By Dele Oyewale In recent times, there has been calculated campaigns against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on what its traducers regard as abuses of human rights by its operatives in the arrest of suspects of internet fraud and other acts of corruption. Day by day, such trumped-up claims are littering the media space. False narratives, fictitious scenarios, and fabricated names and identities are being bandied to portray the Commission in bad lights. All these reports ignored the milestones on convictions, recoveries, interventions, and global acclaim of the works of EFCC. It is evident, therefore, that such campaigns…
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By Miriam Humbe 45 year old Stella Nwadigo, the teacher who physically abused the 3-year-old Abayomi Micheal of Christ-Mitots School in Ikorodu, in viral video has been arrested by the police. The arrest was confirmed by the Force Public Relations Officer, (FPRO) Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Wednesday. In the video, Stella Nwadigo was seen hitting the Pupil hard on the head in the course of his learning, and for no just cause, even while the child was attentively doing his assignment. The FPRO said that the teacher was arrested on Wednesday, 8th Jan, 2025, immediately after the criminal act. He said:…
Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, a football club founded in 1956, has signed an official contract with a United Kingdom-based highly-talented, young Nigeria-born footballer, Yaqub Usman-Malah. The official unveiling of the young promising footballer was carried out on Saturday, January 4, 2025. Yaqub, born in Nigeria in 2006, is a budding Nigerian talent with unquantifiable promise and potential. Prior to his official contract with Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, he was a student and a trainee player with the Brooke College Football Academy in the United Kingdom. At Brooke College Football Academy, Yaqub had an impressive goal average of 17…
By Miriam Humbe The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has commemorated the successful completion of Operation LAKE SANITY 2 (OPLS 2) with a Presentation of Medals ceremony that celebrated the bravery and sacrifices of its troops. Lt Col Olaniyi Osoba, the Chief Military Information Officer, Headquarters, MNJTF N’djamena, Chad disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. The OPLS 2 Medal presentation ceremony held at Headquarters of MNJTF Farcha in N’Djamena, Chad was graced by the Minister of Armed Forces, Veteran and War Victims of Chad, Issaka Maluoa Djamous, as the Special Guest of Honour, (SGoH). Minister of Defence Chad,…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has secured the conviction of one Chima Hyginus Nkwocha, a.k.a “Young Billionaire,” for cheating by impersonation and money laundering. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. Nkwocha was jailed on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. He was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on a two-count charge bordering on cheating by impersonation and money laundering. One of the counts read: “That you, Chima Hyginus Nkwocha (AKA Frank Nils, Frank Cobert, Frank Brown & Chettot), sometime in…
By Miriam Humbe In its continuing efforts to sweep the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), clean of corrupt tendencies, 10 officers of the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC, are being detained and investigated over some missing items involving them. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. The officers were arrested last week on the directives of the Executive Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede. They are currently answering questions related to the theft of some operational items that they could not account for. Investigators are making good progress and those found…
By Miriam Humbe A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Jimeta, Yola, Adamawa State presided by His Worship, Mohammed Njidda today 7th of January 2025 convicted and sentenced one Mr Nuhu Isah to 6 Months imprisonment, for criminally intimidating FRSC Patrol team. This was contained in a statement signed on Wednesday by Olusegun Ogungbemide, the Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer at the FRSC Headquarters Abuja. The defendant was however, given an option of N20,000:00 fine. The defendant; a passer-by, had on 5th of January 2025 while recording FRSC Patrol team, intimidated and further instigated passengers to mob the FRSC…
The Eko Boys High School Old Boys Association, EKOBA is set to commission completed multiple projects amongst others embarked upon by the Association at the school campus, Musin, to commemorate the 112th Founders Day celebrations of the school by the Late Revd. William Benjamin Euba on January 13, 1913. A statement by the National Public Relations Officer, Ekorian Temitope Oluwabiyi disclosed that the Association will on Friday, January 10, 2025 commission the E’79/Adefule Gate and E’75 Pedestrian Gate/Gate House as well as the E81/82 Basketball Court with the Lagos State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Hon. Jamiu Tolani Alli-Balogun…
***Emphasizes Professionalism And Loyalty To The Nigeria Police Force By Miriam Humbe The Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Command, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed, on Tuesday decorated 117 officers who were recently promoted by the Nigeria Police Force with their new ranks. Nasarawa Police Command’s newly promoted Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ramhan Nansel disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday for the Commissioner of Police. CP Shetima expressed his gratitude to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun and the Chairman of the Police Service Commission for recognizing the deserving officers and promoting them. While congratulating the…
***Parades 4 Suspects For Various Cyber-Related Offences In the relentless efforts of the Nigeria Police Force to tackle every form of crime in all spheres, the Force has recorded an outstanding achievement for the year 2024 in retrospect, particularly in the area of combatting cybercrime. In the year 2024, the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC) successfully recovered a staggering N8,821,001,881.80 (Eight Billion, Eight Hundred and Twenty-One Million, One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eighty-One Naira, Eighty Kobo), 115,237.91 USD, and $84,000 (Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars). These significant amounts have been restituted to the victims of cybercrime, reaffirming the commitment of…
By Miriam Humbe The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has assured Corps Members that the payment of their new monthly allowance of Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira would soon commence. The DG said this on Tuesday in Abuja when he commissioned a 32-seater bus donated by Capital Express Insurance Company. Caroline Embu, the NYSC’s Acting Director, Information and Public Relations disclosed this in a statement signed to the media. The Director General said the bus would ease the transportation challenges being experienced by Corps Members and some NYSC Staff within the FCT. Brigadier General Ahmed who…
By Miriam Humbe The FCT Emergency Management Department, (FEMD) on Tuesday, confirmed the death of two men following the explosion of an improvised explosive device incident involving a suspected bomb explosion in Abuja. Nkechi Isa, FEMD’s Head of Public Affairs disclosed this in a statement signed to the media. The incident occurred around 11:00Am at the Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School, located in Kuchibuyi Village, Byazhin area of the FCT. According to the Search and Rescue Team of FEMD, victims of the incident were promptly evacuated and rushed to Kubwa General Hospital for medical attention. The Ag. Director General of…