Deadly suicide bombing hits mosque in Maiduguri Several worshippers were feared killed on Tuesday evening after a suicide bomber attacked the Gambarou Jumu’at Mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Eyewitnesses said the attacker sneaked into the mosque and detonated an explosive device during the Maghrib congregational prayer. The explosion occurred during the first raka’at,…
EFCC uncovers N212bn property linked to Ex-AGF Malami … files money laundering charges A fresh storm has hit former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has traced 41 high-value properties allegedly linked to him. The said properties, according to the…
NDLEA Arrests Female Drug Syndicate After 20 Months In Hiding The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a leader of a drug syndicate, Shodunke Yetunde Simbiat, twenty months after the cartel led by a couple Bolanle Lookman Dauda and Olayinka Toheebat Dauda, was smashed by the anti-narcotic agency in Lagos…
Banditry: Victims’ families petition Tinubu, seek probe of Ex-Zamfara, Sokoto Governors A coalition of families shattered by years of relentless banditry in Northwest Nigeria has petitioned President Bola Tinubu, calling on him to order a comprehensive investigation into grave allegations made by notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, against two former governors of Zamfara and…
EFCC holds Malami overnight as probe Into 46 accounts, major deals deepens Former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has remained in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) late Monday as investigators continued questioning him over a sweeping financial probe linked to his time in office. Reliable sources disclosed…
Police arrested three, dismantle online-driven Sai Malam cult network in Sokoto By Jamil Gulma, North-West Correspondent The Sokoto State Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its ongoing fight against organised crime with the arrest of three suspected members of the notorious Sai Malam cult group. The arrests were carried out at about 11:00…
Man 20 Caught Having Sex With 5 yrs old, Inside Church Toilet A 20-year old man, Ayomide Oluyori, has been ordered to be remanded in custody at the correctional center Kirikiri town for allegedly engaging a 5-year old girl in sex inside the toilet of the Redeemed Christian Church during a church service in…
EFCC recovers ₦42.5m for 70-year-old widow defrauded by bank officer The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered and handed over a bank draft of ₦42,500,000 (Forty-Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) to a 70-year-old widow and retiree, Mrs Margret Taye Odofin. She was swindled by her former account and investment officer, Mrs Kehinde…
Death Row Inmate Vanishes from Maximum Security Custody There was palpable tension in Yobe State on Friday after a condemned inmate, Abba Hassan, escaped from the Maximum Security Custodial Centre in Potiskum, sparking a statewide manhunt by security operatives. Hassan, who was awaiting execution, reportedly fled from custody in the early hours of October 31,…
Man killed during fight over girlfriend in Yobe A love rivalry turned deadly in Yobe State after a 20-year-old man, Jibrin Lamido, was brutally hacked to death during a fight with another suitor in Gurdadi village, Yusufari Local Government Area. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Yobe State Police Command, Dungus Abdulkareem, said the…
