The Ondo State Police Command says it has rescued 20 persons allegedly held hostage by a Ponzi scheme syndicate in the Oba-Ile area of Akure North Local Government Area. Parading the suspect before journalists on Friday in Akure, the state commissioner of police, Wilfred Afolabi, disclosed that the victims were lured into a fraudulent investment…
Operatives of 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin, Edo State, have successfully rescued some victims who had been held against their wish for two years now. This follows the raiding of a building in First Bank Estate, Awesome Garden, located along Benin-Sapele Bypass, where 31 suspected criminals were arrested. The Brigade Commander, Brig-Gen. Ebenezer Oduyebo, led…
Some of the victims Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Binta Adamu Bello, has promised to scale up collaboration with state and non–state actors within the West African corridors with a view to clamping down on human trafficking syndicate operating within the corridor. The Director General stated…
A Deputy Director at the National Assembly Commission, Michael Adesiyan, on Tuesday, recounted his near-death experience in the hideout of bandits. Adesiyan was abducted from his Chikakore residence in Kubwa, a suburb in the nation’s capital alongside his wife on January 26th, 2025 before he was rescued on April 7. The civil servant narrated his…
As a gesture of its commitment to tackling economic and financial crimes and offering restitution to victims of fraudulent practices, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has handed over a total sum $132,362.43 (One Hundred and Thirty Two, Three Hundred and Sixty Two United States Dollars, Forty Three Cents), N78,566, 324. 81 (Seventy Eight…
