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NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, said operatives involved in stop-and-search operations in Gwarimpa, Jahi, and Galadimawa areas of the FCT recorded the breakthrough on Wednesday July 30, 2025.
In the course of the trial, two defendants, Julius Ola Peter and Ijeoma David Alanza passed on, while the 1st defendant, one Emeka Iloegbunam was discharged and acquitted. However, Jonathan Wallang was found guilty and convicted.
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The PSC also warned that it will deal decisively with anyone who engages in racketeering or fraud in the recruitment of qualified Nigerians into the Nigeria Police Force, include Cadet ASPs and Inspectors.
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The auction involved eight properties across Lagos, Kano, Ondo, and Ogun. Two houses in Lekki and Ikorodu areas of Lagos were stepped down due to notices of appeal. Out of six properties eventually advertised for auction, only two were sold at over N139 million.
Both were arrested in Kafanchan LGA and Mahuta axis of Kaduna State, following credible intelligence that exposed their fraudulent internet activities.
During the handing over of the suspect and the various foreign currencies, the Area Comptroller of the Customs Airport Command, E.J.Harrison, said: “Today, we have two interceptions that we want to handover to the EFCC. And they are coming from two separate places in the Command.
The Appellate Court set aside the judgment of the trial judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, which held that the EFCC “has no statutory power to cause investigation on tax evasion.
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To achieve the success of the collaboration, Othman proposed “sensitization and training of NARTO drivers and transport operators on identifying and reporting suspicious cargo or behavior; establishment of joint intelligence-sharing mechanisms to monitor drug trafficking routes and tactics; etc.
EFCC spokesman, DELE OYEWALE, said the suspects were arrested opposite the Bayero University Kano New Site, following actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in cybercrime activities.
Ten of the convicts were tried before Justice AWOGBORO on charges of impersonation, obtaining under false pretence, retention of proceeds of crime and internet fraud.
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Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 struck out the case after the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, withdrew the suit following an out-of-court settlement among the parties.
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The NDLEA spokesman said the breakthrough followed the interception of hard drugs consignments at the Ilasamaja area, along the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, where officers involved in the early morning operation arrested fifty-one-year-old ACHEBE KENNETH NNAMDI while heading to Onitsha, Anambra State.
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The FCT Command Police Public Relations Officer, CSP JOSEPHINE ADEH, said in a statement that one YAHAYA SALEH was arrested in connection to the attempted bribery.
The forfeited assets include: Galaxy Hospital, Plot No. BO/12340, Bolori Layout, Maiduguri, Borno State; a duplex, BO/12340, Maiduguri, Borno State; residential apartments, Plot 12, Equilibrium Estate; No. 7, Cadastral Zone DO2, Karsana District, Abuja; and Plot 12 (820.99sqm); ...
The Customs officers, during a patrol on Sunday, July 13, 2025, along the Babapupa bush paths near the Seme Border, intercepted a Nissan Almera car suspected of being a smuggled vehicle, which was abandoned by the driver upon sighting the officers.
Salisu was intercepted by Customs operatives during a routine check on Monday, July 7, 2025, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.
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The former minister is facing prosecution on seven counts of official corruption and fraudulent award the of Mambilla Power Project contract to the tune of $6billion (Six Billion US Dollars).
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The suspects are Blessing Wefsutu ‘f’ aged 27, Chineye Christian ‘f’ aged 36, Archibong Udeme Ifereke ‘m’ aged 23, and Maurine Peter ‘m’ aged 25.
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The Judge also ordered that the convict be registered in the Public Offenders Register, in addition to signing an undertaking with the EFCC never to commit any financial crime within and outside the shores of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The EFCC first arrested GOBIR on September 12, 2015, following a petition received by an outdoor advertising company, Afromedia, which accused him of alleged fraud.
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, said the couple was first arrested with over two hundred and seventy-seven kilograms of Skunk on Friday, June 13, 2025, in the Ojo area of Lagos.
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They were arraigned on separate charges bordering on cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.
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EFCC spokesman, DELE OYEWALE, said the suspects were arrested yesterday in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The judge also ordered that upon completion of their sentences, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service should ensure that they are repatriated to their country of origin within seven days.
Justice OSIAGOR adjourned the matter till Friday, July 4, 2025, for further hearing.
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The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, through its counsel, SESAN OLA, told the court that no one had come forward to take possession of both the vehicle and the consignment.
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NDLEA operatives picked up SEGUN GEORGE following the arrest of one NTORUKA EMMANUEL CHINEDU on June 24, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos with twenty-two-point-six kilograms of cocaine.
The application was presented before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, during the resumed hearing of Bello’s alleged ₦80.2 billion money laundering trial.
They initially pleaded “not guilty” to the charges preferred against them. However, during Friday’s sitting, they all changed their “not guilty plea” to “guilty.”
The convicts’ journey to the Correctional facility started as a result of their dubious act of awarding purported contracts for the supply, installation and services of two units of X- Ray Machine Model 1800 to the petitioner and his company.
