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4,000 prisoners in jails due to their incapacity to pay fines- Minister of Interior

Over 4,000 prisoners are being kept in detention facilities around the nation, according to Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, because they are unable to pay penalties that have been imposed on them by magistrates and courts. He expressed his regret that more than 70% of the people housed in the country’s detention facilities are awaiting trial at this time. He pointed out that if non-custodial alternatives as outlined in the Correctional Service Act are investigated, the...

Abubakar Musa faces 17-month prison sentence in Kano for phone theft

Abubakar Musa was given a 17-month prison term by a Shari’a court in Gama PRP Kano State on Tuesday for stealing two cell phones worth 165,000.00. Theft and unauthorized entry into a home are allegedly committed by Atlanta resident Abubakar Musa. Aliyu Abidin Murtala, the prosecutor, read the charges against him in front of the court, and he entered a plea of guilty. He claimed the man broke into the home while the owner was...

DSS detains officials from Nasarawa, other criminals for palliative sales, stealing

The items distributed by the federal government to cushion the impact of the high cost of fuel have reportedly been stolen in many states of the federation, worsening the situation of vulnerable Nigerians as they struggle with a high cost of living as a result of the administration’s removal of fuel subsidies. Several of the products sent by the government to relieve the suffering of Nigerians have already been taken over by high-ranking government officials...

CCB investigates Kano anti-corruption boss as EFCC summons top official to Abuja

Muhyi Rimingado, the head of Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, is under investigation by the Code of Conduct Bureau. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has called the Kano anti-graft agency’s Director of Finance to Abuja to provide the agency with pertinent transactions involving Rimingado. A letter of invitation dated August 8, 2023 and signed by the acting deputy director, Cybercrime and other related crimes, EFCC, Muhtar Bello, which our reporter saw, stated...

Breaking: Court Rules in Emefiele’s Siblings’ Case Against AGF, DSS

FCT, Abuja – On August 23, the siblings of Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s suspended governor, George and Okanta, filed a combined lawsuit, which the federal high court in Abuja dismissed. According to The Nation, George and Okanta sued the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). The Emefieles’ decision to drop their lawsuit was a factor in Justice E Okpe of the Abuja Federal High Court’s...

EFCC detains Man, Stephen Acheme Akpa Involved In Abuja Land Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a man named Stephen Acheme Akpa in connection with an alleged land fraud scheme over N500,000,000. On December 2, 2022, the Commission made its initial arrest of Akpa, the CEO of Zoe New Dawn Nigeria Limited, at his workplace in Abuja’s Idu axis. This comes after a petition that said he used deception to obtain N500,000,000. The suspect jumped the administrative bail provided by the Commission,...

Breaking: UK police accuse Nigeria’s former petroleum minister Diezani of bribery

Indictments for bribery have been brought against Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former minister of petroleum resources of Nigeria, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA) of the United Kingdom.   Since her initial detention in London in October 2015, Alison-Madueke has been free on bail.   She will show up in court in the British capital on October 2, according to the NCA.   According to the AFP, shortly after her detention, the family’s attorney declared...

Adamawa Police Command detain two alleged kidnappers

In the state’s Jada Local Government Area (LGA), the Adamawa Police Command has detained two alleged kidnappers. The command’s spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, revealed this in a statement released on Tuesday in Yola. According to Nguroje, the suspects were detained on August 17 by the command in Kojoli, Jada LGA’s intelligence department.   “The suspects are Kojoli residents Abdullahi Iya, 20, and Barkindo Yahaya, 19. The statement said, “They were apprehended after they called and...

EFCC, Anti-Graft Agency detain 23 suspected internet fraudsters in Benue, recover one vehicle

In a sting operation on Sunday in Makurdi, Benue State, agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Makurdi Zonal Command detained 23 alleged internet fraudsters. The anti-graft agency made this announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday. They said that among the things seized from them were several mobile phones and a Toyota Corolla. According to the statement, the suspects are David Uvaa, Patrick Adakole, Cyprian Aloo, Michael Anaambe, Okti Clinton, Ibi...

Police arrest electrician,  Sunday Andrew for allegedly stealing television, N18,000

Sunday Andrew, a 35-year-old electrician, was charged in a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja with stealing a plasma television and N18,000 in cash. The police accused Andrew of criminal trespass, breaking into houses, and theft at Airport Road, Abuja. The complainant, Mr. Boniface Chinedu of Lugbe, Zone 8 of Abuja, reported the case to the Trade More Police Station on August 17, according to the prosecutor, Mr. Stanley Nwaforaku, who testified in court....