A United States federal court has sentenced a 44-year-old Nigerian, Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, to more than eight years in prison for his role in an international inheritance scam that preyed on elderly and vulnerable Americans. Details of the sentencing were…
The Ondo State Police Command has taken into custody a 40-year-old woman, Nafisat Lateef, over the alleged poisoning of a three-year-old boy in the Omifon community, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, confirmed…
A former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Dutsinma, Professor Armayau Bichi has been arraigned before the Katsina State High Court by the Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Arraigned before Justice Musa Abubakar, on…
Justice F.E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja on Thursday, February 5, 2026 convicted and sentenced a former Managing Director, Nigerian Export Import Bank, NEXIM to 490 years imprisonment for bank fraud. The convict was arraigned…
Gunmen killed at least 162 people in Nigeria’s Kwara state in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in recent months, a Red Cross official said Wednesday. The attack late Tuesday on a village in the west-central state came…
By Farooq Kperogi I am using the last ounce of energy left in me to type this. A rural community in Kwara State’s Kaiama Local Government, which is a close geographic, consanguineal, historical and cultural cousin to my own Baruten…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have dismantled three detention facilities operated by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in the Timbuktu Triangle, a forest corridor spanning parts of Borno and Yobe states. The military said the operation led…
A new investigation has shown how a Nigerian crime syndicate led by socialite Nzube Ikeji defrauded a Romanian woman of more than $2.5 million. The investigation was conducted by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and published on…
Operatives of the Airport Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old man, Precious Onudhona, over his alleged involvement in a romance scam said to be worth N48.5 million. Police said the suspect, who hails from Delta State, was picked up on…
No fewer than six people lost their lives, while 23 others sustained varying degrees of injuries when a vehicle loaded with cows and passengers crashed near the Foursquare Camp gate along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday. PUNCH Metro learnt on…
