Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, has jailed two illegal miners and a company for offences bordering on unlawful possession of solid minerals, with a total of 58.23 tonnes of lithium and lead ore forfeited to the Federal Government. The convicts are Abdullahi Dauda,...
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Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Chidiebere Christian Okeke, a Bureau De Change operator before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State. Okeke, alongside his two companies; Paderlambs Investment Limited and Ishiugbo Nigeria Limited were...
Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY), have neutralised a terrorist and arrested two terrorists during separate operations conducted in Katsina and Sokoto States. The troops also recovered two AK-47 rifles, one motorcycles and ammunition during the operations. Acting Media Information Officer, Joint Task...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, has arraigned a businessman, Ashley Segun Oshin, before Justice Ismail O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, over an alleged One Hundred and Twenty-Two Thousand British Pounds Sterling, £122,000, investment fraud. Oshin was arraigned...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, continued its prosecution of former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over alleged abuse of office and fraudulent contract awards valued at N2,261,722,535.84 (Two Billion, Two Hundred and Sixty-One Million, Seven Hundred and Twenty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Thirty-Five...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Thursday, November 12, 2026, arraigned a musician, Felix Duke Osagie, (a.k.a Felix Duke,)for an alleged N21.2m fraud before Justice Ismail O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja,Lagos. He is facing trial on a...
Nigerian Navy has uncovered two more illegal refining sites in Rivers State, recovering an estimated 53,000 litres of suspected stolen crude oil and illegally refined petroleum products, but the operators escaped before troops arrived. The operation, conducted under Operation DELTA SENTINEL, exposed about eight dugout pits and storage containers...
A 27-year-old man, Abba Abubakar, has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for allegedly breaking into four shops at City Centre Plaza and making away with 222 mobile phones, ₦350,000 and other valuable items. Police said the suspect, who resides at Gama ‘A’, Brigade Quarters in Kano,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, re-arraigned, a former Chairman of defunct Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni before Justice H. Mu’azu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, for an alleged N15,391,093,665.00 (Fifteen Billion, Three Hundred and Ninety-One Million, Ninety-Three Thousand, and...
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has decorated twenty-nine (29) newly promoted senior officers at the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja. The officers comprise two (2) Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, ten (10) Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and seventeen (17) Commissioners of Police. In his remarks...
Justice Yellim S. Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday, November 9, 2026, ordered the final forfeiture of two luxury Mercedes-Benz vehicles, mobile phones and other electronic devices linked to a convicted internet fraudster, Ifeanyi Franklyn Arinze, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The vehicles...
Justice Mohammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Monday, November 9, 2026, convicted and sentenced Ijai Jampi to one-year imprisonment Jampi was first arraigned on August 11, 2025 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one count charge...
The Edo State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of a commercial motorcycle rider, Hamisu Sule, following credible intelligence received by operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), in collaboration with members of the Edo State Security Corps. The command’s spokesman, ASP Eno...
Troops of Sector 4, Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have recorded significant operational successes in Adamawa State, decisively crushing a terrorist assault, rescuing three kidnapped civilians and recovering arms, ammunition and improvised explosive materials in separate operations. Acting Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force...
Nigerian Navy operations in Rivers State have uncovered four illegal crude oil storage and refining sites containing an estimated 68,175 litres of suspected stolen petroleum. Director of Naval Information, Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. Captain Folorunsho said the discoveries...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a suspected gunrunner, neutralised two suspected terrorists and dismantled several terrorist camps during coordinated operations in Plateau State. The operations, conducted across Mangu, Kanam and Wase Local Government Areas, also led to the recovery of arms, ammunition, motorcycles, communication equipment and other...
Nigerian Navy has uncovered about 117,000 litres of suspected stolen crude oil and dismantled three illegal refining sites at Awokiri Community in Ogu-Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State. Director of Naval Information, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen over the weekend in...
Nigerian Army troops have arrested two suspected terrorist collaborators while allegedly attempting to smuggle food and other essential supplies to suspected terrorists in Doron Baga, Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. Security sources according to a report by a security analyst, Zagazola Makama, said the suspects, identified as...
The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ahmed Muhammad Sanusi, PhD, FCAI, today, Sunday, 8th November, 2026, embarked on an inspection tour of churches across the Federal Capital Territory to assess security deployments and monitor police deployments at worship centres. Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Police Command, SP Josephine...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 34-year-old Ugandan woman, Ms. Farida Nansubuga, for allegedly attempting to smuggle a consignment of cocaine concealed in her private parts out of Nigeria. According to the agency, Nansubuga had arrived in Nigeria with members of her church...