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Nov

2024

Abia State CP Danladi Isa Leads Rescue Team In Operation To Apprehend Attackers Of Police Officers On Duty

PRESS RELEASE20/11/2024 CP Danladi Isa Leads Rescue Team in Operation to Apprehend Attackers of Police Officers on Duty Today, 20/11/ 2024, the Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Danladi Isa, led an operation along Asaga Road by Terry Key in Ohafia and Ohafia axis in a bid to apprehend the hoodlums who ambushed and attacked officers on patrol duty at about 07:30hrs. .The hoodlums, unable to withstand the firepower of the police officers, fled the scene after their attack was repelled. During the operation led by the CP, ASP Etim Obungha was successfully rescued unhurt. Corporal Chukwu Odoemelam, who…

Nov

2024

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Leading By Example: EFCC Chairman Sacks 2 ‘Corrupt’ Officials

Crime, FGN, News Flash

EFCC Chairman Sacks Two ‘Corrupt’ Officials Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has announced the dismissal of two officials over alleged corruption. Speaking on Tuesday at the annual criminal law review conference organised by the Rule of Law Development Foundation in Abuja, Olukoyede said the staff were sacked two weeks ago. He said the commission is undergoing significant reforms, including addressing staff misconduct. Olukoyede challenged Nigerians to come forward if they had evidence of him receiving bribes. “Just two weeks ago, I have cause to dismiss two staff. You can’t be fighting corruption and your…

Nov

2024

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PRESS RELEASE: Attack On Police Officers In Umuahia – CP ABIA State

Abia State, Crime, News Flash, Security

PRESS RELEASE18/11/2024 Attack on Police Officers in Umuahia, CP Abia State 1 . On 17/11/2024, at about 20:30hrs, two police officers, from the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 4, Makurdi Inspector Dunna Jatau and Inspector Bala Mohammed assigned to Honorable Ginger Onwusibe, a member of the House of Representatives representing the Nsiala-Ngwa North/South constituency, were ambushed by armed assailants while on official duty in Umuahia. 2.The officers were in a Police Toyota Hilux vehicle after accompanying and dropping off the Honorable in Umuahia. On their way, near Umuahia South Local Government Area Secretariat in Ubakala, their vehicle was intercepted by…

Nov

2024

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Gunmen Attack House Of Reps Member’s Convoy In ABIA State, Kill Policeman

Crime, Mishap, News Flash

Gunmen Attack House Of Reps Member’s Convoy In ABIA State, K¡ll Policeman An attack on a federal lawmaker’s convoy in Abia state by unknown gunmen has left a policeman dead, while his colleague is said to be struggling for his life. According to media reports, the gunmen waylaid the convoy at Ubakala in Umuahia South council area, Abia State. The convoy is said to be owned by the lawmaker representing Isiala Ngwa North/South Fed Constituency in the House of Representatives, Ginger Obinna Onwusibe. Onwusibe, who is the chairman House Committee on Financial Crimes, was not in the fleet when the…

Nov

2024

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Fake EFCC Chairman Arrested In $1 Million Blackmail Plot Against Former NPA Boss

Crime, News Flash

Fake EFCC Chairman Arrested In $1 Million Blackmail Plot Against Former NPA Boss The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two alleged members of a syndicate, Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim, accused of impersonating the EFCC’s Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, in an attempt to extort $1 million from former Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Managing Director, Mohammed Bello-Koko. The suspects were presented before Justice Jude Onwuebuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja, on Wednesday. According to the EFCC, Joshua and Hashim contacted Bello-Koko, falsely claiming they could influence an investigation they alleged was ongoing against…

Nov

2024

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Gunmen Attack Military Checkpoint In Umuahia, ABIA State, Kill 2 Soldiers

Abia State, Crime, News Flash

Gunmen Attack Military Checkpoint In Abia, K¡ll Two Soldiers Unidentified gunmen have reportedly killed two soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force South-East Operation UDO KA along Umuahia – Owerri Road in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State. Lieutenant Colonel Jonah Unuakhalu of the Joint Task Force South-East Operation UDO KA, confirmed the attack to Channels Television in a statement on Wednesday. The military blamed the attack on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN). According to the statement, “At the early hours of yesterday 13 November 2024, troops of…

Nov

2024

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The Level Of Corruption In The Power Sector Will Make You Cry – EFCC Chairman, Olukoyede

Abuja, Crime, News Flash, Power & Energy

Things We Discovered In Power Sector Will Make You Cry – Olukoyede, EFCC Chairman The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has said the level of corruption in the power sector would make people cry. He put it this way: “As we speak, we are grappling with electricity. If you see some of the investigations we are carrying out within the power sector, you will shed tears. “People were awarded contracts to supply electricity equipment. Instead of using what they call 9.0 guage, they will go and buy 5.0. Every time you see the…

Nov

2024

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Leaking Government Documents: A Serious Crime With Serious Consequences – By Dr. Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Crime, Good Governance, News Flash

Leaking Government Documents: A Serious Crime with Serious Consequences My attention was brought to a publication by a Facebook page: Eke O. Ako making a case for the release of a gentleman named Nwabueze Onyekachi Every action has its equal repercussion. Physics experiments discovered that to every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. I have mentioned times without number that he who comes to equity must come with clean hands. It's so funny that when a few fellow writers of mine, who were party to the bulkernization of Abia State finances and development opportunities, having failed in securing some…

Nov

2024

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ABSG Vows To Prosecute Pension Fraud Syndicates, Directs Correction Of Errors In Payment Of Minimum Wage

Abia State, Crime, Good Governance, News Flash

ABSG VOWS TO PROSECUTE PENSION FRAUD SYNDICATES, DIRECTS CORRECTION OF ERRORS IN PAYMENT OF MINIMUM WAGE. Abia State Government has vowed to prosecute all those civil servants suspected to be involved in the pension fund fraud scheme recently. Governor Alex Otti made this public while speaking at Government House, Umuahia during the monthly media chat tagged "Dr Alex Otti Speaks to Abians". He said that the government would continue with its efforts to sanitize the civil service and stressed that tolerance for corruption is zero. The Governor disclosed that once his government got convincing information of the pension fraud syndicate,…

Nov

2024

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EFCC Arrests Chinese Brothers, 2 Others Over Attempt To Export Solid Minerals To China Illegally

Crime, Economy, FGN

EFCC Arrests Chinese Brothers, 2 Others Over Attempt To Export Solid Minerals To China Illegally Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested two Chinese brothers for allegedly attempting to export some solid minerals to China without requisite permit. The Chinese brothers, Jiang Wang and Richard Wang were arrested alongside two Nigerians, Donatus Agupusi and Michael Benneth Agu in Enugu, according to a statement posted on the EFCC’s Facebook page on Friday. The statement said the Chinese brothers were arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu while the two Nigerians were arrested at the Enugu…