CRIME

Chief Shimite Bello Love, Special Adviser to Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Trade and Export, has died under circumstances that remain unclear. She passed away in the early hours of Easter Monday after what sources described as a brief illness. The Delta State Police Command has confirmed her death. In a statement to the […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has opened an investigation into a suspected $847m fraud involving CryptoBank Exchange (CBEX), a digital investment platform that allegedly defrauded thousands of investors across Nigeria. The platform, reportedly managed by a group of foreign nationals in collaboration with Nigerian partners, abruptly collapsed on Monday, leaving users unable to […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned the trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, until May 2. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the matter after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s video evidence to counter the allegations by Mamman that his extra-judicial statement was not voluntarily made, was played in the […]

A Nigerian national, Charles Uchenna Nwadavid, has been indicted in the United States for allegedly orchestrating a romance scam and laundering more than $2.5 million stolen from six victims across the country. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the charges in a statement released on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.   Nwadavid, 34, from Abuja, Nigeria, […]

The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed that the three headless bodies discovered in a river in Odigbo Local Government Area did not originate from the state. The shocking discovery of the bodies floating between Ore and Odigbo communities has caused panic in the area. Residents found the bodies in the river on Sunday and […]

A popular socialite and owner of a hotel in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Adesoji Adeleye, has been murdered by assassins at his hotel. It was gathered that Adeleye was in one of the rooms in his hotel on Tuesday morning when the incident happened. According to a source, the armed men were said to […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Olawole Sunday, for allegedly operating a scheme that involved purchasing bank accounts from young Nigerians to carry out fraudulent transactions. Operatives of the Commission’s Benin Zonal Directorate apprehended Sunday after uncovering his involvement in convincing youths to open multiple bank accounts, which […]

A United States court has sentenced a 47-year-old Nigerian, Imafedia Adevokhai, to 46 months in prison over his involvement in a multi-year stolen identity tax refund fraud amounting to $4,945,886. This was disclosed in a statement by the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Abe McGlothin Jr. According to the statement, Adevokhai […]

A Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan has sentenced 18-year-old Zainab Adebayo to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour for stealing ₦800,000 from her neighbour’s bedroom. Delivering the judgment, the court’s President, Mrs O.E. Owoseni, held that Adebayo was convicted and sentenced based on her guilty plea and the evidence presented by […]