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EFCC Arraigns Varsity Student For Defrauding America Of $11,522
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Michael Uwachukwu (a.k.a Rodrigo), an undergraduate of Federal University of Technology, Owerri, for defrauding an American woman of $11,522.The Port Harcourt zonal…
Kidnapper abducted by another kidnap gang pays N1.5 million as ransom
The Nigeria Police Force says a notorious kidnapper on the Abuja-Kaduna and Abuja-Lokoja highways, Mohammed Ahmadu, was abducted by another kidnap gang and forced to part with N1.55 million as ransom to secure his freedom.Force Public…
Dangote’s behind, FCMB MD paternity snag and Nigerians’ lust for scandals – by Fredrick…
We love scandals. By ‘’we’’ I mean both the dramatis personae in a scandal and the spectators sitting in judgment. Why would a superior at a workplace get entangled in a sexual congress with a subordinate if not driven by depravity and…
Edo Jailbreak: CSOs Demand List of Escaped Criminal, Police Personnel on Duty
A coalition of civil society organisations in Edo has charged the state Police Command to publish the list of criminal suspects that escaped from the custody of the State Criminal Investigation Department on the New Year day.…
Kwara woman, 24, fakes own kidnap, gets arrested
A 24-year-old woman, Medinat Ibrahim on Wednesday, was paraded by Police Command in Kwara for allegedly conspiring with two others to arrange her kidnap to collect ransom from her family.Briefing journalists at police Command…
Adultery scandal: FCMB names woman to replace embattled Adam Nuru
The First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has named Mrs. Yemisi Edun as the Acting Managing Director of the bank in the interim, while Mr Adam Nuru is on leave.This was contained in a statement signed by the FCMB management and shared via the…
I sold 6,000 dead poultry meat to Borno residents for 5 years – Suspect
A 33-year-old suspect, Hassan Ebere, has revealed how he sold 6,000 dead poultry to residents of Maiduguri for five years so as to raise money for his livelihood since he lost his father.Ebere made the revelation while speaking with the…
Adultery scandal: FCMB’s final statement expected today as MD goes on leave
The Managing Director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Adam Nuru, has proceeded on leave as the board launched a probe into allegations of unethical conduct against him.Adam Nuru has been accused of dating a married former…
Court remands herdsman for stabbing farmer to death
A herdsman, Manu Usman has been ordered remanded in prison custody by an Ilorin Magistrates Court on Tuesday.The herdsman allegedly stabbed a farmer, Akilesho Attah, to death in Gwanara area of Kwara.The defendant was arraigned on a…
10.9bn Fraud Lands Ex-Finbank MD, Nwosu, Three Others In Jail
Former Managing Director, Finbank Plc, Okey Nwosu, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment over a 10.9bn fraud.Justice Lateefa A. Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, delivered…
Army Arrests Rivers Pastor Over Missing 20-year-old Undergraduate
Pastor Sodje Masodje of a new generation church in Eneka, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, has been arrested by operatives of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt.The clergy man was reportedly apprehended…
4 Suspects Arrested for Allegedly Gang Raping 2 Minors in Yobe
The Police Command in Yobe on Monday said it had arrested four men for alleged gang-raping minors in various parts of the state.The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in an interview with…
Rape Cases In Yobe State Are Skyrocketing–Nigeria Police
The Nigerian Police in Yobe State, on Saturday, announced that the number of rape cases in the state has hit an alarming high.
The state police command made this known in a statement released by its Public Relations Officer, Dungus…
New Year Ram Causes Man To Stab Elder Brother In The Neck
A certain Peter Akinjogun, on Friday, stabbed his elder brother, Femi Akinjogun, to death. during a New Year celebration at Agbado Crossing area of Ogun State.
The Herald did gather that the perpetrator of the crime has a mental…
FCMB MD Scandal: Netizens Urge Men To Conduct DNA Test On Children
An adultery allegation involving the Managing Director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Adam Nuru, has led to calls for Nigerian men to conduct a DNA test on their children to avoid paternity fraud.The Herald earlier reported that…
FCMB says adultery scandal against MD being reviewed
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) says it is investigating an allegation that its Managing Director, Adam Nuru, fathered two children with a married ex-employee, Moyo Thomas, whose husband, Tunde Thomas died of cardiac arrest over the matter.…
NDLEA Records 165 Arrests, 960kg Seizures of Hard Drugs in Imo
The year 2020 has undoubtedly been one of the most challenging not only for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Imo but for Nigeria in general.This is obviously as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the…
‘We Arrested 2,735 Armed robbers, Rapists, Other Criminals In 2020’–Ogun Police
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that it arrested a total of 2,735 criminal elements in the state, between July and December 2020.Edward Ajogun, The Commissioner of Police in the State, confirmed this on Thursday.…
Most Wanted Nigerian Cyber Crime Kingpin Arrested By Kenyan Police
A Nigerian Cyber Crime suspect, Sanchez Charles Ogochukwu, has been arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), on Monday.Ogochukwu was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in…
Bishop of Owerri Kidnapped In Imo State
Armed men, on Monday, kidnapped the Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Catholic Archdiocese, Moses Chikwe, in Imo state.The Herald can confirm that the bishop was kidnapped at the World Bank area of Owerri, the state capital.Information…
Just In: Amotekun Frees Ekiti Businessman From Kidnappers’ Nest
The Ekiti State Security Network Agency, Amotekun corps, have freed a businessman, Happiness Ajayi, that was kidnapped in Ekiti State on Friday, December 25th.The Amotekun Corps commander, Brigadier General Joe Komolafe (rtd),…
Another Suspected Armed Robber Burnt To Death In Ibadan
A suspected armed robber was burnt to death by an angry mob in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, on Monday.The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olugbemiga Fadeyi, confirmed the tragic incident to journalists in Ibadan.…
Armed Men Attack Military Checkpoint, Kill 2 Naval Officers
Armed men, on Wednesday, killed two personnel of the Nigerian Navy during an attack on a military checkpoint in the Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State.A source disclosed that the naval officers were attacked around 7pm while…
Armed Men Abduct Oyo Legislator’s Sister, Set Ransom At N20million
Armed men, on Monday, abducted Jumoke Oludele, the younger sister to Sunkanmi Babalola, the Deputy Majority Leader in the Oyo State House of Assembly.The abduction occurred around Oniguguri junction, beside Lion of Judah, Iyana…
Armed Men Abduct Rivers Councillor, Set Ransom At N50 Million
Armed men have reportedly abducted Hannah Alasomuka, a female councillor from Ogu-Bolo in Rivers State.The abductors are said to have set her ransom at N50 million.The councillor representing Ward 6 in Ikpokiri town, in the…
Police College: 24 Persons Arraigned For Alleged Impersonation, Forgery
The Nigerian police have arraigned 24 people before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, for allegedly forging their certificates while enrolling for jobs in the Police College.The case was heard before the Presiding Justice…
Grandparents Strangle 2year Old Baby To Death, Dispose In Oven
A 2year Old Baby has allegedly been strangled to death by his Grandparents and dumped in an oven, in Russia.The Grandparents are said to have allegedly committed the heinous crime because the baby kept crying continuously.The…
Yahoo pastor swindles retiree of N1m, bags 7-year jail term
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a self-professed cleric, Pastor Theophilus Odenigbo, who duped a retiree of N1 million.An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan sentenced Pastor Odenigbo to…
N24 Million Fraud: EFCC Jails Two Lagos-Based Lawyers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zone, on Thursday, secured the conviction of two lawyers over fraud-related crimes.The lawyers, Sogo Akinola and Feranmi Akinluyi, were sentenced to 2 years imprisonment by Justice…
Robbery Don, Utomobong, Apprehended Over Killing of ASP Edum
Infamous armed robber, Kingsley Utomobong, has been apprehended, for allegedly killing the Cross River State Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Egbe Edum.Egbe Edum was butchered to death by armed men at 8 Mile, along Murtala…