The trial of the former Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku alongside the former permanent secretary in the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, before Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, continued on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, with the Economic and Financial...
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Police Intensify Hunt for Killers After Fresh Violence Claims Lives in Kogi
The Kogi State Police Command has launched a major operation to track down suspected attackers behind separate violent incidents that left several people dead, houses destroyed and residents displaced in parts of the state. The attacks, which occurred in Edede Community and parts of Ibaji Local Government Area, have heightened tension among residents as security...
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Police Bust Suspected Cultists, Drug Dealers at Ilorin Hotspot, Recover 24 Motorcycles
Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested 13 suspected cultists, thugs and drug peddlers during a major raid at Tanke Junction in Ilorin, following intelligence reports on the activities of hoodlums disguising as commercial motorcyclists in the area. The operation, which was carried out in collaboration with members of the National Forest Guard,...
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FUGITIVE WILDLIFE CRIMINAL APPREHENDED AFTER 5 YEARS ON THE RUN
A wildlife trafficker Shamsideen Abubakar previously declared wanted by the Federal High Court in Lagos—has been apprehended in a joint enforcement operation by the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC).Abubakar, identified as a key figure in the trafficking network had been on...
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Panic as gunmen invade Kwara church, abduct worshippers during service
Tension gripped residents of Ifelodun Local Government Area on Sunday after suspected bandits stormed a worship centre belonging to the Evangelical Church Winning All in Omugo community, abducting several congregants during service. Eyewitness accounts said the attackers arrived in the middle of the service and opened fire sporadically, sending worshippers into panic before whisking away...
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EFCC Intensifies Anti-Money Laundering Campaign as SCUML Enlightens Public on E-Registration in Kwara
The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML, of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has intensified its public enlightenment campaign on anti-money laundering compliance with a sensitisation programme on “The Platform,” a live radio programme aired on Monday, March 16, 2026 on Radio Kwara 2, Midland 99.1 FM....
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How Alleged ₦5.78bn Kwara UBEC Funds Were Spent on Salaries, Loans, Road Projects – EFCC Witness
The trial of former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, over the alleged diversion of ₦5.78 billion Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds resumed on Monday, February 16, 2026, with fresh revelations before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. Testifying as the sixth...
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₦868.4m Fraud: Former Acting AGF Confirms Payouts to Private Companies
A former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 admitted before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that he confessed in his statements at the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, that funds were transferred to four companies from the...
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EFCC Nets 10, Seizes Trucks Loaded With Lithium, Tin in Kwara Illegal Mining Crackdown
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has intensified its clampdown on illegal mining in Kwara State with the arrest of 10 suspects and the seizure of trucks conveying solid minerals suspected to have been illegally excavated. Operatives of the EFCC’s Ilorin Zonal Directorate carried out the arrest on Sunday along the Ilorin–Ogbomosho road following what...
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EFCC Fights Ngige’s Bail, Cites Passport Breach After Foreign Trip
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, December 15, 2025, vehemently opposed the bail application of former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who was arraigned before Justice M.A. Hassan of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwarimpa, Abuja.Ngige was arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on alleged contract fraud...