Crime & City Diary
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Appeal Court voids interim order freezing Aisha Achimugu’s accounts
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has discharged and vacated the interim order freezing the bank accounts of businesswoman and founder of Oceangate Engineering Oil & Gas Ltd, Aisha Achimugu, as well as accounts belonging to companies linked to her, ruling that the order had remained in force far beyond what the law permits. In a unanimous judgment…
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Fire destroys goods worth millions as blaze guts Justrite supermarket in Lagos
Goods and property worth millions of naira were destroyed after a fire engulfed a branch of Justrite Superstore along Akowonjo Road in the Egbeda/Alimosho area of Lagos State on Thursday. Emergency responders from the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) were deployed to the scene to contain the fire and stop it…
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NDLEA uncovers plot by international cartels to set up meth labs in South-West
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raised concerns over what it described as attempts by international drug cartels to establish a methamphetamine production hub in Nigeria’s South-West, following the discovery and dismantling of a large-scale clandestine laboratory in Ogun State. Speaking during an inspection of the facility in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, the agency’s…
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Court sentences three to life imprisonment over Oriire school abduction
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has sentenced three suspects in the abduction of students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State to life imprisonment. According to the court, the sentencing of Abdulrazak Umar, alias Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid; Yunusa Musa, alias Yunusa Bin Musa; and Shamsu Adamu Sani, alias Abu Itisar, will start from the date of their…
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Court convicts two, company for illegal mining in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of two individuals and a company for illegal mining activities in violation of the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act, 2007. The convicts, Samuel Sunday and Saheed Lawal Akanji, alongside Saaskrona Nigeria Limited, were separately arraigned before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the…
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Four bandits neutralised as troops, vigilante free abducted victims
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Security forces have killed four bandits and rescued two abduction victims in Aboki community of Kaiama Local Government Area. This was according to security reports made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ilorin. According to reports, security forces were mobilised following local reports of kidnapping incident in the community on Tuesday night. “Five armed bandits attacked…
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Three suspected cultists arraigned as police recover firearms in Lagos
Three suspected cultists have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command during an intelligence-led operation in Imota, leading to the recovery of firearms, ammunition and other dangerous weapons. The command said the operation followed credible information from members of the public about the activities of suspected cultists in the Imota area, prompting operatives to storm the location. The suspects…
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Court stops EFCC from probing Oyo govt accounts
By Adejayan Gbenga A Federal High Court in Ibadan has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from carrying out its proposed investigation into the finances of the Oyo State Government, ruling that the exercise was speculative and unsupported by specific allegations. The decision was delivered on Wednesday by Justice Nkeonye Maha in suit number FHC/IB/CS/61/2025, filed by the Oyo…
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Panic rocks Ondo community as kidnappers demand N15m ransom for three hostages
By Boye Oyeyemi Suspected kidnappers have abducted three farmers at Agbaje community in the Ala-Elefosan area of Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State, demanding N15 million ransom for their release. The victims, identified as two women and one man, were reportedly kidnapped while working on their farmland in the agrarian community, raising fresh concerns over the growing insecurity confronting…
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ICPC hands over recovered Abuja land to FMBN for 962-home development
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has handed over recovered landed properties in Abuja covering about 27.92 hectares—an area roughly equivalent to 39 standard football pitches—to the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) following a final forfeiture order by the Federal High Court. The properties, located at the Goodluck Jonathan Estate in Kaba District, Abuja, were…
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