CRIME

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed that Musa Jack Ngonadi, believed to be the son of a former Nigerian military Head of State (name withheld), is still in its custody awaiting […]

A former London Bureau chief of Newswatch, Kayode Soyinka, who was present when Dele Giwa, the co-founder of the magazine was bombed to death in 1986, has reacted to recent claims by a retired police […]

•Cash traced to five accounts in Fidelity Bank, UAE  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested two top bankers over another round of N2.8 billion pension fraud. Those arrested are said to be staff […]

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has adjourned the trial of the embattled President of the Nigerian Senate Bukola Saraki to November 5th & 6th 2015 to allow the Court of Appeal deliver its judgement […]

A 34-year old man suspected to be working for an international criminal organization has been arrested with 108 Automated Teller Machine debit cards. Pascal Udeh‎ was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while […]

No fewer than forty heavily armed robbers, yesterday morning, invaded two second generation banks in 4th Avenue, Festac area of Lagos state and carted away huge sums of money. Reports said both mother and child […]

Sepp Blatter has filed an official appeal against his suspension from soccer by FIFA’s ethics committee. Blatter, the Swiss who has been president of the football world’s governing body since 1998, was suspended on Thursday […]

Detectives are closing in on more associates and aides of former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, The Nation learnt yesterday. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is screening the call logs of her business […]

Security operatives attached to Justice Gabriel Kolawole at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday prevented Charles Okah, the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bombing, from committing suicide in court. Mr. Okah, a […]

UGHELLI—Former  vice chairman of Patani local government area, Delta State, Mr. Paul Oge, was on Friday abducted by gunmen and whisked away to an unknown location. Though details of his abduction were still sketchy at […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to show cause why it should not be restrained from arresting Managing Director of Carlisle Properties, Mr. Kennedy Izuagbe. Justice […]

The police in Rivers on Saturday confirmed the release of Vanguard Newspaper columnist, Donu Kogbara, abducted from her residence 11 days ago. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmad Muhammad, said in Port Harcourt that Ms. […]

A top official of the State Security Service familiar with the SSS’ raid of the Akwa Ibom Government House has told PREMIUM TIMESn the Service found no arms and ammunition in the complex, but stumbled […]

.Security agencies probe purchase of mobile stages •How NNPC secret account was used Security agencies are now probing   how the administration of  former President Goodluck Jonathan allegedly withdrew $6.9million (N1.460b) from a secret account of […]

THOU shall not steal”. As expressed in the telling chapters of the Bible, this is the eighth Commandment of God, the disobedience of which has, from early times, been visited with grave consequences as happened […]

A fresh crisis looms in the Senate. Members on Monday appeared divided over the planned probe of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, over alleged diversion of stolen funds recovered […]

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions will on Wednesday begin a probe of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, over an allegation that he fraudulently diverted over […]

Events in the past few weeks have left no one in doubt that the Buhari administration has set the stage for the prosecution of its promised war against corruption. First, in an apparent move to […]