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EFCC ARRAIGNS LAGOS PONZI SCHEME OPERATOR FOR ALLEGED N10B FRAUD
Adonu Kingsley Ifeanyi pleaded not guilty to the five count-charge of money laundering to the tune of N10 Billion.
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$397.106 FRAUD: COURT ADJOURNS TRIAL OF MUSIC PROMOTER TILL SEPT 26
Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu ThankGod, also known as Eezee Tee, alongside his company, Eezee Global Concepts Limited, are facing seven counts of foreign exchange malpractice.
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KANU CONSIDERS 'NO CASE SUBMISSION' AS FG CLOSES PROSECUTION ON TERRORISM CHARGES
Prosecuting lawyer, ADEGBOYEGA AWOMOLO, announced the closure of the prosecution’s case after its fifth witness concluded his testimony.
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PASTOR ADEFARASIN BROKE THE LAW BY POINTING STUN GUN AT ANOTHER PERSON - LAGOS CP
CP OLOHUNDARE said that the social media content creator whose video exposed the act by Pastor ADEFARASIN has also been invited for questioning.
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HOUSE ON THE ROCK PASTOR SURRENDERS STUN GUN TO LAGOS POLICE
The Police spokesman said Pastor PAUL ADEFARASIN was eventually granted bail after interrogation at the Command headquarters in Ikeja.
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POLICE ARREST KIDNAP KINGPIN, RECOVER FIREARMS IN OGUN STATE
The suspect arrived in Ibiade community on June 13, 2025, on a mission to abduct a prominent individual at Ago Village, Abigi.
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HOUSE ON THE ROCK PASTOR REPORTS TO POLICE OVER ALLEGED WIELDING OF SUSPECTED FIREARM IN TRAFFIC
Pastor Paul Adefarasin is being investigated in connection with an online video in which he was seen holding a gun-like object against another road user, while driving in an unregistered vehicle.
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LAGOS BANKER JAILED ONE-YEAR FOR N2.4M CYBERCRIME
While working as a Relief Teller with the bank, he fraudulently represented himself as one Miss Omowunmi Ajoke, a customer of the Bank, by posting false deposits into her Ecobank account and moving the total sum of N2,404,000.
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COURT JAILS 2 INTERNET FRAUDSTERS IN PORT HARCOURT
Justice AJOKU convicted and sentenced the defendants to thirty months imprisonment each, with an option of Two Hundred Thousand Naira fine respectively.
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PORT HARCOURT-BASED PONZI DIRECTOR PLEADS ‘NOT GUILTY’ TO N13.8B FRAUD
The EFCC alleged that PRECIOUS WILLIAMS committed the crimes through registered businesses sometime between August, 2019 and February, 2020.
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PSC PLANS EXPOSURE OF POLICE PERSONNEL TO FORENSIC AND DNA STUDIES
This is based on the Commission’s assessment that crimes and criminality have gone scientific and operate across national boundaries
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LAGOS CP ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF OKOKO TACTICAL SQUAD COMMADER
DCP, State CID will work with other senior officers, including the OC Legal, in the investigation of the allegations against the Okokomaiko Tactical Squad commander and submit their findings within a week.
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POPE LEO XIV CONDEMNS DEADLY ATTACKS IN BENUE STATE, PRAYS FOR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES
He expressed deep concern over the ongoing violence in Nigeria and the suffering of affected communities, and prayed for security, justice, and peace to prevail in the country.
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BUSINESSMAN CONFESSES TO NDLEA AFTER INGESTING 53 WRAPS OF COCAINE, PLUS OTHERS
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, disclosed in a statement that the suspect claimed to have gone into the criminal drug trade two years ago, moving between the West African sub-region and Iran.
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VERYDARKMAN JOINS BENUE YOUTH GROUP IN PROTEST OVER DEADLY ATTACKS IN YELWATA
The State Deputy Governor, SAM ODE, was also at the location, but the protesters refused to listen to him, insisting that they wanted to hear directly from Governor HYACINTH ALIA.
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COURT JAILS 4 FILIPINOS, 7 NIGERIANS FOR INTERNET FRAUD, CYBERTERRORISM
The EFCC alleged that the Filipinos hired their Nigerian accomplices and engaged them in the crime of identity theft and to pretend to be persons of foreign nationality, with the intent to gain financial advantage.
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LAGOS POLICE LAUNCH MANHUNT FOR ABDUCTORS OF MASTER OVIE KEHINDE
The police intervention is in response to a viral video circulating on social media in which a woman is seen is lamenting about the disappearance of her son.
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NDLEA BURST HARD DRUG PACKAGED AS GREEN TEA AT LAGOS AIRPORT, OTHERS
The seizure was made on Thursday, June 5, 2025, based on credible intelligence which was received ahead of the arrival of the consignment at the cargo wing of the airport.
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COURT ADJOURNS N1.38BN FRAUD TRIAL OF FORMER P-SQUARE MANAGER, JUDE OKOYE
Jude Chigozie Okoye is the elder brother of the due of Paul and Peter Okoye, formerly known as P-Square on stage.
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TWO CHINESE NATIONALS FACE CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL DEALING IN MINERAL RESOURCES IN LAGOS
EFCC alleged that they engaged in the exportation of Mica Products, Copper bearing and Lithium bearing mineral resources out of Nigeria,
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LAGOS CP DEPLOYS ADDITIONAL OPERATIVES TO MUSHIN, ASSURES RESIDENTS OF OPTIMUM SECURITY
The police raided criminal hideouts and identitied black spots in Ishaga, Awolowo and Ojuwoye markets where twenty 23 omiscreants responsible for the assaults, harassment and stealing from shops and innocent people in Mushin area were arrested.
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POLICE NAB THREE NOTORIOUS CULTISTS IN IKORODU, RECOVER FIREARM
Further investigation showed that the suspects played key roles in facilitating the movement and distribution of illegal firearms across various parts of Lagos State, posing a serious threat to public safety.
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NDLEA BURST SYNDICATE BEHIND COCAINE SMUGGLING THROUGH HAJJ PILGRIMS, ARREST 3 IN KANO
In another operation in Kano, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kano- Maiduguri road Friday 30th May intercepted the duo of Abubakar Hussein, 42, and Sahabi Adamu, 53, with Nine Hundred Thousand US dollars ($900,000) cash suspected to be counterfeit.
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LAGOS COURT ORDERS REPATRIATION OF FOREIGNERS JAILED FOR INTERNET FRAUD AND CYBER-TERRORISM
The convicts comprise of eleven Filipinos, two Chinese, one Malaysian and one Indonesian, who were handed one-year imprisonment each, following their arraignment by The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
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COURT JAILS KANO TIKTOK USER SIX MONTHS FOR NAIRA ABUSE, WITH OPTION OF N50,000 FINE
Justice Amobeda also issued a consequential order appointing the convict as an Ambassador of EFCC and CBN in online advocacy campaigns against Naira Abuse due to her substantial following across various social media platforms.
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PETROL SUBSIDY FRAUD: LAGOS COURT JAILS 2 CONVICTS 14 YEARS EACH, ISSUES BENCH WARRANTS FOR 2 OTHERS
They were initially standing trial before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. However, Justice Onigbanjo withdrew from the case, thereby prompting the re-assignment of the case to Justice Dada.
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COURT JAILS FOUR INTERNET FRAUDSTERS IN LAGOS
The convicts are: Arowosola Julius Oluwadamilola, Oluwasegun Ayomide, Opeyemi Shamsudeen Agboola, and Akinade Olamilekan.
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NDLEA, UK-HOIO SIGN M.O.U. ON OPERATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS
The MoU is not just an agreement, it is indeed a reaffirmation of our mutual trust, cooperation, collaboration and unwavering dedication to safeguarding the lives and futures of our respective nations - Marwa
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TWO KIDNAP VICTIMS AT IJEDE CREEK IN IKORODU, LAGOS, RELEASED
The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin said the victims were released following a manhunt by a combined team of security agencies and local vigilante group.
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NDLEA INTERCEPTS N6.5B OPIOID, ARREST 2 BRITONS, DESTROYS 77,000KG SKUNK
The NDLEA seizures were made at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers and the Apapa seaport, Lagos.
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