Tag: theft
‘Maradona set me up,’ says arrested ex-girlfriend
Diego Maradona’s ex-girlfriend said Thursday the football legend had set a trap for her, denying she stole jewelry from his…
Maradona ex-girlfriend arrested, accused of theft
An ex-girlfriend of legendary footballer Diego Maradona was arrested Wednesday at a Buenos Aires airport for allegedly stealing from him…
Court Insists On Okorodudu’s Arrest Over N82.8m Theft
Henry Ojelu Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the Ikeja High Court Tueday refused to vacate an earlier bench warrant issued for…
Mortuary staff charged with stealing from the dead
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Nigerian police in Benin City have arraigned two mortuary workers for allegedly stealing jewelries placed in the…
Theft: Musician To Clean Court Premises For 3 Months
For stealing a generator, a musician in Minna, Niger State has been ordered to clean court premises for three months.…
Okorodudu’s N82.8m Theft Trial Adjourned Till April 28
Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court today fixed April 28 for ruling on an application filed by the Economic and…
2 Pastors Remanded For Theft
A Jalingo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded two pastors Abinitus Akila, 41, and Hassan Umar, 46, and 34 others…
N47bn Theft: Akingbola Challenges Court Jurisdiction
Henry Ojelu Former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr Erastus Akingbola, today challenged the jurisdiction of a Lagos High…
Son Of NCDC Officer Sent To Prison
Cyriacus Izuekwe The son of a senior staff of Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, NCDC, Ikeji Owolabi, has been arrested and…
Cross Country Transport Boss, Okorodudu Knows Fate 8 April
Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has fixed 8 April, 2014 for a ruling on an application…
Shop Manager, 2 Others Docked For Theft
Taiwo Okanlawon A 28-year-old shop manager at Balogun Market on Lagos Island, Uche Okafor, has been arraigned before an Ikeja…
Thieves bolt away with tube of John Paul II’s blood
A tube containing Polish pope John Paul II’s blood has been stolen from a church in Italy, sparking a region-wide…
Shopkeeper bolts with boss’s N200k
A 21-year-old shopkeeper, Chinedu Okey, who allegedly absconded with his employer’s N200, 000, was arraigned on Thursday in Lagos. Okey,…
Corruption: $2.6 trillion stolen annually, says AfDB
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says an estimated 2.6 trillion dollars is stolen annually through high level corrupt practises in…
Sex worker arrested for stealing gold chain and hiding it in her vagina
Dedeigbo Ayodeji\Emmanuel Udom Police detectives attached to the anti-robbery squad of the Lagos State Police Command, western Nigeria, have arrested…
EFCC to arraign Reverend over N40.2m Scam
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday arraign one David Kim Pam, a Reverend and Chairman of…
Man Arraigned Over Theft Of 8 Goats
The police in Ogun on Monday arraigned a 33-year old man, Shakoni Adeniyi, over alleged theft of eight goats. Adeniyi…
Arabic Teacher Charged With Visa Fraud
A 39-year-old Arabic teacher, Yusuf Kamaldeen, on Tuesday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with conspiracy, theft…
Boy, 10, Arrested Over N.5m Theft
A 10-year-old boy (name withheld) has been arrested by the Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps…
KWASU Expels 28 Students
Twenty-eight students of the Kwara State University, Malete in Moro local government area of the central Nigerian state of Kwara…
N2m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Two Former Vanguard Employees
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday arraigned Dickson Ubi Effah and Ngozi Anthony before Justice Jude Okeke of…
Man To Lose Arm For Theft
A Bauchi Upper Shari’ah Court on Thursday upheld the judgment of a lower court, ordering that the left arm of …
Man Charged With Stealing Phone Inside Church
The police at the Maroko Division, Lekki, Eti Osa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a suspected fake pastor, Prince Kayode…
Court Dissolves 26-Year Old Marriage
An Orile Agege Customary Court in Lagos on Tuesday dissolved a 26-year old marriage over stealing and being troublesome by…
Housemaid Bolts With Employer’s N40m Jewellery
By Paul Iyoghojie A 21-year old Nigerian girl from Calabar, Cross River state, employed as housemaid has absconded with her…
Nigerian Court Sends Ex-council Boss To Prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has remanded the former Chairman of Lere Local government and four other employees…
2 Epe Elders Charged With N6m Theft, Burglary
The police at Area ‘J’ Command, Elemoro, Lekki, Ajah, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned two Epe prominent elders, Chief…
Witness exonerates defunct Bank PHB CEO
A prosecution witness, Mr Benedict Omonua, on Tuesday exonerated a former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche, of the…
Pastor jailed for stealing $20 sheep
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a pastor, Oloruntoba Ibitoye, to nine months imprisonment for stealing a sheep. According…
6 guards charged with theft
The Police in Lagos state on Thursday arraigned six security guards before a Somolu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly burgling some…