Crime

A convicted Nigerian fugitive, Florence Enwerim Onyegbu, was on Thursday, March 23, 2023, extradited to the United States of America, USA, where she is wanted to answer to criminal charges bordering on violation of the U.S. Law involving the offer and payment of illegal remuneration in a health care matter.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned one Kichime Gomwalk, a branch manager of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Michael Damkas Buayam of Tan Global Energy Limited, and Abbas Andrew Dayilim of Castlegate International Limited, before Justice P. S. Gang of the Plateau State High Court Jos, on a five-count charge bordering on stealing, cheating and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N55,000.000.00 (Fifty Five Million Naira) fraud.

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Hearing in the case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against Ali Bello and another over an alleged N3bn fraud has been adjourned till May 22, 2023 for continuation of hearing.

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A Lagos division of National Industrial court has ordered a Senior Advocate of Nigeria Aderibigbe Adedeji trading under the name and style of Adedeji Owotomo & Associate to pay his former employee Pius Ohimai Ovbiose a total sum of N1,746,942.

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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, may be in for fresh trouble as over 250 Constitutional and Human Rights lawyers have called on the National Judicial Council to direct all courts in Nigeria not to entertain cases brought before them by the EFCC.

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Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine.

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In preparation for the gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly Elections in Zamfara State, the Commander, 1 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 1 Joint Task Force (North West) Operation Hadarin Daji Brigadier General S Ahmed has charged Security Agencies in the state not to hesitate to deal decisively with anybody who attempts to disrupt the smooth conduct of the election.

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Officers of the Nigerian Naval Command – NNS Victory, on Saturday, March 11, 2023 allegedly stormed and pick-up some staff of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution (PHED) Plc in their regional office in Calabar, the capital city of Cross River State over disconnection of electricity to their barracks.

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Scores of Anti-corruption Organisations and constitutional lawyers in Nigeria, on Thursday, submitted a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari, protesting what they described as brazen disobedience of court orders by the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa; alleged reckless politicisation of the Commission under his watch and his continued stay in office, in spite of a court order committing him to prison for contempt.

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced the arrest of two suspects for inciting violence in Kano State ahead of the governorship and states house of Assembly elections this Saturday. 

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