The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that the American International School Abuja (AISA) has reimbursed the fees previously paid by the former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, for his children’s education at the institution. Initially reported by LIB, EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, during a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, April…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has apprehended Ibrahim Isiaka for allegedly slitting the throat of a commercial motorcyclist and seizing his motorcycle in the Karu Local Government Area. As stated in a press release issued and circulated in Lafia on Friday, April 19, by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, the suspect was…
The Osun State Police Command has apprehended four individuals accused of conspiring to murder a 45-year-old woman for money ritual in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to SP Yemisi Opalola, the command’s spokesperson, the arrest of the suspects followed a report filed by the woman’s son at the Apomu Police Division in Osun, stating that his…
Rewrite The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command has arrested a 19-year-old man, Jamiu Akande for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl in the Pakata area of Ilorin. Spokesperson of NSCDC in the state, Shola Ayoola Michael, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, April 18, 2024. He said the suspect…
An unidentified man suspected to be a cable thief met a tragic end when he was electrocuted while attempting to vandalize the BEDC Electricity Plc’s transformer along Airport Road in Benin City, Edo State. According to reports, the deceased had managed to cut some cables before the fatal incident occurred in the early hours of…
The Edo State Police Command has apprehended Blessing Ogunu for orchestrating her own kidnapping. According to the command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, Ogunu, who works for a real estate company, demanded a ransom of N4.8 million for her release. She collaborated with two other individuals, Esther Anthony and Ukpebor Joel, to stage the abduction. Upon investigation,…
The individual responsible for the knife attack that claimed the lives of six people at a shopping center in Australia has been identified as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi. Cauchi, who had relocated to Sydney just a month prior to the tragic incident at Westfield mall in Bondi Junction, was from Queensland and had been known to…
The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended a suspected robber for the theft of a trailer truck carrying 35 tons of groundnut oil valued at N30 million. According to the command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, the truck was traveling from Umuahia in Abia State to Kano State when it was stolen from the Maraban…
Bandits have carried out a deadly attack in Umogidi community, located in the Entekpa Council ward of Otukpo Local Government Area, Benue State, resulting in the deaths of two internally displaced persons (IDPs) working on their farms. According to local sources speaking to journalists on Thursday, April 11, 2024, two other farmers were injured during…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the agency has recovered N30 billion for the Federal Government and is currently investigating 50 bank accounts as part of the ongoing probe into the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, and the former chief executive…
