Category: Crime

Alleged N22bn Fraud: EFCC arrests ex-power minister, Sale Mamman

Aminu Imam

Former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with an alleged N22 billion fraud. According to sources, Mamman, who was minister under President Muhammadu Buhari from 2019 to 2021, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday, and is being detained at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in Abuja. The arrest is connected to investigations into alleged corruption in the execution of some power projects. Mamman is accused of conspiring with staff of the ministry in charge…

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Alleged Murder: Court orders Kano AG to open charges against Doguwa

Aminu Imam

A Kano State High Court, presided over by Justice Maryam Sabo, has ordered Kano State Attorney-General, Musa Abdullahi Lawan, to immediately file a charge against Majority Leader of the Federal House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa and his other conspirators over the alleged killing of a resident of the State. The order came after a Kano Retired Chief Magistrate, Muntari Garba Dandago, applied for an order of mandamus seeking to compel the AG to file the charge. An Order of Mandamus is a judicial writ issued as a command to…

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FCT: Man shot dead while attempting to stop wife’s abduction

Aminu Imam

A man, named Musa Abari, was shot dead when suspected kidnappers invaded his home in Kasada village, in Kuje local area council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and kidnapped his wife, Hulaira, and five others. According to reports, the gunmen arrived the village in large numbers at around 11.30 p.m. on Monday, equipped with AK-47 rifles, and began firing sporadically. The shooters allegedly forced their way into the houses of the residents. The deceased man was alleged to have been trying to stop the gunmen from taking his wife…

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Navy arrests 27 vessels, deactivates 294 illegal refining sites

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy on Tuesday announced that it had arrested 27 vessels involved in illegal bunkering and crude oil theft, while 294 illegal refinery sites were deactivated. Rear Admiral Ibrahim Dewu, the immediate past Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, disclosed this in Calabar while handing over the leadership of the command to his successor, Rear Admiral Olusola Oluwagbire. Dewu explained that the arrests were made between the periods he assumed office as Flag Officer of the Command, from February 4, 2022 to the…

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Man bags 30 months jail term in Kaduna for N5.5m fraud

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 45-year-old man, Kingsley James, to 30 months imprisonment for N5.5 million fraud. The convict was tried on a two-count charge of theft and obtaining money by false pretenses after he pleaded guilty. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel sentenced James to 15 months imprisonment on each of the two-count charge with an option of N100,000 fine. He ruled that the sentences should run concurrently. Emmanuel also ordered the convict to restitute the sum of N5.5 million to the complainant, Mr David Zamani. He also…

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Police arrest two suspects over stoning driver to death

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigeria Police, Ondo State Command, on Tuesday said it has arrested two suspects who allegedly stoned a 35-year-old man, Olorunfemi Tope, to death in Akure. The angry mob on Monday stoned Tope to death, when his alleged reckless driving caused an accident that resulted in the death of two persons and injured six others. The late Tope was said to have allegedly rammed into about five commercial motorcycles with their passengers along Ijoka road, by Sunday bus stop, Akure, in Ondo state capital. Irate mob had allegedly beaten and…

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Bus Conductor bags 6 months jail for unlawful possession of 2 knives

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

An Area Court in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a bus conductor, Suleiman Mohammed, 22, to six months imprisonment for unlawfully possession of two knives. The judge, Mr Thomas Ajitse, sentenced Mohammed following his guilty plea to possession of dangerous weapon. Ajitse also gave the convict an option of fine of N50,000. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Ibrahim Gokwat told the court that on February 23, a police patrol team from the Railway Division Police Station, Jos, arrested the convict during a stop-and-search. Gokwat said that the convict had two knives…

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22 year old businessman jailed 7 years for causing grievous hurt

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

An Area Court in Jos on Tuesday sentenced Ismail Suleiman, 22, to seven years imprisonment for criminal intimidation and causing grievous hurt on Lawal Abdullahi. The Judge, Thomas Ajitse, sentenced Suleiman after he pleaded guilty to the offence. Ajitse, however, gave the convict an option of N100,000 fine or two years imprisonment for criminal intimidation and a fine of N 100,000 or five years imprisonment for causing hurt. Earlier, the police prosecutor, Inspector Monday Dabit, told the court that the case was reported on February 10, by Yusuf Adam and…

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ICPC arraigns ex-JAMB Registrar, four youngsters

Aminu Imam

Former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, anf his four children have been charged with fraud by the Federal Government. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) charged Ojerinde and his four children, Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo, and Oluwaseun Adeniyi, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Ojerinde and his businesses are currently facing a N5 billion money laundering charge. He is accused of misusing public funds while serving as National Examinations Council and JAMB Registrar.…

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Kaduna: Police arrest suspected attackers of el-Rufa’i’s convoy, begins probe

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State Police Command have arrested the suspected attackers of the convoy of the state Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i by suspected members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shiites. A statement by the spokesman of the Command, DSP Mohammed Jalige, says the security officials attached to the Governor’s convoy cleared the Bakin-Ruwa axis of Rigasa, Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway after armed hoodlums suspected to be members of the IMN attacked law-abiding citizens and prevented motorists from plying the route. He explained that the hoodlums in a large…

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