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Police dismantle transnational human trafficking, fraud syndicate, rescue 30 foreigners
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against transnational organised crime following the dismantling of a human trafficking and fraudulent exploitation syndicate operating within the Federal Capital Territory and neighbouring communities. The Force spokesman, DCP Anthony Placid, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. DCP Placid said…
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EFCC commences investigation of 2 suspects for undeclared $461,600 at Kano airport
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kano Zonal Directorate, has begun investigation of two male suspects: Jamilu Shuaibu Waya and Usman Namadi for a total sum of $461,600 (Four Hundred Sixty One Thousand, Six Hundred United States Dollars) undeclared to men and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Area Command at Mallam Aminu…
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EFCC hands over recovered N837 million to Katsina Govt
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kano Zonal Directorate, on Monday, May 18, 2026 officially handed over recovered monetary exhibits totaling ₦837,485,389.00 to the Katsina State Government. The handover followed separate investigations into two major cases involving stolen public funds belonging to the state. In the first case, the Commission recovered ₦547,015,389.00 ( Five…
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Alleged $1.3m, N746.7m: Court sustains arrest warrant against former Minister, Sadiya Farouq
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja on Monday, May 18, 2026 sustained the arrest warrant he issued against the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq on April 16, 2026. The former Minister, alongside tow others, Bashir Nura Alkali and Sani Nafiu Mohammed are to face…
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Building Collapse: Wike orders investigation, seals off premises …Developer, engineer face arrest
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday ordered a full-scale investigation into the building collapse in Abuja that claimed five lives, directing that the premises be sealed off immediately. Wike also disclosed that an engineer linked to the collapsed structure had been arrested, while the developer would equally face arrest and…
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Man in police net over serial fake bank transfer fraud in Ogun
Detectives of Agbado Division, Ogun State Police Command, have arrested one Adeshola Muyiwa ‘M’, aged 23 years over his involvement in serial fake bank transfer fraud within Agbado axis and its environs. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Monday in Abeokuta. DSP Babaseyi said the arrest was…
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Tinubu vows to rescue kidnapped students in Oyo, condemns beheading of teacher
President Bola Tinubu has condemned as barbaric the reported killing of one of the abducted teachers from the Esiele community in Oyo State, while the rescue operation is underway. Bandits invaded the Esiele community in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State last Friday. They abducted staff, students, and pupils of Community Grammar School, Baptist…
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Borno Will Deliver Tinubu, APC Candidates in 2027 Elections, Says Zulum
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has reaffirmed the commitment of the people of the state to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming 2027 general elections. Governor Zulum made the commitment on Monday during the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Senatorial District Primary Election for…
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NNPC probe: EFCC secures final forfeiture of private jet
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, May 18, 2026, secured a final forfeiture order of a Hawker private Jet 125 before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja over its link to fraud, corruption and money laundering regarding the Maiduguri Emergency Power Project (MEPP). The aircraft, with model number 800XP,…
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Trump Says ‘Clock Ticking’ For Iran As Peace Negotiations Stall
President Donald Trump threatened “there won’t be anything left” of Iran if no peace deal is reached, as their truce came under further strain with drone attacks on US allies in the Gulf. Washington, locked in a war with Iran since US and Israeli forces launched strikes in late February, has struggled to break an…