Crime

A US-based Nigerian pastor, Edward Oluwasanmi, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining approximately $4.2 million (N6.4 billion) in COVID-19 relief funds guaranteed by the U.S. …

Staff of Dangote Industries Limited, officials of transport companies contracted to move diesel from Dangote depots to its Ibese and Obajana plants and Tukur Shamsudden, an Indian citizen were on …

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of five persons, including a bank manager and a nursing mother, over allegations of hacking into the server of Premium …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, has arrested a staff member of Ecobank Plc, Solomon Stephen Ufayo, for alleged involvement in cybercrime amounting to N2,404,000. …

Security operatives, specifically the Department of State Services (DSS), have arrested a wanted kidnapper at the hajj camp in Abuja during pilgrim screenings ahead of their departure to Saudi Arabia, …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested three suspected fraudsters linked to a Q-net scam that allegedly raked in hundreds of millions of naira from students …

A Lagos Socialite and businessman, Arokodare Damil Ebenezer, was on Monday convicted and sentenced to a total of seven years imprisonment for trafficking in 32.24 of loud, a special species …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Nigerian businesswoman and socialite, Aisha Achimugu, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.     Achimugu was picked up …

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of a storey building located at No. 26 Tolu Road, Olodi Apapa, in the …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the go-ahead to arrest and detain six promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) over …