A woman accused of being a kidnapper narrowly escaped death on Thursday morning after being severely beaten by an angry mob at the popular Ipata Market in Ilorin, Kwara State. It was earlier reported that the suspect had been lynched…
Again, the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday , August 19, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of two internet fraudsters before Justice D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi,…
Justice M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City has convicted and jailed six internet fraudsters. The convicts are, Idemudia Destiny, Osifo Destiny, Nomanidobo Favour, Dauda Ahmed, David Samuel and Wisdom John. They were prosecuted by the…
Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Salami Ponmile Bassit to three months imprisonment for internet fraud. He was jailed after being arraigned on Wednesday by…
SOUTH African police have rearrested Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso on immigration-related charges, just weeks after his controversial acquittal on multiple rape allegations provoked public outrage. Arrest follows Sunday church service Omotoso, the leader of the Jesus Dominion International (JDI) church,…
A 77-year-old Nigerian Uber driver was fatally shot in an ambush while attempting to pick up a passenger outside a hookah lounge in Philadelphia. The incident occurred shortly before 2 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15. According to CBS News, the…
OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Directorate, on Monday,  February 24, 2025 arrested 59 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested at Abacha Road,  Mararaba axis of Nasarawa state following credible intelligence about their  suspected involvement…
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has detained for prosecution, a 26-year-old nursing student at Noida International University in India, for allegedly waiting to ingest 76 wraps of cocaine. NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said…
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Friday said that it had intercepted 849 kegs of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), worth over N30 million in retail price from Operation Whirlwind. The Comptroller of Customs, Hussein Ejibunu, made this known during a…
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on students across the country to  identify and emulate good models in the country in order to steer clear of internet fraud and other…
