No fewer than 200 students of an Islamiyya school located at Tegina in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been abducted. One person was shot dead while another is critically injured after gunmen carried out the kidnap operation around 4:30 pm on Sunday. A resident of the area, Zayyad Mohammed, confirmed the…
Two women have been rescued after they were kidnapped by body parts dealers when they went to Port Harcourt in search of jobs. The women were kidnapped during the week by two men in a bus and taken to a forest. While there, they had to watch others whose families couldn’t pay ransom get killed. The…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a Ponzi scheme operator and founder of InksNation, Omotade-Sparks Amos Sewanu. In a Twitter post on Friday, the anti-corruption agency noted that Sewanu had been arrested in Sokoto. The tweet read, “BREAKING: Fleeing Ponzi Scheme Operator, Omotade-Sparks Amos Sewanu, Nabbed by EFCC in Sokoto.” In November 2020,…
After sacking Benue State communities, dare-devil herders continued their reign of terror when they attacked Bali and Gassol councils in Taraba State, shooting dead scores of residents during a midnight raid. The separate attacks, which occurred in Sabon-Gida village of Gassol Council and Pangari village of Bali, were said to have been perpetrated by the…
Three young men, Toheeb Babalola, Jamiu Olajide and Taiwo Olamilekan have narrated how officers attached to the Osun State Police Command extorted N525,000 from them while on their way to Oyo state from Akure, Ondo state. They explained that they were stopped on May 26, 2021 around 1:30pm, at Osogbo Junction by policemen who wore…
The community in Obohia Amuda Isuochi in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State has banished a man identified as Obioma Ubani for 20 years. Obioma was accused of engaging in witchcraft and killing one Professor Chike Ubani through that means. He was adorned with raffia palms, popularly known as Omu while carrying along…
The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 43-year-old Amos Olugbenga Olaniyan for allegedly defrauding people of over N128,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Million Naira) in a fraudulent investment scheme. The petitioners alleged that Amos, through his company, persuaded them to invest in a network scheme that offered a…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced the arrest of eight suspected internet fraudsters, one of whom was allegedly involved in money laundering. A statement by the EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, on Friday listed the suspects as Tobiloba Aramide Ogundiyan, Samson Alabi Afolabi, Adebayo Dolapo Olumide, Daniel Boluwatife Akinwunmi, Moses…
A suspected internet fraudster who allegedly tried to buy a Range Rover worth N44million with Bitcoin has been arrested by the EFCC. The suspect identified as Tobiloba Aramide Ogundiyan is accused by the EFCC’s Advance Fee Fraud Section of committing online fraud and converting his loot into cryptocurrency. A statement released by the agency read; Ogundiyan acquired his ill-gotten wealth from…
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested 25-year-old Musa Shamsudin, for aiding and providing medical services to bandits in Katsina State. The command’s spokesman, Gambo Isah, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday while parading some hoodlums arrested for various offences from across the state. The Police PRO said in the course of investigation some quantity of drugs were recovered from the suspect,…
