Balthazar Egonga, former director-general of National Agency for Financial Investigation —ANIF– in Equatorial Guinea, who faced charges of embezzlement, illicit enrichment, and abuse of power has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, after being found guilty of embezzling over 1 billion CFA francs of government funds. Prosecutors alleged he misappropriated over 1 billion CFA...
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Plateau Court Sentenced a Final Year Student to Death for Teacher’s Murder
A High Court sitting in Jos has sentenced a final year student, identified as Odey Emmanuel, to death by hanging. The student, from Government Science Technical College, Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area, was convicted of culpable homicide for the murder of his teacher, Mr. Job Dashe. According to prosecution, Mr. Dashe, a staff member...
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Ibadan Court Convicts Social Media Influencers for Naira Abuse
Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State has convicted two social media influencers, Bukola Arike Rufai and Abdulateef Ayinde Jimoh, for the abuse of the Naira. The conviction, which follows a nationwide crackdown on the defacement and mishandling of banknotes, sends a strong message that such acts, particularly those...
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Video: Officials Caught FCMB Intruder Trying To Hack Into Bank System After Office Hour
A suspected intruder caused panic at an FCMB Abuja branch after sneaking into the bank through the toilet and hiding inside the ceiling overnight. According to eyewitnesses, the man entered the bank during official hours and quietly locked himself in the restroom, hiding in the ceiling and waited until all staff had left. By morning,...
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Man Who Killed His Family After His Wife Sought A Divorce Is Set For Execution In Florida
A man who killed his wife and two children in 1994 after she sought a divorce is scheduled for execution in Florida under a death warrant signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Edward J. Zakrzewski, II, is set to die July 31 in the ninth execution scheduled for this year in the state. He pleaded guilty...
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Police Rescue 12 Children, Arrest Woman In Imo Child Trafficking Bust
The Imo State Police Command has rescued 12 children reportedly exploited for street begging in Aba and arrested a 42-year-old woman, Ann Ngozi Enyenwa, for alleged child trafficking. Police spokesperson Henry Okoye confirmed the arrest on Sunday, stating that Enyenwa was apprehended during an intelligence-led stop-and-search operation along the Owerri-Aba Expressway on June 20, 2025....
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NDLEA Nabs Ex-Footballer, Four Others With 22.6kg Cocaine At Lagos Airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a former Nigerian footballer and four others at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, for attempting to smuggle 22.6 kilograms of cocaine out of the country. An ex-international footballer Segun George Hunkarin along with his businessman partner Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu was arrested for attempting to smuggle...
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OPC Arrests ‘Police Officer’ For Car Theft In Ogun28th June 2025
A 42-year-old man who claimed to be a mobile police officer was apprehended on Friday while he attempted to steal a Toyota Highlander SUV at Magboro, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State . The suspect, identified as Omotoso Ayobami, was arrested by operatives of the Oodua People’s Congress while trying to drive away the...