A 25-year-old woman named Temitope Adetanju has been arrested for allegedly inserting a piece of firewood into the vagina of a 12-year-old girl (name withheld) for stealing in Isewo, Obada Oko, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the victim had stolen a biscuit worth N200, Milo worth N150, and Mr….
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, over a claim of $72 million by an indigenous oil services provider. The oil company, De Coon Limited, petitioned the Reps Committee after efforts to retrieve the fund proved abortive. In…
National Coordinator, Special Operation of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, said the command has intercepted 23,925 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol in Ogun State. Comptroller Ejibunu, stated this on Thursday while addressing newsmen at the Commands headquarters in Abeokuta, on the two weeks’ activities of ‘Operation Whirlwind team….
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has secured the conviction of one Quadri Adeyinka, a staff of the Nigeria Immigration Service for committing a travelling passport fraud. A statement by the Spokesperson for the Commission, Ag. Director, Public Enlightenment and Education, Demola Bakare, FSI, on Monday, said the commission has arraigned the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan Zonal Command has announced that it has secured convictions and sentences of 36 internet fraudsters in Oyo State to various jail terms. The commission made this assertion via a statement made available to newsmen on Friday. The statement was signed by Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested four intending pilgrims as they planned to ingest wraps of cocaine ahead of their flight on Wednesday. Narrating how the arrest was made, Director, Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said its officials had raided Emerald Hotel,…
Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested Joshua Olawuyi, a suspected internet fraudster, for allegedly obtaining a vehicle under false pretences and stealing N30 million. Umma Ayuba, the Zonal Public Relations Officer, SP Umma Ayuba, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. She said that the command, under…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu In a bid to crack down on illegal mining activities across Oyo State, the Mines and Steel Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, under the leadership of Commandant Augustine Padonu, has successfully apprehended ten suspects involved in illegal mining operations, criminal conspiracy and illegal possession…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has handed over $22,000 recovered from a convicted internet fraudster, Hakeem Olanrewaju, to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, in Lagos. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos had, on August 15, 2023, ordered that the money recovered from Olanrewaju, who was sentenced to two…
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested thirteen fake Bureau-de-Change operators in Lagos. The operators, according to the EFCC statement on Wednesday, were arrested for operating BDC without an appropriate licence. The suspects are Abdulahi Musa, Garba Abdullahi, Dauda Hussaini, Jubril Musa, Abdulwaheed Iliyasu and Abubakar…