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Fear Grips Benue Community as Police Arrests 10 Suspects Over Killing of Fulani Leader
Palpable fear has gripped the Otukpo and its environs in Benue State as the Nigeria Police has swung into action to arrest some suspects allegedly connected to the killing of Fulani leader in the state, Mr. Ardo Risku.
Ardo Risku,…
ICPC Arraigns El-Rufai, Jimi Lawal, in 11-Count Amended Charge Over N8.68bn CCTV Contract
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned the former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, his former Senior Special Adviser/Councillor, Mr.…
NDLEA Arrests Two Grandpas Who Sell Illicit Drugs to Secondary School Students
An 84-year-old grandpa, Godfrey Orji and 75-year-old Godwin Obulunbiya Obiora are now cooling their heels in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following their arrest for dealing in illicit substances, which…
EFCC Arrests Nigerian-American, Adegoke Adams for Alleged $320,000 Vehicle Import Fraud
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Directorate, have arrested a Nigerian-American, Adegoke Oluwatobi Adams, for an alleged cross-border vehicle import fraud involving more than $320,000…
Lagos Court Convicts 11 Indians for Importing 31.5kg Cocaine Into Nigeria, Convicts to Pay…
About six months after their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for importing 31.5 kilograms of cocaine from Marshall Islands into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport in Lagos, 11 Indian sailors and their…
Again, EFCC Arraigns Blessing CEO for Alleged N13m Cancer Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, arraigned a social media influencer, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka,( a.k.a Blessing CEO) for alleged N13,000,000…
EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged N90.9m Money Laundering in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, arraigned one Fidelix Samuel Ebuka before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged money…
EFCC Arraigns Blessing CEO On Fresh Alleged N69.1m Fraud
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, arraigned a social media influencer, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, (a.k.a Blessing CEO) for an alleged N69,150,000 (Sixty-Nine Million,…
Fed High Court Sentences Four to Death for 2022 Owo Catholic Church Massacre
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja has sentenced four suspects in the 2022 terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo Ondo State to death.
Delivering judgement, Justice Nwite convicted Idris Abdulmalik…
Alleged $6b Mambilla Project Fraud : EFCC Presents Fifth Witness Against Former Minister
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 1, 2026, presented the Fifth Prosecution Witness, PW5, in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal…