Crimes

The Chairman of Honeywell Group, Chief Oba Otudeko, a former Managing Director of First Bank, Olabisi Onasany, and others are discussing “settlement” in an alleged N12.3 billion fraud case under the supervision of the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation. Otudeko’s counsel, Chief Wole Olanipeku, (SAN), informed Justice…

Okechukwu Josiah Odunna, a Nigerian legal practitioner, appeared in a Federal Court in Miami, Florida, where he is accused of playing a central role in a fraudulent scheme that involved obtaining loans through deceptive means to purchase around 20 residential properties in Florida. The U.S. Department of Justice released a…

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a wanted 59-year-old international drug baron, Ogbonnaya Jeff. He was apprehended at his hideout in the Ojo area of Lagos after 17 years of evading authorities. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Monday, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer…

A 50-year-old husband, Alhaji Nuru Isah, has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command, for allegedly beating his 24-year-old wife to death over the cooking of the Ramadan meal. Sources said the Alhaji Isah, a businessman, allegedly flogged his wife to death during an argument over fruits and other…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, officials have arrested an Angolan businessman, Mbala Dajou Abuba, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano, with 1.8kg of cocaine. Abuba was reportedly smuggling the significantly large quantity of cocaine to Istanbul, Turkey, when luck ran out on him. It…

A Lagos court has sentenced Benjamin Ogudoro to death for murdering his wife, Chinyere Ogudoro, and her brother, Ifeanyi, by setting them on fire while they slept. Police and court records of the incident showed that it occurred in 2022 at their residence in Abule-Ado, Lagos State, just hours after…

An Indian national, Chandra Singh, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for procurement fraud totaling N816,361,386.75. The conviction followed a case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), with Justice I.O. Ijelu presiding over the proceedings. Singh had…

By Didimoko A. Didimoko A 45-year-old pastor, Ijebor Simon, and his alleged accomplice, 23-year-old Destiny Okojabhole, have been arrested by the Edo State Police Command in connection with the alleged of a seven-year-old boy. The child, identified as Evans Okojabhole, had earlier been declared missing before his dismembered remains were…

Violent clashes have led to the death of no fewer than 24 persons in various parts of Edo State. The first set of deaths occurred at the Gbelemotin community in Ovia South-West Local Government Area of the state, when farmers and produce thieves clashed. In Okpekpe community, Etsako LGA of…