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Oct

09

2024

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28 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested As EFCC Raids 2 States

Crime, News Flash

EFCC Raids Two States, Arrests 28 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a total of 28 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo boys’ in Edo and Akwa-Ibom states. The suspects were arrested on Monday after a separate sting operation conducted on their hideouts following an intelligence report on their alleged fraudulent activities. Thirteen of the suspects were arrested in the Nwaniba area of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, while 15 were nabbed in Benin City, the Edo State capital. A statement on Tuesday by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Dele…

Oct

08

2024

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Re: Trending Allegation Of Police Extortion In ABA – Press Release By PPRO, ABIA State.

Abia State, Crime, News Flash

PRESS RELEASE 8/10/2024 Re: Trending Allegation of Police Extortion in Aba The Abia State Police Command has been inundated with a trending allegation circulating online by a social media blogger, accusing an officer in Aba of extorting ₦100,000 each as bail from 10 arrested suspects on 04/10/2024. Preliminary investigation revealed that on 03/10/2024, the Aba Area Command received a complaint through a written petition from the management of Life Stock Feed PLC Aba. The petition alleged that several staff members had misappropriated a substantial amount of money and made away with some production materials from the company. Based on this…

Oct

08

2024

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Bobrisky: Again, VeryDarkMan Drops Audio Call, Indicts EFCC, Prison Officials, ‘SAN’

Crime, News Flash

Bobrisky: Again, VeryDarkMan Drops Audio Call, Indicts EFCC, Prison Officials, ‘SAN’ The ongoing saga involving the controversial figure Idris ‘Bobrisky’ Okuneye has taken a new turn with a recent audio release from social media influencer Martins ‘VeryDarkMan’ Otse. Recall that VeryDarkMan earlier shared a leaked phone call audio on his Instagram page, wherein Bobrisky recounted details of his six-month jail term. In the audio, Bobrisky alleged that the EFCC collected N15 million from him to drop money laundering charges against him. He also alleged that prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana and his son, Falz, approached him for a presidential…

Oct

06

2024

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NDLEA Arrests Canadian At Lagos Airport, Intercepts N9bn Worth Of Opioid

Crime, News Flash

NDLEA Arrests Canadian At Lagos Airport, Intercepts ₦9bn Worth Of Opioid Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 41-year-old Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos. She was nabbed on Thursday, October 3 for importing large consignment of ‘Canadian Loud’, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, announced the arrest in a statement on Sunday, saying suspect was apprehended during the inward clearance of passengers on KLM airline flight from Canada at the terminal 1 of the Lagos airport. “During a joint examination of her three…

Oct

05

2024

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N1 Million Extorted From Youth Corp Members In Lagos Returned By Police

Crime, Lagos, News Flash

Police Return N1 Million Extorted From Corpers In Lagos The Lagos Police Command has facilitated the return of N1m extorted from three members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) by four police officers in Surulere area. An X user, Oluyemi Fasipe, shared that the officers allegedly extorted N1 million from three unidentified corps members for failing to produce a physical copy of a driver’s licence, in Surulere, Lagos The corps member also said the police forced one of them to transfer his Bitcoin worth $842. Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, earlier confirmed that the officers involved in…

Oct

05

2024

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Gov. Otti Saddened With The Tragic News Of The Beheading Of Couple In Bende Local Government Of ABIA State

Abia State, Crime, Good Governance, News Flash

PRESS RELEASE: The Executive Governor of Abia State Dr. Alex Otti is saddened with the tragic news of the beheading of a couple in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State. The victims Mr. Jacob Udo and his wife Mrs. Comfort Udo were murdered and dismembered by yet to be identified assailants. Governor Otti is personally pained by such criminal and dastardly act and has directed the security agencies in the State to thoroughly investigate and bring the culprits to book. The Governor on behalf of the Government of Abia State commiserates with the family of the victims and assures…

Oct

04

2024

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Gunmen Behead Couple In Bende LGA of ABIA State, Police Reacts

Crime, Abia North, Abia State, News Flash, Security

Gunmen Behead Couple In South-east; Police React Gunmen have beheaded a couple in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east. Jacob Udo and his wife, Comfort, were attacked and beheaded by the hoodlums in their residence. The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, occurred on Tuesday night in Isiala Community in the local government area. The hoodlums were said to have dismembered the victims’ bodies after killing them. The couple hailed from Itumbuzor, a community within the same Bende Local Government Area of the state. – Police Speak On The IncidentThe police spokesperson in Abia State, Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the…

Oct

02

2024

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ICPC Recovers N13 Billion Diverted Public Funds In September

Crime, Economy, News Flash

ICPC Recovers N13 Billion Diverted Public Funds In September The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Aliyu, on Wednesday revealed that the anti-graft agency recovered diverted public funds to the tune of N13 billion in the month of September only. Aliyu made the revelation in his welcome address at the launch of the commission’s 2024-2028 Strategic Action Plan in Abuja, saying ICPC had make significant progress in the fight against corruption on Nigeria. Describing the recovery as a remarkable achievement, the chairman said it was a testament to ICPC’s relentless efforts aimed at combating…

Oct

01

2024

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Ginger Onwusibe’s Reps Committee Orders Nigerian Correctional Service To Produce Bobrisky’s Prison CCTV Footage

National Assembly, Crime, News Flash

Reps Orders Nigerian Correctional Service To Produce Bobrisky’s Prison CCTV Footage The House of Representatives joint committee investigating the N15 million bribery allegations against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) has ordered the NCS to provide CCTV footage of Bobrisky’s prison stay. At the investigative hearing on Monday, NCS representatives explained Bobrisky’s transfer from the Medium Correctional Centre to Maximum Correctional Centre in Ikoyi after 10 days. A Deputy Controller General of NCS, Michael Benson in charge of the Medium Correctional Centre disclosed this in his presentation. But the committee, not satisfied with the…

Oct

01

2024

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Why We Dropped Money Laundering Charges Against Bobrisky; EFCC Reveals

Crime, FGN, News Flash

Why We Dropped Money Laundering Charges Against Bobrisky; EFCC Opens Up The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has revealed its reasons for dropping money laundering charges against social media sensation and cross dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobriksy. This was disclosed by the EFCC in a statement on Monday. A Prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Bilikisu Bala on Monday told a Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating allegations of corruption against some officers of the Commission, and the Nigeria Correctional Service that charges of money laundering dropped in the trial of Bobrisky…