Obi not in US custody as of December 23
Obinwanne Okeke, a Nigerian entrepreneur popularly known as Invictus Obi, who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for fraud in the United States, is no longer listed as being in…
27,416 inmates convicted in 2025 – Report
The Nigerian Correctional Service has disclosed that 27,416 inmates across custodial centres nationwide have been convicted, while 50,703 others are currently awaiting trial as 2025 runs to an end. The…
Robbers loot Benue church, destroy bar door
Some suspected armed robbers in the early hours of Christmas Eve broke into the Tabernacle Ministry International Church, located at Tomato, GRA, Gboko, and made away with church items worth…
N4.6bn laundering: Arrest Bauchi commissioner before escaping, court orders EFCC
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to produce the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, in court on December 30…
Ex-bankers diverting pension funds bags 12 years jail
The Enugu State High Court on Friday sentenced two former bankers, Sani Aferokhe and Hillary Odo, to a combined 12-year jail term for criminally diverting N10.3m belonging to pensioners. The…
ASF France lauds clemency as Adamawa gov frees farmer sentenced to death
After 11 years on death row over an incident of self-defence, the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has granted clemency to a farmer, Sunday Jackson. Jackson was attacked…
Court remands six for assault, battery LASTMA, KAI officials in Lagos
The Lagos State Mobile Court has remanded six of the seven suspects arrested for allegedly assaulting personnel of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Kick Against Indiscipline…
NCoS boss cautions defiant officers against contraband trafficking, compromise
The Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Nwakuche, has warned the men and officers of the Service to desist from acts capable of damaging the image of…
Mobile courts order remand of 6 over assault on LASTMA, others
The Lagos State Mobile Courts, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of six suspected notorious miscreants apprehended for a violent assault on personnel of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA)…
Firm donates police outpost to boost security architecture in Rivers
An energy firm, Solewant Group, has donated a modern police outpost to the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in Alode, Elemé, Rivers State, to improve security in the community. The outpost,…