The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of seven internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The convicts: Adio Peter Olakunle, Adebanjo Oluwafemi Samuel, Ezekiel Papi Kolawole, Lukman Olakunle Alabi, Sakiru Olamilekan Usman, Godwin Moses Abaka and Amosu Oladele… Continue reading
The Crack Team of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, has apprehended Ten (10) suspects on offences bordering on illegal mining operation and criminal conspiracy in different locations in the state. The development according to the command was part of efforts to curb activities of… Continue reading
Unknown Gunmen have reportedly attacked a pub in the Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State and killed two persons. It was learnt that one of those killed during the attack, which occurred on Saturday, was the state Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Sylvanus Namang. A former state… Continue reading
EFCC Arraigns Ibadan Business Woman Over Alleged N58m FraudThe Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned Ajayi Oluwabukola Temitope before an Oyo State High Court for allegedly obtaining N58, 458, 000.00 (Fifty-eight Million, Four Hundred and Fifty-eight Thousand Naira) by false pretence from her… Continue reading
The most wanted suspected notorious kidnapper in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Dahiru Adamu, has been arrested. The development comes barely three days after the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, placed a N20 million bounty on him and one Abu Ibrahim. The two terrorists have been allegedly causing mayhem in the… Continue reading
Justices Olusola Adetujoye, O.A. Lajide and S.O. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan have convicted and sentenced 15 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges upon their arraignment by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and… Continue reading
Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded suspected killers of Mrs Elizabeth Olaniyan Gbenle, aged 69, a retired Permanent Secretary with the Oyo State Government, who was brutally murdered by unknown assailants at her residence in Ibadan, the state capital. Among other suspects paraded at the state Police Command Headquarters,… Continue reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered a total of N70,556,658,370.5 within 100 days, between October 2023 and January 19, 2024. Details of the recovery outlined in an EFCC document titled, ‘Operations and Recoveries’, was obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday. The document revealed that between October 2023 and… Continue reading
Gunmen on Thursday night, invaded the palace of Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State and killed the traditional ruler of the community, General Segun Aremu (rtd). The gunmen also whisked away the wife of the monarch and two others. The state government has confirmed the… Continue reading
Two kidnap suspects have been arrested by operatives of a Joint Task Force (JTF) in Ekiti. The suspects who held their four victims hostage for days, were arrested by a JTF comprising the military, police, Amotekun corps and local hunters. The victims include a school principal, two teachers and a… Continue reading
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