Police arrest man for stealing 23 cows in Gombe
On Thursday, the Gombe State Police Command showcased a suspect apprehended for the theft of 23 cows from Golombi village, located in the Shongom Local Government Area of the state. Adamu Maikudi, a 23-year-old resident of Mai Rana village in…
Chinese to die by hanging for killing Nigerian girlfriend
A Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong has been sentenced to death by a Kano State High Court for murdering his girlfriend, Ummulkhulsum Buhari. Quangrong was accused of killing Buhari because they had a disagreement. The Chinese charged with culpable homicide told…
Two To Die By Hanging For Kidnapping In Taraba
Chief Judge of Taraba, Justice Joel Agya, yesterday sentenced Yusufa Adamu and Adamu Abdullahi to death by hanging for kidnapping Balkisu Kambe and Maryam Musa in Gashaka local government area of the state. Agya, who delivered the judgement at the…
How Buhari, ex-SGF’s signatures forged to move $6.2m from CBN
A forensic document examiner seconded to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Bamaiyi Haruna on Thursday said the analysis conducted on the documents used to release $6.2m from the Central Bank of Nigeria in February 2023 showed that they were…
EFCC Arrests 2 Chinese Citizens for Illegal Mining in Kwara
Another two Chinese nationals have reportedly been arrested by operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) over offences bordering on illegal mining activities. The suspects were arrested on Sunday at mining sites located…
Court jails fake EFCC worker, two others
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of Abdulazeez Isah to three years imprisonment for parading himself as one who works with the anti-graft agency. Abraham Adama and Uzoma…
Navy Raids Lagos Beach, Intercepts N128m Cannabis
Officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS), BEECROFT at the weekend conducted a sting operation along Lagos waterways, intercepting a large wooden boat laden with weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa with an estimated street value of N128 million The…
Former Finance Minister, Olu Agunloye, Released From Prison
A former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre after fulfilling his bail conditions. Adamu Duza, the spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, confirmed the release….
Emefiele pleads not guilty to amended 20-count charge, trial adjourned to Feb
Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has pleaded not guilty to the amended criminal charge filed against him by the federal government. BACKGROUND On Thursday, the federal government amended the criminal charge it filed against…
EFCC, ICPC should be quizzing some APC politicians — Soyinka
Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka said some politicians in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) should be answering questions from anti-graft agencies over corrupt practices during their time in elected offices. Soyinka stated this in an interview on Channels Television…