Crime & Justice

Kidnappers Abduct Seven in Fresh Attack on Edo Community

adminAugust 26, 2026

Residents of Itsukwi, an agrarian community in Ward 9 of Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, are living in fear after suspected kidnappers abducted six teenagers and a farmer in separate incidents on Monday. The farmer, identified as Alfred Kupa, was reportedly confronted by the armed men while heading to his farm. The...

Umahi Launches N3bn Legal Battle Against Linda Ikeji, Others

adminAugust 25, 2026

The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has launched a N3 billion legal battle against media personality Linda Ikeji, her company, Linda Ikeji TV Limited, and the Chief Executive Officer of Winhomes Global Estate Services, Engr. Stella Ifeoma Okengwu, over alleged defamatory publications. In a suit filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital...

Tinubu Orders Coordinated Rescue As Niger Mass Abduction Sparks Fresh Security Concerns

adminAugust 25, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has ordered a coordinated security operation to rescue worshippers abducted during Friday prayers in Niger State, as the latest mass kidnapping raises fresh concerns over the worsening security situation in communities around Borgu and the Kainji Lake axis. The directive followed the August 21 attack on worshippers in Kpenya Mosque, Dekara District,...

ICPC UNCOVERS ANOTHER FAKE AGENCY, TINUBU ORDERS ARREST

adminAugust 21, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the arrest of one George Buchi Nwabueze and suspended three permanent secretaries after the anti graft agency ICPC uncovered another fake agency operating within the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. ICPC Chairman Musa Aliyu, made this known after briefing the President for the second consecutive...

DSS Arraigns Two Additional Suspects Over Crude Oil Theft in A’Ibom

adminAugust 14, 2026

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned two additional suspects over alleged crude oil theft in Akwa Ibom State, bringing the number of persons facing trial in connection with the case to 19. The suspects, Arepade Dominic Ekprese and Benson Ekiokekeme Innocent, were arraigned on Thursday before a Magistrates’ Court sitting along Fulga Road,...

Ghost Workers: ICPC Uncovers Official Who Put 14 Relatives on Government Payroll

adminAugust 14, 2026

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered cases of alleged payroll fraud involving government workers who enrolled relatives as fake employees and collected multiple salaries. According to Naija Punch News, ICPC Chairman, Musa Aliyu, disclosed this on Thursday while speaking at the 2026 Economic Confidential Lecture and National Spokespersons Award...

Police Arrest Cemetery Manager, One Other Over Fresh Grave Desecrated in Akwa Ibom

adminAugust 6, 2026

Idara Jerome, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested the manager of Mbiokporo Cemetery in Uyo and another suspect for allegedly exhuming a freshly buried corpse and stealing its casket. The Command described the incident as a disturbing violation of human dignity and vowed to ensure that all those involved are brought to...

Court Sentences BDC Operator to Two Months in Jail for Illegal Forex Trading

adminAugust 5, 2026

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a bureau de change (BDC) operator, Dabo Malam Ardi, to two months imprisonment for engaging in an illegal foreign exchange transaction. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed in a post on its official X account that Justice F. N. Ogazi delivered...

Anambra Police Arraign Three Suspects Over Alleged Incest, Rape, Defilement

adminJuly 16, 2026

Stephanie Peter, Uyo The Anambra State Police Command has arraigned three suspects before the Gender Magistrate Court sitting in Awka over separate allegations of incest, rape and defilement of a minor. The suspects were arraigned following the conclusion of investigations into the separate cases, the command said. One of the suspects, Ikenna Mojekwu, is facing...

EFCC Arraigns Former Access Bank Employee Over Alleged N294.5M Theft

adminJuly 10, 2026

Idara Jerome, Uyo The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a former Access Bank employee, Chinonso Akujobi, before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over an alleged N294,595,992 theft. The anti-graft agency disclosed that Akujobi was arraigned on Thursday, July 9, before Justice I. O. Ijelu on...

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Kidnappers Abduct Seven in Fresh Attack on Edo Community

Umahi Launches N3bn Legal Battle Against Linda Ikeji, Others

Tinubu Orders Coordinated Rescue As Niger Mass Abduction Sparks Fresh Security Concerns

ICPC UNCOVERS ANOTHER FAKE AGENCY, TINUBU ORDERS ARREST

DSS Arraigns Two Additional Suspects Over Crude Oil Theft in A’Ibom

Ghost Workers: ICPC Uncovers Official Who Put 14 Relatives on Government Payroll

Police Arrest Cemetery Manager, One Other Over Fresh Grave Desecrated in Akwa Ibom

Court Sentences BDC Operator to Two Months in Jail for Illegal Forex Trading

Anambra Police Arraign Three Suspects Over Alleged Incest, Rape, Defilement

EFCC Arraigns Former Access Bank Employee Over Alleged N294.5M Theft

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