The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, February 6, 2025, arraigned nine Chinese nationals and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd., before Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The anti-graft agency gave the names of the defendants as Su Dong Fu, Zheng […]

The Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Josiah Majebi, has admonished the state Commissioner of Police, CP Miller Dantawaye, to train his men on handling criminal suspects.Justice Majebi gave the advise yesterday when he received a courtesy visit from the Commissioner of Police in his office, Lokoja. Police spokesman, SP William Ovye, in a statement, […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested Adam Imam Yusuf, a Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kogi State, over the alleged diversion of more than N3 billion. Yusuf, who had been at large until now, was taken into custody from his residence in […]

The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, in collaboration with Huawei Technologies, has deployed four new Intelligent Transport System sites to monitor and detect speeding and manage traffic flows. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, announced this during a press briefing on Thursday, stating that the new installations would complement the existing Automatic Number Plate Recognition […]

The Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested a 46-year-old Managing Director of Leuven Empire Hotel and Suites, Macdonald Opara, for allegedly sodomising a 16-year-old boy. The Zone’s spokesperson, Ayuba Umma, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday said, the victim’s father (name withheld) submitted a petition to the Assistant Inspector […]

The United States Department of Justice has said that after completing his 75-month jail term for defrauding Americans, convict Edwin Okoronkwo will be deported to Nigeria. Okoronkwo and his wife, Juliet Okoronkwo, both permanent residents, had defrauded Americans through a catfish scheme, using stolen identities to disguise themselves as a high-ranking member of the US […]

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have successfully rescued an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and two others from kidnappers . The victims, Elisha Jeremiah, an ASP attached to the FCID in Abuja, Oyedele Ebenezer of Ogbidi Road, Uromi, and Useni Malam Inusa, were abducted on Wednesday, January 29, while travelling from Abuja to […]

Eleven Chinese nationals have been arrested and prosecuted in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of cyber fraud and identity fraud. The defendants, who were arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Chinese nationals were arrested in a raid by the EFCC, […]

The Bauchi State Police Command says it neutralised two bandits and recovered an AK-49 rifle following a successful operation in the state. The operation was carried out by the Alkaleri Divisional Police Headquarters in collaboration with Special Hunters. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Ahmed Wakil, in a statement issued on Wednesday, explained […]

As the strike action by Kaduna Electric workers enters the second day, plunging the entire state into total darkness, traders and business owners have expressed lamentations over the losses caused by the electricity outages. Many traders and other artisans have cried out to the government over their losses under the present power outage as a […]

The Presidency has announced that President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Paris, France, on a private visit en route to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. The presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Onanuga said, “Tinubu will join African leaders at the 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive […]

Italian police on Wednesday arrested a Georgian man suspected of starting a fire at Rome’s Ciampino international airport, causing flights to be suspended, an airport authority spokesman said. The fire broke out at the base of the control tower at the airport southeast of the capital, which mostly serves low-cost airline Ryanair. It was quickly […]