Obinwanne Okeke, popularly known was Invictus Obi, will be released from an American prison in September 2028. The United States Federal Bureau of Prisons disclosed this via a statement on its website. Mr. Okeke is being held at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Oakdale. FCI, Oakdale located in Allen, Western Louisiana is a low security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp. It has a population of 1,083 male inmates. It is an all-male inmates facility, with 997 inmates in the FCI and 86 at the camp. He was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison earlier in the year after he was linked to a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that resulted in approximately $11 million in known losses to his victims. On September 9, 2019, he was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit computer fraud.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja has announced the arrest of members of a criminal syndicate that specializes in producing counterfeit foreign currency for sale to members of the public. This was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement by the spokesperson of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren who stated that it was a joint operation with personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The Lagos state commissioner of police Hakeem Odumosu, has confirmed on Tuesday that three students of Dowen College, Lekki are currently being investigated over the death of Sylvester Oromoni Junior, a 12-year-old student of the college. The CP said, “One student was invited and two arrested; they are three, so one is assisting us. We just started the investigation. We have two in detention, while the other one is just a witness to throw some light on what happened. “We are discussing with the family on autopsy; we can’t do autopsy without the family we can’t do autopsy without the school authority representative too. We need to be fair to everybody, so there is an arrangement to carry out autopsy with every stakeholder in attendance.”

Some seasonal migrants have been burnt to death at Gidan Bawa village, Sabon Birno Local Govt Area in Sokoto state. The passengers were said to be on transit to Gadan Gayan in Kaduna state en-route to the southern part of the country in search of greener pasture. The commercial bus hired by the said passengers run into an ambush of terrorist bandits who opened fire on them, setting the bus on fire, killing all the passengers. The incident happened at Teke village in Gidan Bawa District around 10 am on Monday morning.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) unveiled the National Drug Control Master Plan (NDCMP) in Abuja on Monday. The Master Plan is a five-year plan from 2021-2025 aimed at tackling drug trafficking and abuse across the country and created in conjunction with the United Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), civil society organizations, and other relevant stakeholders. The NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retired) was represented by the NDLEA Secretary, Mr. Shadrach Haruna at the launch of NDCMP 2021-2025.

The Federal Government (FG) in collaboration with the Japanese government and United Nations Development Project (UNDP) on Monday launched virtual court programmes in Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) facilities nationwide. Speaking at the launch of the pilot programme at the Kuje Correctional Center, Abuja, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) said the programme would ensure quick dispensation of justice while also decongesting correctional facilities nationwide.