Crimes
N35bn fraud: Former FBN staff loses 7 properties to FG
Court Orders Final Forfeiture of Seven Properties Linked to Former First Bank Employee The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of seven properties linked to Muiz Tijani Adeyinka, a former employee of First Bank Nigeria Plc, following allegations of fraud amounting to billions of naira.…
Read More »Police arrest thug who assaulted female bus driver in viral video
By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Friday Onu, who was seen in a viral video on the Lekki-Epe Expressway assaulting Mrs Yetunde Amole in an attempt to steal her car battery. A statement by the Command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin explained that the…
Read More »Court jails two men for stealing chickens
By Deborah Nnamdi An Ota Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ogun State, on Monday, sentenced two men, Shibu Abdullahi, 21, and Yakubu Usman, 25, to one month imprisonment each for stealing two chickens valued at N70,000. Insp. E. O. Adaraloye, the prosecutor, told the court that the convicts and others still…
Read More »India-bound brothers nabbed with $300,000 cocaine
Two siblings, John Abugu (43) and Kenneth Abugu (31), have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with 5kg of cocaine worth about N470 million. The siblings were arrested at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, during check by eagle-eyed NDLEA operatives while attempting to board a…
Read More »Three US-based Nigerians risk 60-year jail term for money laundering
By Deborah Nnamdi Three Nigerians residing in the United States—Olumidej Olorunfunmi, Samson Amos, and Emmanuel Unuigbe—could face a total of 60 years in prison for their alleged involvement in money laundering, amounting to $4.5 million. A statement by the US Department of Justice disclosed that the trio conspired among themselves…
Read More »Lagos biz man nabbed over importation of illicit drugs
By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Lekki-based businessman and proprietor of Damillionz Takeout, Arokodare Damil Ebenezer, in connection with the shipment of 60 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, from the United States to Nigeria. A statement by Femi…
Read More »Alleged money laundering: EFCC declares socialite Aisha Achimugu wanted
By Deborah Nnamdi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared businesswoman and socialite Aisha Achimugu wanted. The agency’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, made this known in a circular released via the EFCC’s X handle on Friday. According to the EFCC, Achimugu is wanted by the agency in an alleged case…
Read More »N2.2bn Subsidy fraud: EFCC Re-Arraigns Ahmadu Ali’s son
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned Mamman Ali, son of former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Ahmadu Ali, on charges related to an alleged N2.2 billion oil subsidy fraud. Ali, alongside Christian Taylor and Nasaman Oil Services Limited, appeared before Justice Mojisola Dada at the Lagos Special…
Read More »Man jailed two years for cybercrime in Uyo
A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Monday, March 24, 2025, convicted and sentenced Oguzie Chima Joseph ( a.k.a. Sergeant Flores Nguyen) to two years imprisonment for internet fraud. He was arraigned by the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on…
Read More »EFCC Arraigns Suspect Arrested With $578,000 in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, arraigned a suspect, Okorie Sylvernus Sunday for alleged money laundering. Sunday was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, with $578,000( Five Hundred and…
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