N8.58bn Fraud: Police Special Fraud Unit Secures Forfeiture Order Against Tech Firm, Others
The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi, Lagos, has secured a forfeiture order in an alleged N8.58 billion fraud case involving a technology company, two firms and three individuals. The…
NEMA, IOM receive 170 returnees from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), on Monday received 170 stranded Nigerians repatriated from Tripoli, Libya. The returnees arrived at the…
Woman in police net for allegedly beating stepdaughter to death
Enugu State Government in collaboration with the police have arrested a woman, Ogechi John, over the alleged killing of her nine-year-old stepdaughter in the Emene area of Enugu. The State…
Police detains three women over alleged drug peddling in Delta
The Police Command in Delta has arrested three women suspected of dealing in illicit drugs in the state. The Command’s spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday…
Gov. Adeleke deposes traditional ruler over fraud conviction
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has approved the deposition of Oba Joseph Oloyede as the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu in Ife North Local Government Area of the state. This is contained…
FG begins South-West sensitisation tour ahead Cooperative Bank launch
The Federal Government has launched the South-West zonal engagement and ministerial advocacy tour on the Cooperative Bank of Nigeria share capital mobilisation, sensitisation and cooperative sector digitalisation. The initiative was…
Lagos to launch own driver’s licence
The Lagos State Government will soon introduce its driver’s licence in collaboration with the Federal Government to enhance road safety and improve service delivery. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Mr….
Alleged $9.6bn P&ID scam: Court convicts fleeing Briton in absentia
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday convicted Mr. James Nolan, a Director in the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd, in absentia, in the money laundering offences preferred…
Gunmen abduct, kill former House of Rep member after collecting ransom
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted and killed Alhaji Hon. Abba Anas Adamu Laushi along the Kaduna–Abuja road. He was said to have been killed by his abductors…
Kwara Court Jails Truck Driver, Orders Forfeiture of 25 Tons of Lithium Minerals in Ilorin
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State has convicted and sentenced a 50-year-old truck driver, Kasimu Bawa, to two years imprisonment for unlawful possession…