Category: Crime

Kaduna: Police arrest gunrunner who supplies arms to terrorists

Aminu Imam

…Recover AK-47 rifle, others A gunrunner who specialises in supplying arms and ammunition to bandits terrorising Kaduna State has been nabbed. The arrest was made by operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command. According to the Spokesperson of the Command, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who released a statement on Wednesday, the suspect, Rilwanu Abdullahi, was arrested by operatives attached to the Zaria Command, acting on a tip-off. According to Jalige, items recovered from the suspect included an AK-47 rifle and 600 rounds of 7.62 X 39mm live ammunition concealed inside the…

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EFCC quizzes Former House Of Reps. Speaker, Etteh over alleged N130m contract

Aminu Imam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arrested the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, over alleged contract fraud. The Special Duty Unit of the anti-graft agency had arrested her following suspected involvement in a solar-power electrification project scam in Akwa Ibom State. According to reports, Etteh had received a N130 million from a contractor, who was awarded the contract in the state by the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC). Sources familiar with the case reportedly revealed that a company named Phin Jin Project Limited was…

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Exposed! Name of Nigerian Gov. who helped Abacha loot $23 million recently recovered by UK Govt.

Aminu Imam

A new published report by an online media platform, yesterday, has exposed the people who helped a former Nigerian dictator, Sani Abacha steal $23 million recently recovered by the National Crime Agency, (NCA), of the United Kingdom (UK). The millions of dollars was forfeited by the Late Abacha’s son, Mohammed, and an offshore company Mecosta Securities Inc, according to the British agency. According to the report, further investigation, based on the NCA’s exclusive disclosure and analysis of leaked financial records and court documents, shows that Mecosta’s account in London, from…

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N80bn Money Laundering: EFCC nabs Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris

Aminu Imam

Nigeria’s Accountant-General, Ahmed Idris, has reportedly been arrested over alleged money laundering and diversion of public funds. Those familiar with the development said Idris was intercepted in Kano by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), yesterday evening and was flown to Abuja, the nation’s capital, for interrogation. According to sources, the EFCC has for some time now been investigating a case of diversion of at least N80 billion in public funds which were allegedly laundered through some bogus contracts. The companies used in laundering the funds have…

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Alleged Super TV CEO murder trial: Court adjourns till May 23

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Lagos High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square, on Monday adjourned till May 23, trial of an undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, charged with murdering Usifo Ataga, Chief Executive Officer of Super TV. Ojukwu is standing trial for alleged murder, stealing and forgery alongside her sister, Chioma Egbuchu and one Adedapo Quadri. It would be recall that at the last proceeding on May 12, the trial could not hold, due to change of counsel by the third defendant; Egbuchu. The new counsel, Ngozi Akandu, had asked that more eligible documents be served…

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