LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned Nigerians to beware of fraudsters sending messages and calling citizens, asking to help individuals update their Sim card from 4G to 5G. In a brief communique, the antigraft agency explained that an OTP would…

Lekan Adekanbi, the prime suspect in the gruesome killing of a couple, Mr Kehinde and Mrs Bukola Fatinoye, has confessed that he and his gang members slaughtered the family after forcing them to transfer N1,102,000. Adekanbi, the driver to the wife of the…

The Ogun State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of all the suspects involved in the killing of a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, and their son, Oreoluwa, in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The suspects murdered Oreoluwa, who was thrown into a river…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said yesterday it filed a motion before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, seeking a stay of execution of the judgment of the Kogi State High Court in Suit No: HCL/696/2022 between Ali…

The Police Command in Enugu State has said it has arrested the woman in a trending video allegedly extorting money before issuing voter cards to their owners. This was contained in a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on…

The senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaboshi, who was convicted and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment seven months ago by the Court of Appeal in Lagos for laundering, was on Wednesday remanded in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre to…

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says it is on high alert and will identify, arrest and prevent foreigners from participating in the forthcoming 2023 elections.. The NIS Comptroller General, Isa Jere said this during an election retreat organised for NIS Zonal Coordinators and Command Comptrollers,…

Inspector-general of police (IGP) Usman Baba has ordered the posting/redeployment of deputy inspectors-general of police (DIGs), assistant inspectors-general of police (AIGs) and commissioners of police (CPs) to departments, commands and formations. Force spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this is in line with the…

Two Sterling Bank managers in Abuja have been apprehended by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). A statement from the ICPC disclosed that its operatives arrested the Regional and Service Managers of the financial institution last Friday for hoarding…

Three Internet fraudsters, popularly called ‘yahoo boys’, have been sentenced to community service in Abuja after being arraigned for fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Abuja Zonal Command. The EFCC, in a statement on Tuesday morning, said a Federal High Court…