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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched an investigation into allegations of extortion levelled against some of its operatives by Nigerian rapper, Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji, popularly known as Oladips.
In a statement on Saturday, the Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the artist had alleged that EFCC operatives extorted ₦10 million from him before securing his release after he was arrested alongside other suspected internet fraudsters.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched an investigation into allegations of extortion levelled against some of its operatives by Nigerian rapper, Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji, popularly known as Oladips.
In a statement on Saturday, the Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the artist had alleged that EFCC operatives extorted ₦10 million from him before securing his release after he was arrested alongside other suspected internet fraudsters.
EFCC arraigns fake contractor for N111m fraud in Kaduna
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Bashir Bello Ibrahim, a former Kaduna State government contractor and Chief Executive Officer of Formal Act Legacy Limited, before Justice A. M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna, for fraud.
The Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Saturday, November 1, 2025, disclosed that Ibrahim was arraigned on seven counts of obtaining money under false pretences, advance fee fraud, and money laundering.
Suspected bandits have abducted the Deputy Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, Alhaji Muhammad Sama’ila-Bagudo.
The Kebbi State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi by its Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, who disclosed that the lawmaker was kidnapped in Bagudo Local Government Area of the state.
Police arrest masquerade leader, accomplice over armed extortion, public disturbance
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested two suspects, including the leader of a masquerade cultural group, for alleged involvement in illegal assembly, armed blockade of a public highway, and extortion.
Their arrest followed a distress call from a concerned citizen (name withheld) who reported that members of a masquerade group were attacking commuters, blocking a major road, and extorting money from passersby.
The KEFFESO Host Communities Development Trust (KEFFESO HCDT) in Bayelsa on Thursday announced revenue of N15.259 billion for the 2024 fiscal year at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Yenagoa.
The KEFFESO HCDT is funded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited/First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Joint Venture.
The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, Baba Mohammad Azare, has warned Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the state against the use of the nomenclature “Akwa Ibom Civil Society Forum.”
The directive was issued during a meeting convened by the commissioner with leaders of various CSOs on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the Police Command Headquarters in Uyo.
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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has intensified its drive to strengthen the criminal justice system and entrench the rule of law through a two-day intensive training workshop for its officers.
DSP Timfon John, Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa Ibom State Command, said on 31 October 2025 that the workshop centred on the effective implementation of the Akwa Ibom State Administration of Criminal Justice Law, 2022, alongside other supporting legal frameworks.