Crime & City Diary
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EFCC, FBI strengthen strategic partnership towards tackling menace of internet crimes
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday brokered a renewed strategic alliance towards tackling the menace of internet crimes and other waves of emerging and old crimes that are of mutual interests to Nigeria and the United States. The development came when Christopher Wray, FBI’s Director led a team of the…
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ICPC summons foreign affairs ministry employee amid graft probe
By Innocent Raphael The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has summoned Simisola Fajemirokun Ajayi, an employee of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for questioning in connection with an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption. Ajayi, a married civil servant, recently accused Ibrahim Lamuwa, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, of sexual harassment. The allegations were brought…
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Three armed robbers, policeman killed as security forces foil Abuja bank robbery
Three armed robbers and a policeman were killed in an attempted bank robbery incident in Abuja on Thursday. The target of the attack was a First Bank Plc branch and the headquarters of a police division in the Abaji Area Council. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer for the Federal Capital Territory Command, SP Josephine Adeh, said the…
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Court shifts Yahaya Bello’s arraignment to June 27
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, June 13, 2024, adjourned the arraignment proceedings of a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello to June 27, 2024. The adjournment followed discrepancies between the EFCC and defence counsels on the actual date of Bello’s appearance in court for his arraignment. While defence counsel, Adeola…
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27-year-old woman arrested for allegedly stabbing lover to death in Imo
Twenty seven year old Oluchi Nzemechi from Uzoagba in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State has been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing her partner, Kelechi Nzemechi to death. According to the police, the suspect acknowledged during interrogation that her 31-year-old partner had involved her in online fraud, popularly known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’. She admitted that an altercation…
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FCT Police raid suspected kidnappers’ den, arrest four, rescue victims
The Nigeria Police, Federal Capital Territory Command in a sting operation on Friday, raided the den of suspected kidnappers in the border areas of Abuja. A statement posted on the police X handle by the FCT Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, revealed that the exercise was a joint effort between the police and other security forces, resulting in…
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Saraki commends Supreme Court’s ruling against forfeiture of N1.2 billion
By Innocent Raphael Bukola Saraki, former President of the Nigerian Senate, has praised the Supreme Court for overturning a federal court judgment that required Melrose General Services to forfeit N1,222,384,857.84 to the Federal Government. The case dates back to April 27, 2018, when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured a judgment mandating the final forfeiture of N1.5 billion.…
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EFCC arrests 127 suspected “Yahoo” boys in Akure nightclubs
Agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) Ibadan Zonal Directorate have taken one hundred and twenty-seven (127) suspected online scammers into custody in Ondo State.A statement by the Commission indicated that the suspects were taken into custody during an early-morning sting operation on Saturday, June 8, 2024, during a “Yahoo Party” hosted concurrently in the Signature and Abah…
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Dabiri-Erewa cautions as Man narrates ordeal at Swiss airport
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has cautioned Nigerian citizens travelling through Switzerland regarding the possession of laser pointers at their airports This advisory follows the recent detention of Dr. Andrew Etsetowaghan at Geneva Airport for carrying a presentation pointer in his hand luggage after the pointers had been banned in Switzerland since June 1, 2019 of which he was…
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Alleged N2bn fraud: ICPC arraigns REA official, orders others arrest over non appearance
Kunle Sanni A staff of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) was charged by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday for allegedly stealing N298 million using the REA payment platform the previous year. The defendant, Usman Kwakwa, was charged by the ICPC and appeared before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court. Kwakwa is…
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