Crime

For Ralph Chinazum Ajah, the Managing Director, Paramount Energy Limited, these are indeed trying moments. This is because the operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial …

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has sentenced a Lagos-based socialite and drug kingpin, Funmilola Arike Ogbuaya, popularly known as Ariket, to 45 years’ imprisonment …

A major cybersecurity breach has hit Ikeja Electric, Nigeria’s largest power distribution firm, following a sophisticated ransomware attack that has reportedly compromised critical systems and sensitive data.     The …

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has officially declared a businesswoman, Halimat Adenike Tejuosho, wanted in connection with an alleged case of obtaining money by false …

Olatunde Olusanjo, a 53-year-old Nigerian, has been arrested in Los Angeles by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over alleged sexual offences.     ICE said Olusanjo was apprehended …

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Fatai Tijani has confirmed the detention of an officer identified as Samson E, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) over alleged extortion at …

A Nigerian couple living in the United Kingdom, Luciana and Femi Akanbi, have been sentenced to prison for orchestrating a £650,000 fraud using stolen personal data from employees of Transport …

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court in Apo has issued an arrest warrant against Sadiya Umar Farouq, former minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development.     …

Two Nigerians have been named in a sweeping United States fraud case that prosecutors say exploited stolen identities to siphon millions of dollars from the U.S. tax system, drawing renewed …

A court in Paris has found Lafarge, the French cement giant, guilty of paying $6.5 million to jihadist groups, including the Islamic State (IS) and the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front. …