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Police dismiss three officers over UNIPORT graduate killing

The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed three of its officers linked to the killing of a graduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Anthony Obodo along Ada George in Port...

19-Year-Old Arrested in Katsina for Alleged Police Impersonation, Attempted Robbery

  The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old man over alleged impersonation and an attempted robbery involving a toy pistol. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement...

Woman Arrested for Allegedly Smuggling ‘Colos’ to Death Row Son in Ogun Prison

The Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service has arrested a woman, Mrs. Iyabo Sowunmi, for allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected illicit drugs into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ibara,...

Cybercrime Charge: Sowore kicks as DSS moves to foreclose his defence

ABUJA — The ongoing trial of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, on cybercrime charges took a dramatic twist on Monday following a war of words...

EFCC arraigns Blessing CEO over N36million fraud in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist Blessing CEO over an alleged N36 million fraud. Blessing CEO, whose...

Ex-senatorial candidate jailed 10 years for selling petrol to Boko Haram

A 2015 senatorial candidate in Borno State, Babagana Habeeb, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Abuja Federal High Court for selling petrol to Boko Haram terrorists. The politician was...

Couple jailed 15 years for selling babies in Cross River

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP has secured the conviction of a couple for trafficking babies in Cross River State. The convicts, Esther Ini Udo, 32, and...

BREAKING: El-Rufai returns to Kaduna court after mother’s burial

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has returned to the State High Court in Kaduna following the burial of his mother. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had...

Court jails ex-accountant general 72 years for N868m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday said a former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Chukwunyere, Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has been convicted and sentenced to 72 years imprisonment for fraud involving...

Police nab wanted kidnap kingpin in Ondo

The Ondo State Police Command says it has arrested a wanted kidnapper terrorising the Akoko axis, Abdullahi Lawal, in Ikare-Akoko, Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson,...

Court grants bail to ex-AGF Malami, wife, son at N200m each over lleged N8.7b fraud

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail of N200 million each to a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), his wife, Asabe Bashir, and son,...

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