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CP FATAI TIJANI said investigations revealed that the suspects fraudulently obtained seven vehicles valued at approximately N700,000.00 (Seven Hundred Million Naira) after falsely claiming that the vehicles were being supplied to prominent politicians in Abuja.
Controversial
ADEYEMI said his fear is not unfounded, considering the events surrounding the death of one DOLAPO BABATUNDE TANIMOLA, who served as an intermediary in his purported appointment as Director General of the PFIPC.
Foreign
The South African Police Service said the men were arrested during a reactive tactical intelligence-driven operation conducted the early hours of Monday, 13 July 2026.
Breaking News
ANOCHILI INNOCENT, as well as three Mexican nationals and six other Nigerians are facing eleven counts of criminal charges before Justice MUSA KAKAKI of the Federal High Court in Lagos.
Corruption
In the case before Justice I.O. IJELU of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, AKUJOBI is facing five counts of stealing, but she pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned UMAR in court on a four-count charge bothering on alleged conferment of undue advantage on himself while serving as the CCT chairman.
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The Force spokesman, ANIETTE ANIEDU OKOKON, said the incidents are being investigated, but failed to disclose the identities of those who have been arrested or are under investigated.
Crime
The suspect allegedly linked to the double murder are twenty-two-year-old SODEINDE OLAJUWON PHILIP, twenty-seven-year-old SAKIRUDEEN ABDULRAHEEM AYOOLA, and thirty-six-year-old SOBU OBAFUNSHO.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alleged that BELLO BODEJO is involved the illicit financial activities to the tune of Two-Point-Five-Three Million US Dollars.
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FEMI BABAFEMI said the breakthrough was recorded on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, after tactical operatives of the NDLEA stormed the highly fortified, industrial-scale clandestine meth laboratory operating deep within the forest of Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area, Oyo State.
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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, FATAI TIJANI, said four suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures, and there are assisting investigators in ongoing efforts to identify and arrest those behind the suspicious consignment.
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The Department of State Services, DSS, is prosecuting NASIR EL-RUFAI on five count charges bothering on alleged unlawful interception of telephone communications of the National Security Adviser, NUHU RIBADU.
Corruption
The suspects are alleged to have unlawfully gained access to the company’s network billing infrastructure and fraudulently generated airtime, which was subsequently converted to data bundles, and thereafter distributed and sold through a network of vendors across the country.
Corruption
The witness said although the defendant claimed that he only benefited about Four Thousand Dollars from ELIZABETH, their “conversations retrieved from his devices revealed that he received way more than the amount he claimed.”
Crime
At the time of her arrest on September 16, 2023, HAUWA’U MUKHTAR was found with four hundred and thirty-eight rounds of ammunition, which she was said to be taking to a notorious bandit leader who operates within the Dunburum Forest of Zamfara State.
Foreign
DIEZANI was accused of accepting financial or other advantages from individuals linked to two energy companies that had secured contracts with Nigeria’s state-owned petroleum corporation when she was the country’s oil minister.
Breaking News
Governor DIKKO UMARU RADDA announced the security measures in an Executive Order, after an emergency security meeting involving security agencies, traditional rulers and other key stakeholders.
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The NDLEA said TOPE OJO and TUNDE OLONISHAKIN won the bid for the six-floor hotel located in Victoria, Island Lagos, with a N5.9b bid.
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Apart from that; the NDELA also arrested one 28-year-old ABUBAKAR USMAN at the Rumuokoro axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with 400 grams of skunk, 5 grams of methamphetamine, 100 grams of tramadol, 5 grams of swinol and 18 grams of diazepam.
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Forty-one-year-old ABUGU OLIVER IKECHUKWU, who is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
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The PPRO said the breakthrough was made possible through the strong synergy among the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army and other military formations, including the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
Breaking News
The suspected gunrunners were identified as EMMANUEL CHUKWUEMEKA, CLIFFORD BOLEYELEFA, AMADI PRINCEWILL, and AMADI FELIX CHIBUIKE, who were arrested in separate intelligence-led operations conducted in Bayelsa and Imo States.
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Justice BINTA NYAKO delivered the judgment in what could pass as the fastest terrorism trial in Nigerian history, which comes less than a month after the suspects were arrested by the Department of State Services on May 31, 2026.
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After months before the court, the trial judge on Thursday 11th June 2026 delivered his ruling on plea bargain terms filed by the prosecution and defence in the case.
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In view of the defendant’s ‘not guilty’ plea, Justice OSHODI ordered the remand the defendant in EFCC custody, pending her scheduled arraignment before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, for another alleged fraud case.
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The suspects are Gafaru Adamu, ‘m’, aged 25, and Muhammed Sanni, ‘m’, aged 20. The PPRO said intelligence gathered by the Command indicates that they are members of a seven-man kidnapping syndicate linked to an incident under investigation in Edo State.
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However, Justice EMEKA NWITE discharged and acquitted the fifth defendant, MOMOH OTUHO ABUBAKAR, 47, after finding insufficient evidence linking him to the terrorist attack.
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The EFCC alleged that ABDULRAHMAN LAWAL RAJI and one ABDULRAHMAN LAWAL, who is at large, obtained the sum of Twenty-Six Million Naira from one OLAIDE IBIDAPO by falsely representing it was the purchase price for a Toyota Hilux 2022 car, with intent to defraud.
Breaking News
The Lagos PPRO said a video recovered from one of the suspects’ mobile phones during investigations contains recording of the killing of unidentified persons within Ajangbadi and surrounding communities.
Breaking News
DSP BABASEYI said the father and son, identified as FATAI ADEGBOLA and WALIU ADEGBOLA, were nabbed following a report of stealing received on May 22, 2026.
