Crime

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned a businessman, Michael Chibuzo, for the alleged issuance of a N8.5 million dud cheque. EFCC charged Chibuzo, alongside his firm, Two Stars Enterprise Ltd., at a Kaduna High Court, with the issuance of dud cheques and fraud. The EFCC Counsel,...

A trailer loaded with 369 bags of iron monazite has been intercepted by the operatives of the Taraba State Special Taskforce Committee in Garba Chede town of Bali local government council of the state. The intercepted items which Newsmen learnt were worth a monetary value of over N20 million, were...

A man identified as Usman Abubakar has been confirmed dead after he engaged in a fight with a neighbour. The neighbour, Omotosho Jimoh is now at large, the police said. Spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Ejire Adeyemin in a statement in Ilorin on Tuesday, disclosed that “at about...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Osun Command, said it has apprehended a 65-year-old man, Dauda Lamidi, for alleged possession of Cannabis sativa, also known as hemp. This is contained in a statement by Charles Odigie, the command’s spokesperson, on Monday in Osogbo. Odigie said the suspect was arrested...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Akwa Ibom says it has apprehended three suspects and seized 4,500 litres of adulterated diesel also called Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, in the state. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Eluyemi Eluwade, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the Command’s exhibits yard in...