COURTS JAIL 11 INTERNET FRAUDSTERS IN KWARA STATE
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.
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.
One OBAYEMI OYETADE was nabbed during a raid at Sarah Sam Hotels, along Ogudu road in Kosofe area of Lagos, following credible intelligence and surveillance on drug distribution activities there.
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.
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Ogunlowo Ph.D commended the swift and tactical response of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and assured that operatives are on the trail of the remaining suspects.
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 MNJTF spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel OLANIYI OSOBA, who made this known in a statement, identified the slain Boko Haram commander as AMIR DUMKEI.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General MARKUS KANGYE, said the troops had intercepted a suspicious vehicle with bullet holes, along the Jos-Sanga Road, while responding to a distress call about terrorist activities.
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.
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).
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.
The police spokesman said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect had been actively involved in armed robbery and land-grabbing activities in various parts of Lagos State.
NDLEA operatives at the export shed of the Lagos airport have intercepted another consignment of cocaine built into ladies’ lipsticks as part of a cargo containing hair attachments, face powder, and other items heading to Malabo, Guinea.
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.
The Police spokeswoman said preliminary investigation indicates that Ayomide Oluwadamilare unlawfully entered the residence of his former boss on Saturday, July 5, 2025, with the intent to rob him. He ended up stabbing the victim to death and fled with the deceased’s vehicle.
The Ogun State PPRO said security operatives would not hesitate to disperse gatherings that raise suspicion or threaten public peace, warning that anyone found in possession of would be prosecuted.
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, said the hard drug parcels were recovered from cargos being prepared for shipment at a courier company in Lagos on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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.
They were arraigned on separate charges bordering on cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.
CP OLOHUNDARE JIMOH said that about ten families have indicated their willingness to testify in the trial of AKINWANDE over the murder of their family members.
After an extensive deliberation that lasted over thirteen hours, the jury found COMBS not guilty of sex racketeering and sex trafficking of two women.
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.
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.
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.
"At about 6:00 AM today, June 28, 2025, the driver of a tanker loaded with 45,000 liters of fuel reported at Surulere Police Division the hijacking of the truck while in transit through Alaka, Surulere, Lagos to his destination"
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.