ICPC Arraigns Ex-Skye Bank Official Over N78.5Million Fraud
By Sadiq Umar - The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged a former staff of Skye Bank, Yemi-Aris Olaniran,...
Appeal Court Suspends Nnamdi Kanu’s Release, Uphold Terrorism Charges
Nnamdi Kanu inside the court during a hearing.
News Investigators/ The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday,...
Whistle Blower: EFCC Intercepts N250Million From Unknown Source In Lagos
By Sadiq Umar - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Monday intercepted the sum of N250 Million from yet to be identified person...
Onnoghen Probe: NJC Forwards Report To Buhari, Says Assests Declaration Matter Subjudice
Suspended Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen
By Sadiq Umar - The National Judicial
Council (NJC) has forwarded its position to...
12-Year-Old Boy Kidnaps 3-Year-Old Girl In Bauchi, Demands ₦150,000 As Ransom
(News investigator) Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 12-year-old boy for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old.
This is contained...
EFCC Grills Former Benue Governor, Gabriel Suswan
By Sadiq Umar, Abuja - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arrested a former Benue state governor, Gabriel Suswan, over allegations...
EFCC Set To Arraign Tompolo, Akpobolokemi, Others
By Dipo Awojobi - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Thursday January 14, arraign Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), and Patrick Akpobolokemi,...
Metuh’s Trial: Court Adjourns Case Till January 19
By Dipo Awojobi - The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the case involving the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic...
Ecobank Arrests Manager Who Allegedly Stole N14m From Customers Account
By Dipo Awojobi - The management of Ecobank Nigeria has facilitated the arrest of the operational manager of its Ejigbo branch, Akhanenu Ikechukwu, 41,...
Another Female Bomber Hits Kano
Less than 24-hours into the last Sunday attack by a suspected Boko Haram insurgent in Kano, another female suicide bomber in Nigeria’s Kano city...
Bail Application: Ex PDP Chairman To Know Fate On Thursday
By Nuel Suji - A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned hearing till Thursday, January 7, 2016, bail application by the former...
Wasila Tasi’u, 14year-Old Alleged Husband Killer Arraign In Court
Nigerian prosecutors have opened their case against a 14-year-old girl accused of murdering her 35-year-old husband, with testimony from a child allegedly sent to...
Police I.G Directs Measure To Forestall Possible Boko Haram Attack
By Nuel Suji, Abuja.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, has directed the Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General and Commissioners in various Police formation to...
EFCC Releases Amosu, Others On Bail, Seizes Passports
By Dipo Awojobi - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.),...
Buhari Orders Probe Of SGF, Babachir Lawal
By Sadiq Umar - President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered investigation into accusations of wrongdoing leveled against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation...
Apo Shooting: Eye Witness Recounts How Bullet Hits Neighbour’s Stomach
An eye-witness Mr. Gambo Idris on Thursday gave a horrific picture of the controversial shooting by security operatives in Apo area Abuja in which 8...
Ese Oruru: Yunusa Dahiru Faces Five Count Charge
Yunusa Dahiru, the alleged abductor of Ese Rita Oruru, was on Tuesday, dragged before a Federal High Court in Yenegoa, the capital of Bayelsa...
Stanbic IBTC In Trouble Over Questionable Transactions
By Nuel Suji, Abuja.
The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) has commenced investigation into an alleged illegal transactions undertaken by the Stanbic IBTC Bank...
Police Deploy 19 AIGs, 49 CPs, Mbu, Ogunsakin, Others Affected
By Nuel Suji, Abuja.
The Police authorities have announced the redeployment of 19 Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) and 49 Commissioners of Police (CPs).
The...
Gunmen Kill Eze James Nnamdi (Imo Traditional Ruler)
(News investigators) The traditional ruler of the Nguru community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, Eze James Nnamdi, was...
NDLEA Arrests Notorious Cocaine Dealer In Adamawa
ADAMAWA/By Tom Garba, Yola - The Adamawa Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ) has confirmed the arrest and prosecution...
Judge’s Illness Stalls Arraignment Of Kwara Commissioner, Saraki
By Sadiq Umar, Abuja.
The planned arraignment of Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye, and Mr. Ope Saraki, Senior Special Adviser on...
Gwoza Attack: Police May Soon Declare 27 Missing Officers Dead
By Sadiq Umar, Abuja.
Twenty seven police officers who went missing after Boko Haram insurgents took control of Gwoza in Borno State in August, 2014,...
Cults Clash: Assembly Urges Police To Beef Up Security In Ikorodu
By Dipo Awojobi - The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni to beef up security...
Employment Racket : Police Nabbed Two In Adamawa
ADAMAWA/By Tom Garba, Yola - Two fraudsters issuing fake appointment letters to those seeking teaching appointments in public schools in Adamawa state have been...
EFCC Detains Sen. Modu Sheriff On Corruption Charges
By Nuel Suji
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has detained a former governor of Borno state, Modu Sheriff, over allegations of corruption.
Sheriff is...
Iba Monarch: Four Persons Remanded In Prison Custody For Alleged Murder
LAGOS/By Dipo Awojobi - A High Court of Lagos State, Igbosere, Monday remanded in prison custody four men accused of kidnapping the traditional ruler of...
Abba Takes Over As IGP
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja.The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, formally took over on Friday from former Police boss, IGP Mohammed Abubakar (Rtd),...
Orji Kalu’s N3.2Billion Fraud Trial: Witness Flee To Cameroon
By Sadiq Umar - A former accountant in the Abia State Government House, Akpan Udoh, who was scheduled to testify in the alleged N3.2...
EFCC Arraigns Dokpesi On Six Count Charge
By Sadiq Umar, Abuja- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Wednesday arraigned the Chairman of DAAR Communications, Raymond Dokpesi, on a six count...
Police is like a ‘Ministry of Trouble’, That’s what keeps the working going,’ says...
Mr. Wilson Inalegwu is the Police Commissioner in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He is a former deputy commissioner with versed experience...
Senate President Canvasses Stringent Measures Against Kidnappers
...wants Nigerians to enlist in the battle against terrorists
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja
President of the Senate Senator David Mark has renewed his call for tough...
BREAKING: Court Uphold Death Sentence Against Ex-Egyptian President
An Egyptian court has upheld the death sentence imposed on ousted ex-President Mohammed Morsi over a mass jailbreak.
BBC report that the sentence was initially...
Banker Arrested Over Attempt To Assassinate Husband
By Dipo Awojobi - A banker and wife, Oluchi Tochukwu, was arrested Wednesday with two others by the Ogun State Police command over a...
Governor’s Brother Arrested By EFCC Over N400m Campaign Funds
By Dipo Awojobi - The National Vice Chairman (South East) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Austin Umahi, and two others have been...
Former Bayelsa Gov. Sylva Faces Fresh Corruption Charges
By Alaba Ajibade
The case involving a former governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Timipre Sylva, came up for mentioning Thursday at the Federal High Court...
EFCC Vows To Secure More Convictions This Year
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said expressed its readiness to improve on its scorecard of 177 convictions it recorded last year,...
Troops Arrest Suspect Of Kaduna Bombing
Troops are holding a man suspected to be connected with the explosion believed to have been targeted at General Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in...
18-Year-Old TV Anchor Drugged, Gang-Raped In Primary School Classroom In Niger
(News investigators) A young Nigerian television personality was sexually brutalised by criminals shortly after concluding a shift over the weekend,
Again, Boko Haram Abducts Scores In Borno, Boys, Men Taken Away
Suspected members of the Islamist insurgents, Boko Haram have abducted dozens of boys and men in a raid on a remote village in Borno,...
Security Robbers: Saraki Says Stolen N310million By Aides Not His
By Nuel Suji, Abuja - Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki on Tuesday dismissed claims that he was the owner of the N310million said to...
Olu Falae’s Abductors Bag Life Sentence
By Sadiq Umar - An High Court Akure on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment the abductors of Afenifere chieftain and former Secretary to the...
Supreme Court To Deliver Judgement February 26 On Rev. King Death Sentence
By Dipo Awojobi - The Supreme Court yesterday in Abuja said it would on February 26, 2016, pronounce judgment in the appeal filed by...
Bandits Kidnap 40 Kaduna Worshippers During Church Service, 15 Escape
(News investigators) Some bandits were reported to have at kidnapped at least 40 worshippers during service at Bege Baptist Church, Madala on...
We Are Not Competent To Probe NNPC – Says EFCC, ICPC
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, have said that the anti-corruption agencies lack...
153 Nigerians Awaiting Execution In China, Malaysia
By Dipo Awojobi - Not less than 153 Nigerians are presently awaiting execution for their involvement in illicit drug trade in Malaysia and China.
This...
Fidelity Bank MD, Others In EFCC Net Over $115m Cash From Alison-Madueke
By Dipo Awojobi - The Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Okonkwo, according to...
Forgery Trial: Court Grants Saraki, Ekweremadu Bail
By Dipo Awojobi - Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu were Monday granted bail in the commencement of trial in the matter involving the alleged forgery...
Alleged Husband Killer: Court Adjourns Case Till Next Monday
By Dipo Awojobi - A High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State has adjourned till Monday the suit filed against Yewande Oyediran who allegedly killed...
Deeper Life Pastor Kidnapped In Kogi -Abductors Demand N50m Ransom
By Dipo Awojobi - A senior pastor of one of the leading churches in the country, Deeper Life Christian Ministry has been kidnapped in...
Accused Supreme Court Justice Granted Bail
By Sadiq Umar - A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the Justice of the Supreme Court, Sylvester Ngwuta who...
IGP Orders Audit Of Police Armouries Nationwide
By Emmanuel Adesuji, Abuja.
The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Suleiman Abba, has ordered a thorough audit of Police armouries nationwide.
In a statement Wednesday by...
EFCC To Appeal Court Judgment On Fayose’s Accounts
By Dipo Awojobi - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday faulted an order by a Federal High Court asking it to...
EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-Abia Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu Over Money Laundering
By Dipo Awojobi - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday charged former Gov. Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia with money laundering...
Court Remands 2 Unemployed Men For Extortion
News Investigators/ A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that two men, Tarvihi Torhile and Ushaver Aindigh be remanded in a...
How I Removed My Father’s Private Part, Four Teeth For Money Ritual, Confession Of...
News Investigators/ A dare-devil 20-year-old boy, simply identified as Ridwan, has told the Police how he killed...
Gunmen Kidnap 8 NYSC Members While Going To Camp In Sokoto – NYSC
(News investigators) Gunmen Suspected to be bandits have abducted eight members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, along a highway in...
N585Million Dirty Deal: EFCC Grills Betta Edu, Releases Sadiya Umar Farouk
News Investigators/ Suspended Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister, Betta Edu on Tuesday appeared for questioning by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
EFCC To Arraign Emmanuel Owoicho, Five Others Over N115Million Oil Deal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is set to arraign Emmanuel Owoicho, Managing Director, Owoema Resources Limited and five others over an alleged...
Former Vice Minister Gets Death Sentence For Taking $92.39m Bribe
News Investigators/ A former Chinese vice minister of public security, Sun Lijun, was on Friday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve...
N1.145Million Scam: Former Presidential Aspirant’s Trial Adjourned Till May 4
By Nuel Suji, Abuja.
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has adjourned till May 4, a case of job scam involving former presidential aspirant,...
Sadiya Umar Farouk Appears Before EFCC
News Investigators/ Embattled former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, on Monday appeared before the Economic...
Woman Sponsors Boyfriend’s UK Trip With Stolen Funds –
(News investigators) A 27-year-old woman, Busayo Alagbe, has been arraigned before the Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly forging bank documents and...
Army Clarifies Trial Of Ex-NAPL GMD, Says He’s Court Marshalled For Theft, Forgery
News Investigators/ The Nigerian Army has said that the former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigeria Army Property Limited (NAPL), UM Mohammed, is...
9 Terrorists Killed In Gun Battles With Troops In Kaduna – Crime – Nairaland
(News investigators) No fewer than nine bandits were killed during gun battles with the troops and Special Forces of the Nigerian Army...
My Wife Accused Me Of Stealing Her Underwear, Had Me Arrested – Man Tells...
News Investigators/ A middle aged man, Ike Ifeanyi, on Friday told a Makurdi Upper Area Court in Benue that his wife, Lovina,...
Recovered Assets: FG Assures Of Commitment To 2020 Tripartite Agreement
News Investigators/ The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has assured of the Federal Government's commitment to the implementation of the 2020 Tripartite...
Teenager Knocks His Father To Death For Fighting With His Mum In Abuja
(News investigators) A 16-year-old boy identified as Emmanuel John has allegedly knocked his father, Monday John, to death in Abuja, IGBERETV reports.
Court Grants EFCC Relief To Access Binance Transaction Details Of Nigerian Users
News Investigators/ The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Binance Holdings Limited to provide the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with...
Court Admonishes Wife To Submit To Husband
News Investigators/ The presiding Judge of a Customary Court sitting in Jikwoyi, Abuja, Dada Oluwaseyi, on Friday admonished one Murikat Nura to...
IGP Orders Probe Into Isp. Bamidele’s Alleged Love Overture Turned-Assault By Superior Officer
News Investigators/ The police high command has stepped into the case of alleged assault of a female police officer in Osun by...
Chinese Who Killed Nigerian Girlfriend Bags Death Sentence
News Investigators/ A Kano High Court has sentenced one Chinese National, Frank Geng-Quangrong, to death by hanging for stabbing his Nigerian girlfriend...
$6.2m Scam: Forensic Expert Confirms Buhari Signature Forged
News Investigators/ A forensic document examiner seconded to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Bamaiyi Haruna on Thursday said the analysis conducted...
Assassins Shoot Rev Samuel Chinyereugo, Kill His Wife Peace In Edo Church
(News investigators) Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have attacked a pastor, Rev Samuel Chinyereugo, and killed his wife, Peace, in Edo...
Armed Men Killed During Attack On INEC Facility In Owerri (Pics,Video)
(News investigators) 3 armed men linked to separatist Simon Ekpa have been killed by the police during an attack on an INEC...
Boko Haram Releases 48 Abducted Borno Women
(News investigators) Boko Haram terrorists have released about 48 women abducted from Maiwa and Shuwarin villages of Mafa Local Government Area of...
How Doctor ‘sedated, Raped’ Patient Inside Kwara Hospital
(News investigators) Ayodele Joseph, Chief Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, has been accused of raping a patient who came...
Attack On US Convoy: Security Forces Arrest 4 IPOB/ESN Commanders
(News investigators) US convoy attack: Couple, two others held in Anambra community
Four persons, including a couple have been...
Protest In Mangu, Plateau Over Killing Of ‘100 People Within Two Days’
(News investigators) There is apprehension in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, as youths and women in the state are...
We Were Forced To Implicate Saraki – Offa Robbery Suspect
(News investigators) A witness, Shamsudeen Bada, on Thursday narrated at the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin how men of the Intelligence...
Sele-ebi Ware-ebi: Suspected Cultist Kills Man For Wearing Red Beret In Delta
A Suspected Cultist, Weekend, killed a 20-year-old man identified as Sele-ebi Ware-ebi after repeatedly stabbing him over a heated argument for putting on...
$6.23m Election Monitoring Scam: Presidency Asks Interpol To Apprehend Three Suspects
News Investigators/ The Presidency has requested the Interpol National Central Bureau to place a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) staff and two...
Supreme Court Adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Case Until Sept. 14
News Investigators/ The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in the suit filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of...
Refund Looted N130 Billion Now Or Face Legal Action -Group Tells Okorocha
News Investigators/ A non-profit organization, Sincere Concern Organisation, has vowed to take action against former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, if...
Court Declares Murder Charges Against Reps Leader, Doguwa Unconstitutional
A Federal High Court in Kano has declared Culpable Homicide charges, including Criminal Conspiracy Prosecution against the House of Representatives Majority Leader,...
Insecurity: S/East Leaders, Governors Resolve To Meet Tinubu
News Investigators/ Leaders of the South East geo-political zone, have expressed grave concern over the rising wave of insecurity in the region...
“We Brought Down Crashed Helicopter’ – Bandits Claim Responsibility
Bandits have claimed responsibility for the crashed surveillance helicopter in Badna, Chukuba ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.
Anambra Landlady Pours Hot Water Mixed With Pepper On Tenant Over Rent
(News investigators) A woman identified as Amaka Okonkwo has been arrested for allegedly pouring hot water mixed with pepper on her tenant over...
Police Arrest Couple Who Stole Neighbour’s Two-Year-Old Son
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a man and his wife for allegedly stealing their neighbour’s two-year-old son.
Tribunal: Police, NDLEA Present Additional Evidence Against Adebutu On Vote Buying
News Investigators/ The Nigerian Police and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have released multiple evidences against...
Running From Law ‘Only Exacerbates’ Your Problem, AGF Tells Yahaya Bello
News Investigators/ The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has asked the immediate past Governor of Kogi...
Army Rescues 21 Underage Pregnant Teenagers In Abia Baby Factory
Headquarters of the Nigerian Army in Ohafia, Ohafia local government area of Abia State on Sunday raided and rescued 21 pregnant teenagers...
Bank Official Narates How Adebutu Applied For Production Of 200,000 Prepaid Cards
News Investigators/ A staff of Zenith Bank, Celestina Appeal, on Tuesday said the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in...
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