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One of the kidnapped teachers of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Michael Oyedokun, has been killed.
Oyedokun was beheaded in a new video allegedly released by bandits on Sunday.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for ₦100 million, with one surety in like sum.
Delivering the ruling, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik held that the surety must reside in either the Maitama or Asokoro districts of Abuja and present the original Certificate of Occupancy of a landed property to be deposited at the court registry.
A newborn baby boy, allegedly sold for ₦145,000 without his father’s consent, has been rescued by operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command following the arrest of three women suspected of running a child trafficking syndicate in the state.
The baby, born on 7 May 2026, was reportedly sold shortly after birth in a shocking case that has exposed an alleged illegal child trafficking and adoption network operating within Akwa Ibom.
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have recovered suspected stolen goods and vandalised transformer cables after suspected criminals abandoned their vehicle and fled during a late-night operation in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area.
The operation, carried out on May 12, 2026, at about 11:45 pm, followed credible intelligence about a suspicious vehicle moving around the area under questionable circumstances.
The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, arraigned Blessing Gozi-Anyaokei, Managing Director of Viscount Microfinance Bank, before Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over alleged fraud.
She is being prosecuted on a two-count charge bordering on illegal conversion and obtaining money by false pretence.
A third prosecution witness in the trial of alleged serial microfinance bank fraudster, Musa Saliu Adekunle, has told the Federal High Court in Uyo that the defendant was arrested with three mobile phones and a Point of Sale (POS) machine allegedly used to defraud multiple financial institutions, including the University of Uyo Microfinance Bank.
The witness, Deputy Superintendent of the EFCC, Mubarak Isah, testified before Justice Maurine A. Onyetenu on Tuesday that investigations revealed the electricity meter number used by Adekunle and his alleged accomplice to open accounts with UniUyo Microfinance Bank and other banks was fake and untraceable to the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company.
A prosecution witness in the trial of former National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Executive Secretary, Professor Usman Yusuf, has told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kuje, Abuja, that a vehicle supply contract awarded under Yusuf’s leadership bypassed due procurement procedures.
James Balami, Director of Procurement at NHIA and the second prosecution witness (PW2), disclosed on Thursday before Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu, alleging that the contract awarded to Lubekh Nigeria Ltd did not pass through the Authority’s Procurement Department.
Justice Aisha Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri has convicted and sentenced two fraudsters, Abdullahi Suleiman and Ahmad Yahaya, to separate prison terms for defrauding victims of N7.378 million through false business deals.
The duo was arraigned on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, on separate one-count charges bordering on cheating and criminal misappropriation involving N7,378,000.
A suspected criminal hideout in Obot Akara Local Government Area has been raided by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, leading to the arrest of one suspect and the recovery of firearms and ammunition.
The operation, carried out on 11 May 2026 at about 9:30am, followed credible intelligence that Aniefiok Otong Mbana of Ikot Ukam Village, Obot Akara, was in possession of a motorcycle suspected to have been stolen.
Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, May 11, 2026, convicted and sentenced Taofeek Daniel Oriola to nine years imprisonment for money laundering.
Oriola was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Ikoyi, on three counts bordering on money laundering and concealment of proceeds of unlawful activities.