Crime

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Uyo Zonal Directorate has apprehended five Chinese nationals in connection with illegal mining activities in Ndito-Eka-Iba village, Ibiono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The arrests followed a series of intelligence reports concerning unauthorized mining operations by foreign nationals in the region. …

A heartless killer who beheaded his mentor after stealing nearly $400,000 from him to impress his French lover told a Manhattan judge that he should spend the rest of his life behind bars. According to the New York Post, convicted killer Tyrese Haspil was slapped with a 40-years-to-life sentence in …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted N10 million bail on each to the ten members of the #EndBadGovernance protesters who were charged with attempt to overthrow President Bola Tinubu between August 1 and 4th this year. While delivering ruling in their bail applications, Justice Emeka Nwite said …

The Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has said those who have been prosecuted and convicted for corruption should not enjoy state pardon. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at a roundtable organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for state commissioners for justice, Fagbemi said he …

The Kansas Attorney General’s Office successfully thwarted an attempt by Bimbo Toyin Akinyemi, a Nigerian national, to defraud a Kansas resident of cryptocurrency. This was revealed in a statement titled, “State of Kansas, U.S., Thwarts Attempt by Nigerian Crypto Scammer to Defraud Resident, Attracting Over $50,000 in Civil Penalties.” BitKE, …

The Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) Formoso has handed over the vessel MV Bravo Alero, laden with approximately 200,000 litres of suspected illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), along with its three crew members, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation and possible prosecution. The …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over 53 vehicles and a total of $180,300 stolen by fraudsters to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. These assets were stolen from Canadian citizens. The Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede made the revelation during the handover of the assets to …

French woman whose husband has admitted to enlisting dozens of strangers to rape her while she was drugged told his trial on Thursday that police had saved her life by uncovering the crimes. The police saved my life by investigating Mister Pelicot’s computer, Gisele Pelicot told the court in the …

A student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Christiana Idowu, who was kidnapped between Ikorodu and Yaba in Lagos State has been reportedly murdered by her abductor. The Student Union Government president of FUNAAB, Ibrahim Adeyemi, confirmed this to our correspondent in a telephone conversation on Thursday. …

At least four people died and nine were wounded in a high school shooting in the US state of Georgia on Wednesday, law enforcement authorities said, with a suspect taken into custody. After the latest chapter of America’s gun violence crisis — nearly 400 mass shootings this year alone, by …