Category: Crime

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered over N30bn from the N37,170, 855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs under the former minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouk. Sources in the anti-graft agency said the commission had also uncovered over N500m from the scam associated with Umar-Farouk’s successor, Betta Edu, who was recently suspended by President Bola Tinubu. N37,170,855,753.44 was reportedly transferred from government coffers and sent to 38 different bank accounts domiciled in five legacy commercial banks belonging to or connected with a contractor, James Okwete. It was gathered…

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Idris Okuneye, controversial cross-dresser, popularly known as Bobrisky, has arrived at the Federal High Court in Lagos for his arraignment on money laundering and naira abuse allegation. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on Thursday filed six counts bordering on money laundering and abuse of the naira against Bobrisky. Bobrisky is scheduled to take his plea before the vacation judge, Justice Abimbola Awogboro. The crossdresser, who had been in the EFCC detention since Wednesday night, failed to meet the administrative bail offered to him on Thursday. Share on: WhatsApp

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Gbolahan Oyedemi, a Deputy Commissioner of Police serving with the Force Criminal and Investigation Department, Alagbon, Lagos State, was found dead on Monday in his private house in the Ogbomoso area of Oyo State. Oyedemi was the aide de camp to the late former governor of the state, Adebayo Alao-Akala, during his 11-month tenure as de facto governor in 2006. Although there were unconfirmed reports that the senior officer might have died of suicide, a source in Oyo State Police Command said that the circumstances behind his death were under…

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Eight persons have been arrested by the Borno State police in connection with the suspected murder of a University of Maiduguri lecturer, Kamar Abdulkadir. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Nahum Keneth, disclosed this on Monday. It was gathered that the don was killed on Sunday when the assailants invaded his office, stabbed him with a knife, and hit him with a hammer. It was also learnt that the victim was later found dead with several injuries inflicted on his body. The state PPRO, Keneth, disclosed that upon receiving the report…

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Babalola Dolapo, a 39-year-old fruit trader, has been arrested for killing his childhood friend, Evangelist Opeyemi Oyelakin, stealing his motorcycle and dumping his corpse in a pit on Oke-Igbo Road in Oke-Igbo/Ile-Oluji Local Government Area of Ondo State. Dolapo, who was arrested by police detectives in the state, said he sold the stolen motorcycle for N130,000 after killing his friend. He confessed to committing the crime with one Sikiru Mutiu, who is now on the run. He said: “It is the work of the devil, I can’t explain because this…

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A luxury bus at Oke Ado Junction, Ijebu-mushin, along the Ijebu-Ode-Benin Expressway was reportedly attacked on Saturday by some armed men. The passengers were said to be on their way to the southeast for Easter celebrations when the incident happened. The hoodlums, after successfully robbing the passengers, decided to set the bus ablaze. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident on Sunday. Odutola said, “It happened in Oke Ado junction at Ijebu Mushin. A luxury Mercedes Benz bus was burnt down. The vehicle…

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Chidinma Chinenye Agbazue, a 35-year-old Nigerian woman, has been arrested and detained by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over an attempt to export 20 parcels of cannabis sativa weighing 10.70 kilograms.  She was arrested on her way to Doha, Qatar through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos State. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media & Advocacy made this known in a statement issued on Sunday, noting that the parcels were concealed in African salad, popularly called Abacha and dried vegetables.  He said, “NDLEA officers at the…

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