Day: August 21, 2025

Hon. Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday sentenced seven internet fraudsters in a matter brought before it by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The convicts are among the 93 suspected fraudsters arrested during a sting operation carried out on Sunday, August 10, 2025, at a hotel within the premises of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Presidential Library, OOPL, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Those convicted are: Azeez Aliu Olalekan, Tijani Babatunde, David Damilola, and Ogun Muyiwa. Others are Agada Prosper Osinakachukwu,…

The death toll from the bandits’ inhuman attack on worshippers at a mosque in Malumfashi LGA of Katsina has risen to 50, with more victims confirmed dead during the merciless attack, and about 60 believed to be abducted. On Tuesday morning, gunmen attacked worshippers observing morning (Fajr) prayer in a mosque located at the Unguwan Mantau community, killing several people. The barbaric attack was believed to be a reprisal after residents reportedly ambushed and lynched some bandits two days earlier. A lawmaker representing Malumfashi Constituency in the State House of…