Police rescues 865 kidnap victims, arrest 383 suspects in 11 months
Dec. 15, 2022 The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Usman Baba said the Nigeria Police rescued 865 kidnap victims and arrested 383 suspects between January and November. Baba said this…
Yahoo School Proprietor, 13 ‘Students’ in EFCC’s Net in Benin
Dec. 15, 2022 Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today, December 15, 2022 arrested Ese Isaiah, proprietor of a ‘Yahoo School’, and…
Ownership of 92 Benin bronzes in Cologne returned to Nigeria
Dec. 15, 2022 No fewer than 92 Benin bronzes from Cologne’s Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum now officially belong to Nigeria again. The mayor of the western German city, Henriette Reker, and the…
Alleged N816.3m Fraud: Absence of Defence Counsel Stalls Trial of Indian In Lagos
Dec. 15, 2022 The trial of one Chandra Singh, an Indian, for an alleged N816, 361,386.75 fraud before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja,…
Money Laundering: Kogi Gov’s Nephew Arraigned for N10bn Fraud
Dec. 15, 2022 Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, remanded Aliyu Bello, a nephew to Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and one Dauda Sulaiman in…
Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 21.47% in November- NBS
Dec.15, 2022 The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 21.47 per cent on a year-on-year basis in November 2022. This is according to the…
We’re not behind Ekweremadu’s continuous detention in UK, EFCC tells court
Dec. 15, 2022 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, told a Federal High Court, Abuja that it was not behind the continuous detention of former Deputy Senate…
Blasphemy: Court sentences Kano cleric to death by hanging
Dec.15, 2022 An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Thursday, sentenced a Kano cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Kabara to death by hanging for blasphemy. The defendant was arraigned on July…
EFCC recovers N134.3bn, $121m in 10 months–Bawa
Dec.15, 2022 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered N134.3b billion, 121 million dollars, among others from proceeds of crime between Jan. and Oct., 2022. EFCC…
Over N30bn Recovered From Suspended AG, Ahmed Idris – EFCC
December 15, 2022 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it recovered over 30 billion naira out of the 109 billion naira alleged to have been fraudulently amassed by…