The Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentence of 39 internet fraudsters from Justices O.S. Adeyemi, Bayo Taiwo and Ladiran Akintola, all of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan. This is contained in a statement by the commission’s Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale. According to the statement, they were prosecuted on a separate one-count…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called for the swift investigation of the Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) scam. Falana made this call during a news station’s politics programme, saying there is no better time to probe petrol scam than now. “It is high time the importation scam was investigated. I am not talking of the…
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Oyo State Command, has paraded four suspects who gang raped a lady. The suspects also took the victim to an unlicensed nurse, who carried out an abortion on her. The suspected rapists were paraded alongside other suspects who were arrested for various offenses ranging from rape to financial…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has secured an order from the Federal High Court in Abuja to freeze 20 different bank accounts linked to a suspected female terrorist, Aisha Abdulkarim. The accounts, domiciled in eight different banks, are to remain frozen for a period of 60 days to enable the secret police to carry…
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organization, Afenifere, has condemned calls by some Yoruba extremists demanding the exit of Nigerians of Igbo extraction from the South-West. The organization assured all Nigerians living legitimately in any part of Yoruba land to entertain no fear about their safety or be afraid of being forced out of the area….
Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has removed 63,000 accounts associated with the notorious “Yahoo Boys” scam group, the company announced in its Q1 2024 Adversarial Threat Report today. The accounts, deleted over the past few weeks, were used for financial sextortion scams and distributing blackmail scripts. Meta reported that…
The Nigeria Police Force has said the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has no business meddling with land cases or other civil matters. According to a statement issued, the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, also refuted the allegations made against Egbetokun in connection with a land dispute involving one Bilikisu Aliyu and…
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has said another group of 58 Nigerian women and children have been rescued from human traffickers in Ghana, The Chairman of Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Board of Trustees in Ghana, disclosed this to the NiDCOM boss, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, when she stopped by to visit the trafficked victims…
The Edo State Police Command has said that Arthur Angel Jr. killed his father, Arthur Judah Angel over monetary demand at Ugboha, in Esan South East on Sunday. The Spokesman of the Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, told The PUNCH on Wednesday that a preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased son had threatened to kill his father…
There is outrage in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State following the stabbing to death on Monday of a final-year student of the Niger Delta University. Community sources said the victim, Francis Palowei, was at the Sand Dump, a popular spot among the students for relaxation and socialising when some youths in…