Tag: Theft
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Absconding Imo inmate detained in Lagos for SIM card theft
Police operatives in Lagos have detained an inmate who escaped from the Owerri correctional facility during a jailbreak in April. Onyemachi Maduabuchi, 34, was taken into custody for allegedly stealing Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card. The suspect was alleged to have stolen the SIM and a memory card belonging to a member of a church…
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Magu: PDP can’t differentiate between ‘theft’ and ‘corruption’ – Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured all Nigerians that he will not be distracted by baseless criticisms by the opposition in his war against corruption in the country. According to Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the volume and reach of the anti-corruption crusade so far reflects what the Peoples…
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Two get 42 years for stealing in Lagos
Justice Adedayo Akintoye of Igbosere High Court, Lagos on Monday sentenced two men, Kingsley Baba and Bashiru Musa, to 21 years imprisonment each for robbery. Justice Akintoye found the criminals guilty of robbing their boss, Mrs Olutosin Abiola Oshinowo, at Ikoyi, Lagos. The state government arraigned the defendants in 2017 for conspiracy and…
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US jury indicts three Nigerians over theft of $348,000
Three Nigerians have been indicted by a US federal grand jury in Bismarck, North Dakota, after investigators said they stole $348,000 from a Dickinson company through a complicated computer fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that federal court documents were unsealed on Feb. 10, revealing that the federal grand jury has indicted Kolawole Bamidele…
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MTN staff bags 15-year jail term for theft
An Osun State High Court has sentenced a 38-year-old female MTN Nigeria Sales representative Oluwatoyin Raheem, to 15 years imprisonment for stealing N4.5 million and committing arson. Delivering the judgment in Osogbo on Wednesday, Justice Yinka Aderibigbe ordered Raheem to serve her term at the Ilesa prison. Aderibigbe said the convict deserved the sentence due…
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Ex-banker arrested on wedding day faces N1m theft charge
A 37-year-old ex-marketing officer of Addosser Micro-Finance Bank Plc, Aliu Mustapha, on Thursday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged N1million theft. The defendant of No. 8, Oremeji St., Lagos, arrested on his wedding day, is facing trial on a charge of stealing preferred against him by the police. However, the defendant…
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Man in court over alleged theft of ATM card, withdrawing N150, 000
The Police in Abuja on Wednesday docked one Eze Nathaniel in a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court for allegedly stealing an ATM card and withdrawing N150, 000. The defendant, of Jaji Street, Kubwa, Abuja was docked on a one-count charge of theft. The prosecutor, John Okpa, told the court that one Uche Anyawu reported the…
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Report on Senate invasion, mace theft ready for consideration – Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday announced that the report detailing the circumstances surrounding the incident of April 18 when thugs invaded the Senate chamber and made away with the mace is ready. “Distinguished colleagues, you’ll remember that following the incidence of invasion of the senate, one of the decisions that was taken then was…
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Senate invasion, mace theft was blessing in disguise – APC Senator
Senator Abu Ibrahim (APC-Katsina South) has described the Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate Chamber by hoodlums as a “positive development’’. He stated this on Friday while he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja. Some hoodlums had on Wednesday entered the Senate chamber during plenary, attacked some persons and made away with the mace.…
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Corruption: Which is worse: N400bn bribery or $15bnplus theft?
By Henry Boyo The recent publication of the National Bureau of Statistics’ survey titled, “Corruption in Nigeria; Bribery: Public Experience and Response,” triggered extensive public conversation regarding, the consolidated over N400bn bribes, reportedly paid nationwide between April 2015 – May 2016. The 2017 report, estimated that a total of 82.3 million bribes, with an average…