Crime

Nigerians Spent ₦2.23tn As Payment For Ransom To Kidnappers In One Year   By Shalom Oludele Nigerians paid ₦2.23tn as ransom to kidnappers in twelve months, a survey revealed. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the payments were made between May 2023 and April 2024. According to the NBS’s latest Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey report published on …

Court Fixes December 13 For Yahaya Bello’s Arraignment Over Alleged N80.2b Money Laundering By Shalom Oludele A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed the arraignment of the Kogi State  ex-governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, for December 13, 2024. Justice Emeka Nwite on Friday, November 29, 2024 directed the court’s Registrar to issue a hearing notice to Bello’s legal te7u979777am …

EFCC Arrests 25 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin City By Shalom Oludele The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced the arrest of 25 internet fraudsters, at different locations in Benin City, Edo State. The operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the commission made this known on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. The suspects were said to have been …

Nigerian Government Withdraws Criminal Charges Initiated Against Binance Executive   The Nigerian government has withdrawn all criminal charges filed against Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance Holdings, who has been facing a money laundering trial from detention since April. This was pronounced on Wednesday by a lawyer representing Nigerian anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at the Federal …

EFCC Arrests 24 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin City Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday September 30, 2024, arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations within Benin City. According to the statement released by the commission on its X account, the suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence of their …

Troops Arrest Gunrunners, Recovers Arms in Plateau Nigerian Army troops of Operation Safe Haven have arrested about 5 notorious gunrunner, in an intelligence-driven operation carried out in Bayameni, Jos North local government area of Plateau State. The Military Public Information Officer, Operation SAFE HAVEN, Major Stephen Zhakom, who disclosed this in a statement via its official X handle on Tuesday, …

Customs Launch Investigation Into Alleged Extortion By Officials The Kano-Jigawa command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has launched an investigation into an alleged extortion involving businessmen at Abubakar Rimi market popularly known as Sabon Gari. The investigation followed a complaint by the businessmen alleging extortion by some officials of the command. According to the Public Relations Officer of …

Black Sunday, as herdsmen reprisal attack claims Ondo farmer’s life   It was a black Sunday at Uba Oka in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo when a 36-year-old farmer was killed on his farm by men suspected to be herdsmen. A source disclosed to our correspondent that the deceased farmer, Sunday Ayeni, had his farm vandalised by …

A 47 Year Old Businessman Stabbed To Death In Bayelsa. A 47 year old business man known as Mr Cletus Alake, was Yesterday found murdered in his business office, Opposite Ekeki Park, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The deceased, who’s popularly called MTN man was in the business of printing recharge cards for various GSM service providers. Eyewitness account, have it …

Two feared Dead As “Yahoo Boy” Hits Four in Akure Tragedy struck in Akure on Sunday as a private vehicle hit four persons on a long Alagbaka road killing two instantly. The incident, which occurred in front of a popular supermarket, involved a Lexus car, two other vehicles and a motorcycle. Eyewitness stated that the driver of the Lexus car …