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      The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, today, January 22, 2020 handed over to the EFCC, MV GRATITUDE, a bunkered vessel and its crew of six for further investigation and prosecution. The suspects were intercepted on January 9, 2020, by the Nigerian Navy. Thé six member crew are: Victor Ita (captain), Rotimi Poroye, Henry Edet Bassey, Rahpael Adewale, Godswill Iko and Jonah Achieve. The Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base, Commodore Suleiman Ibrahim, while handing over the vessel and crew disclosed that that the ship was laden with 1,000,000 liters of locally refined Automotive Gas Oil. They were arrested at the Brass inshore water anchorage. He assured of the Navy's determination to clear the waterways of illegal oil bunkering and sea pirates for legitimate business operators to thrive. Tasiu Abubakar, a Superintendent of Police who received the vessel and crew members on behalf of the EFCC, promised diligent investigat...

     Police arrest Inspector for alleged murder of widow in Akwa Ibom By -  | Published Date Jan 22, 2020 17:16 PM Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom state, Imohimi Edgal. The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom state, Imohimi Edgal, has ordered the arrest of a Police Inspector attached to the state police command, Bassey Ikpe, for allegedly killing a widow. Mr Odiko Macdon, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo, on Wednesday. He said that the police commissioner had instructed the Deputy Commissioner, State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) to carry out thorough investigation into the matter. Macdon reiterated the command’s commitment to policing, with great deal of respect for human rights. The PPRO said that the decision of the police to finally look into the alleged murder was informed by the reports in some dailies and online media in the state. “The attention of the Akwa Ibo...

      A well-dressed man was caught red-handed shoplifting in a boutique in Gwarimpa area of Abuja. The man was caught via CCTV hiding some clothes in his underwear after a salesgirl at the boutique went to notify her boss of the price they bargained for an outfit he claimed he wanted to buy. He was forced to bring out the clothes he hid before being handed over to the police.More photos below.

      A burn victim who survived a gas explosion has shared photos of her transformation to celebrate her birthday. Yinka Matthews suffered the burn on June 8, 2013, when a gas cylinder in her kitchen exploded when she was trying to cook. Her body was badly burned in the fire and she was in a coma for 2 days. When she regained consciousness, she contemplated suicide and begged the doctor to inject her with a substance that'll kill her. Today, she's well and her skin shows no signs of the burns she once suffered. Sharing photos of what she looked like lying on her hospital bed shortly after the gas explosion and other photos of what she looks like now, She wrote: I have posted a lot of my burns pictures but I never had the courage to post the first picture after the gas explosion! Today I summon the courage to post my Testinomy in full. I survived what someone actually planned and wishes me but today I’m stronger braver and a inspiration. This picture is ...

      The Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, arraigned one Akinola Ogunlewe alongside Babajide Soyode, before Justice A.R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The defendants are being prosecuted on five-count charges, bordering on money laundering. Count three of the charges reads: "That you, Akinola Ogunlewe and Abolaji Ogunlewe (at large) sometime in 2013, in Lagos , within the Lagos Judicial Division of the Federal High Court, being directors in BCE Consulting Engineers Limited a Designated Non-Financial Institution ("DNFI") aided the said company in failing to comply with the requirements of submitting to the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, a declaration of its activities as specified under section 5 (1)(a) of the money laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (As amended) and you there by committed an offence contrary to section 18(a) of the money Laundering (Prohibition) Act,2011 (As amended) an...

     For the second time in 24 hours, the acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has reiterated the commitment of the anti-graft agency to ensuring that the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, is repatriated to Nigeria to face criminal charges against her. Magu gave the hint in Ibadan on Wednesday, January 22, 2020, while fielding questions from journalists during  his working visit to the Commission’s Ibadan zonal office. He earlier told journalists when he was at the Ilorin Zonal Office on a working visit yesterday. He said the Commission had traced a number of criminal activities ranging from abuse of office, bribery, fraud, misuse of public funds and money-laundering to the former minister, who is currently at large to avoid questions on alleged criminal activities dotting her years as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The anti-graft czar, who wondered why her current country of abode has not surrendered her to...

      As part of efforts to ensure free flow of vehicular movement in the State, the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has stepped up its operations to arrest defiant pedestrians crossing major roads and highways across the metropolis. The Corps Marshal, LAGESC, CP Gbemisola Akinpelu (Rtd), who stated this today during the monthly interface session with senior officers of the Agency at the Command Headquarters, Bo lade-Oshodi, noted that the Agency is focusing on attaining total compliance on the use of pedestrian bridges by the populace in line with the directive of the State Government. While highlighting the inherent risks associated with crossing the highways by road users, she disclosed that LAGESC officers have been directed to arrest any pedestrian crossing major roads and highways within a distance of 200 metres to a pedestrian bridge in the vicinity. She emphasised that the Lagos State Government is concerned about citizens who unnecessa...