Category: Crime

In a disturbing revelation, the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, has disclosed the discovery of a bank account operated by a foreign national to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians through fake six-week degree programs abroad.

Dr. Aliyu made the announcement in Abuja on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ advocacy event focused on asset tracing, recovery, and management. The event was organized by the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity (CeFTPI) with support from the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA).

According to the ICPC boss, the account was set up specifically to receive payments from Nigerian victims who believed they were enrolling in accelerated international degree programs.

Aliyu noted: “Within some weeks, we were able to discover that a foreigner opened an account in Nigeria while Nigerian students are paying money into the account in order to obtain that six-week degree. And we were able to track the account.

“We obtained a civil forfeiture order. We have been trying to put in much effort to ensure that the culprits are brought to book, most especially those that are beyond our shores.”

He stressed the need for all corruption agencies and other agencies in the country to work together in synergy to ensure that those who engage in corruption do not benefit from their own crime.

“We have been making efforts to see how we can come together in order to ensure that we recover assets beyond the African region. Because, as we know, Africa has been a victim of this issue of illicit financial loss.

“And also, if you could recall, we remember that since the time of slavery, Africa has been losing a lot of resources. We know where these properties are going, but they keep on telling us that you have a challenge of corruption.

“But the issue is the victim is being blamed. We are victims of corruption, but they keep on blaming us. That is why at the regional level, we are now trying to see how we can work together to ensure that we recover, trace, recover and repatriate the property back to our own continent.”

In his opening remarks, CeFTPI Executive Director, Umar Yakubu, disclosed that the event brought together key stakeholders from anti-corruption institutions, law enforcement, the judiciary, civil society, and international development partners to explore collaborative pathways in asset recovery, strengthen accountability, and launch innovative mechanisms that support transparency and citizen engagement.

Forty-three years old woman simply identified as Gift has been arrested by operatives of Nkpolu Police Division in Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Rivers State, for chopping off the cap of her lover’s private part one Mr Sunday.

The incident occurred at Bishop Okoye Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt on Thursday, May 15, 2025.

Trouble started when victim requested for sex from her, but suspect (Gift) refused on the grounds that the Sunday allegedly takes sex enhancing drugs before making love with her which makes him last for a very long during intercourse.

An anonymous source disclosed that Sunday allegedly resorted to beating Gift for refusing him sexual intercourse and in the process, she grabbed his manhood and chopped off the cap with her teeth.

The source further revealed that neighbours were attracted to the scene by loud scream by Mr. Sunday.

It was also gathered that the timely arrival of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Nkpolu Police Division and his men, saved Gift from mob that wanted to lynch her.

The victim (Sunday) was later rushed to an undisclosed hospital where he is taking treatment.

State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police (SP), confirmed the incident to journalists.

Iringe-Koko was quoted, saying: “Yes, I can confirm the incident.The woman (suspect) aged 43 years has been arrested. Investigation is ongoing.”

Nabs 22-year-old British ex-convict with large drug shipment at MMIA; intercepts fuel tanker, 3 vehicles with 3, 047kg skunk in Niger, 775 litres of codeine in Kano

By Ebinum Samuel

Desperate attempt by a woman, Ihensekhien Miracle Obehi who disguised with hijab to export large consignments of cocaine concealed in her private part, stomach and false bottom of her handbag to Iran has been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Rivers state.Obehi who was dressed in hijab to beat security checks was intercepted at the departure hall of the Port Harcourt airport on Sunday 3rd May 2025 while trying to board a Qatar Airline flight to Iran via Doha following credible intelligence.

During her search, she was found to have inserted three wraps of cocaine in her private part, and two large parcels hidden in false compartments of her handbag while she swallowed 67 pellets of the Class A drug.As a result, she was placed under excretion observation and after four excretions that lasted days, she expelled the 67 wraps of the substance in her stomach. She claimed she was to swallow 70 pellets of cocaine but after ingesting 67 pieces she could no longer swallow the remaining three and decided to insert them into her private part. The total weight of the three consignments hidden in different parts of her body comes to 2.523 kilograms.In like manner, NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos on Friday 9th May intercepted a 22-year-old British national, Campell Kaizra Kofi Johannes Slifer coming from Thailand through Doha on Qatar Airways flight with two suitcases loaded with 35 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 37.60kg.Campell who claimed he had twice been convicted in the UK for drug trafficking and robbery, said he was recruited in London to travel to Thailand to pick the illicit consignment and bring same to Nigeria.

In Niger state, NDLEA officers acting on intelligence on Wednesday 7th May intercepted a fuel truck marked ABJ 693 XU and three other vehicles loaded with 246 bags of skunk, a strain of cannabis with a combined weight of 3, 047 kilograms along Suleja-Kaduna road. Four suspects arrested with the exhibits include: Christopher Onyema, 47; Benedict Etineruba Young, 54; Chukwudi Ujue Jerry, 30; and Mohammed Abdullahi Danasabe. Apart from the fuel truck, three other vehicles recovered from the suspects include: Honda Odyssey bus marked YAB 667 CZ; Gulf bus with registration number GWA 125 TQ andHonda Odyssey bus marked ABJ 230 CN.At Oja Amukoko in Ijora area of Lagos, two suspects: Eze Chekube Emmanuel and Ike Samuel Chinyerem were on Thursday 8th May arrested by NDLEA operatives with a total of 109,914 pills of tramadol, swinol and nitrozepam seized from them.While 52.5kg skunk was recovered from two suspects: Lukman Sabo Umar, 23, and Tukur Ammadu, 20, in a bus at Gwantu, Sanga LGA, Kaduna State on Tuesday 6th May, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Bode Saadu- Jebba expressway, Kwara State on Monday 5th Mayarrested Rufai Nasiru with 45,400 pills of tramadol 225mg.

In Bauchi state, NDLEA officers on patrol along Bauchi-Gombe road on Tuesday 6th May intercepted a Toyota Tundra jeep marked RBC 111 DW conveying 526 blocks of skunk weighing 505kg with two suspects: Isaac Onogure, 37 and Ikechukwu Peter, 44, arrested.A total of 31 kegs containing 775 litres of codeine syrup were recovered from two suspects:Hafizu Isa Uman, 34, and Ismail Shehu, 48, when NDLEA operatives raided their hideout at Rijiyar Zaki area of Kano on Saturday 10th May, while 1.1kg of Loud consignment concealed in pillow coming from Thailand was on Tuesday 6th May intercepted by NDLEA officers at a courier company in Lagos.The War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands equally continued across the country in the past week. Some of them include: WADA sensitization lecture delivered to students and staff of Federal Government College, Sokoto; Deeper Life International College, Nteje, Anambra; Martins Sanda Girls Science College, Paikoro, Niger state; Restoration Power International School, Idua Eket, Akwa Ibom; while Oyo state command delivered WADA enlightenment lecture to members of the League of Imams and Alfas at Iseyin Central Mosque, Iseyin, among others.While commending the officers and men of DOGI, MMIA, PHIA, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Kwara, and Niger Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures of the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) equally praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for pursuing a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.

One of the passengers abducted during the 2022 attack on a Kaduna-bound train, Comrade M. B. Muhammad ,has shared the astonishing moment he came face-to-face with one of his abductors at a mosque in Kaduna State.Muhammad said the meeting took place a few days ago at Shema Mosque, located near Bakin Ruwa Junction in Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area. He identified the man as Abubakar, expressing shock at recognizing him inside the mosque.In a post on social media, he narrated: “Last night, after praying the Isha’i prayer at Shema Mosque near Bakin Ruwa junction in Kaduna, by the will of God, just as the imam ended the prayer, I ran into one of the men who kidnapped us aboard the AK-9 train that was attacked on March 28, 2022, during the Abuja–Kaduna journey.

His name is Abubakar. He told me he has repented and left terrorism behind. He now works as a motorcycle (okada) rider.“After a lengthy conversation with him, I learned that some of the kidnappers have been killed, while others have continued with their acts of terror.“In the end, I told him I forgave them, and I gave him some charity because of the state I saw him in. Oh Lord of all the worlds, guide us all and guide them too,” he said.When contacted at his office in Kaduna metropolis, Comrade Muhammad confirmed the authenticity of his social media post.