$4.5bn, £2.8bn fraud: Court grants Emefiele N50m bail
The Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos, Friday granted bail to the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in the sum of N50m with…
Gunmen attack checkpoint, burn patrol vehicle
Gunmen on Thursday attacked a police check point along the Abakaliki -Enugu Highway, setting a patrol van belonging to the Police ablaze. The incident happened at Ishieke junction at the…
Wanted IPOB/ESN terrorist arrested in Imo
The Police Command in Imo on Tuesday said it had arrested a suspected terrorist, who has been on its wanted list for a long time. The command’s spokesman, ASP Henry…
NDLEA intercepts 2,144 parcels of hemp at Tincan Seaport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it has intercepted 2,144 parcels of Colorado, a synthetic strain of hemp weighing 1,072kg at the Tincan Seaport Lagos. A statement by…
Bobrisky pleads guilty to naira abuse charge
Controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, on Friday, pleaded guilty to the charges of naira abuse. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had, on Thursday, filed six counts…
DSS gets order to detain suspected ISIS member
The Department of State Services, on Wednesday, obtained a court order to detain a Nigerian, Emmanuel Osase, who is accused of being a member of the Islamic State in Iraq…
Notorious cultist shot dead in Abeokuta
A cultist, Olumide Danisa Ifeloluwa, popularly known as Tescom, has been reportedly shot dead in front of his house at Somefun Ijeun-Titun Abeokuta,Ogun State. Tescom who was a former leader…
Lagos police nab suspected serial burglars
Patrol officers from Oko-Oba Division of Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspected burglars, Adeyemi Ibrahim, 24 and Taiwo Adisa, 45 and recovered some stolen items from them. According…
Wanted fake soldier arrested in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a suspected fake soldier, who had been declared wanted by the military. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed…
Police kill two ESN members in Enugu raid
The Enugu State Police Command has announced the killing of two members of the Eastern Security Network, a security outfit of the Indigenous People of Biafra during a raid on…