Crimes

By Deborah Nnamdi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 43-year-old makeup artist, Adekoya Adebukonla Mary, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, for attempting to smuggle 2.2 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the walls of her suitcase. NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi announced the arrest…

Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended Dr. Mkor Aondona, the Special Adviser to the Executive Governor of Benue State on Documentation, Research, and Planning, over allegations of sextortion and cyberbullying. The arrest took place in Makurdi on Friday, June 20,…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Dr. Nekabari Dambere Nathan, a Port Harcourt-based medical practitioner, over an alleged N39.15 million visa fraud. Dr. Nathan was brought before Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt on Thursday, alongside his company,…

“I killed 6-year-old boy (Muhammadu Bilah) after I took ice (hard drug)” those were the chilling words of 24-year-old Godspower Ebisimiagha (aka Bobby), who gruesomely murdered Muhammadu Bilah in Yenagao, Bayelsa State capital. “While eating with the boy, I suddenly stood up and hit him on the floor.” Ebisimiagha spoke…

By Deborah Nnamdi Police operatives in Ondo State have apprehended two individuals, one of them a 17-year-old, for alleged involvement in drug trafficking near Ikare Junction in Owo Local Government Area. The suspects, identified as 17-year-old Usman Muhammad and 27-year-old Usman Bashir—both natives of Kaduna State—were reportedly caught transporting 51…

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have discovered a suspected kidnappers’ hideout concealed within an abandoned, unfinished building in Epinmi Akoko, located in Akoko South East Local Government Area. Inside the structure, officers found a deep underground pit believed to have been used to hold victims…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended seven individuals suspected of internet fraud in Abuja. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale confirmed the arrests. He disclosed that the suspects were picked up in the Lifecamp and Kubwa areas of…

By Deborah Nnamdi A U.S. federal court has sentenced five Nigerian nationals to a total of 159 years in prison for orchestrating a $17 million fraud scheme that targeted over 100 victims, including individuals, businesses, and government agencies across the country. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the convictions, which…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken into custody a former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Moses Sule, along with 14 ex-lawmakers, over alleged involvement in money laundering and abuse of office. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale announced the arrests in a statement…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate, has charged Precious Williams, a director of Glossolalia Nigeria Ltd and Pelegend Nigeria Ltd, in connection with an alleged N13.8 billion Ponzi scheme fraud. The arraignment occurred before Justice S.I. Mark at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt,…