Crime & City Diary
-
EFCC arrests Abubakar Funtua over N28bn alleged fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly arrested Abubakar Funtua, the son of Isa Funtua, a Federal Minister in the second Nigerian Republic. Guardian in a report stated that, Abubakar is currently in detention at the EFCC’s headquarters in Abuja. The report also indicated that anti-graft authorities are investigating Abubakar over alleged fraud and theft involving over N28…
Read More » -
Police reject PSC’s recruitment list
The Nigeria Police Force has sounded the alarm over alleged irregularities and corruption that allegedly marred the recently released list of successful candidates in the ongoing 2022/23 police constables recruitment. This follows a deluge of complaints from unsuccessful candidates and stakeholders over the disappearance of names of those who were screened and successful up to the final stage. In a…
Read More » -
Tinubu does not Interfere in the works of EFCC, says Olukoyede
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has greatly shown immense political will in the fight against economic and financial crimes by not interfering in the works of the Commission. He stated this in Ile-Ife, Osun State recently while on a courtesy visit to the Ooni of…
Read More » -
Federal High Court discharges Binance executives in tax evasion case
By Innocent Raphael An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday discharged Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla of Binance Holdings Limited from charges of tax evasion. This decision follows amendments to the charges by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The FIRS originally filed the case against Binance, Gambaryan, and Anjarwalla on March 22, 2024, accusing them of failing to collect…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More »
Follow our WhatsApp Channel