invitation, as reported by a section of the media. The EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Oyewale […]
N37.1bn fraud: Buhari’s minister shuns EFCC invitation
Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, on Wednesday, shunned an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission probing the N37.1bn allegedly laundered during her tenure in office through a contractor, James Okwete. Umar-Farouq kept interrogators waiting for over eight hours on Wednesday without an official communication to the […]
N37.1bn fraud: NSIPA co-ordinator arrested, ex-minister faces EFCC today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and detained the National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, Halima Shehu, over the ongoing probe into the N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, under former Minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouk. According to THE PUNCH, […]
NDLEA intercepts 7.5m tramadol pills, codeine bottles
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has thwarted attempts by transnational drug traffickers to flood Nigerian communities with large quantities of assorted illicit drugs during the yuletide season. The NDLEA operatives frustrated the attempt and intercepted millions of tramadol 225mg pills, thousands of codeine syrup bottles, and bags of Canadian Loud in consignments arriving in […]
Herbalist bags 5 years imprisonment over N8m fraud
A 58-year-old Ekiti herbalist, Nurudeen Ibrahim was sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labour for fraud for allegedly defrauding a businesswoman of the sum of N8million. Ibrahim was arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, on Aug. 2, 2022, on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and indecent assault. The prosecutor, Insp Elijah […]
EFCC confirm arrest and detention of former Power Minister since December 13
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that the former Minister of State for Power, Olu Agunloye, is currently in its custody. The disclosure is coming barely a week after the anti-graft agency had declared the former minister wanted on allegation of forgery and corruption. According to an exclusive report from Channels, a […]
Immigration arrests 12 human traffickers, rescue 522 victims
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has reported the arrest of 12 individuals involved in smuggling operations in 2023. The apprehended suspects were responsible for the trafficking of 522 victims, who have now been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The Comptroller General of Immigration, Caroline Wuraola-Adepoju, made […]
Man remanded for alleged defilement of 7-year-old girl
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday remanded a man, Wasiu Oriyomi, in Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 7-year-old girl. Oriyomi, whose residential address was not given, is was charged for defilement. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Justice Rahman Oshodi remanded him in the correctional […]
Ondo Amotekun arrests 62 suspected criminals
The Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun, and other security agencies have arrested 62 suspected criminals in different parts of Ondo State. Adetunji Adeleye, commander of Amotekun in Ondo State, made this known on Monday in Akure. Mr Adeleye explained that the arrest of the suspected criminals followed distress calls received and surveillance activities of operatives […]