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May

2024

Why I Slaughtered My Girlfriend In Hotel – Suspect

Crime, Entertainment, News Flash, Security

Why I Slaughtered My Girlfriend In Hotel – Suspect The Sokoto State Police Command has paraded a murder suspect, Saifullah Hassan of Gummi local government area of Zamfara State, for slaughtering his girlfriend in a hotel in Sokoto. In an interview with newsmen on Thursday, Hassan confessed to have been dating the deceased for long. “I brought her to a hotel room and we had a minor misunderstanding. She hit me with something on the head and I became furious and slaughtered her. “But I am now regretting what I did because the deceased had been my girlfriend for quite…

May

2024

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Trump Found Guilty Of Falsifying Business Records

Crime, Judiciary, News Flash, World News

Trump Found Guilty Of Falsifying Business Records A Manhattan Court has set the sentencing hearing for July 11 in former President Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial case. Judge Juan Merchan, on Thursday, set the sentencing hearing for July 11 at 10 a.m. ET. Trump was found guilty by the jury on multiple counts in his ‘hush money’. The jury reached a verdict on Thursday and found the former president guilty on all 34 counts. The 34 counts stemmed from 11 invoices, 12 vouchers and 11 checks that make up Trump’s monthly reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen who fronted the $130,000…

May

2024

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Emefiele In Fresh Trouble As Court Orders Forfeiture Of Another $1.4Million

Judiciary, Crime, News Flash

Emefiele In Fresh Trouble A Federal High Court, sitting on May 29, at Ikoyi, Lagos has again ordered an interim forfeiture of the sum of $1, 426, 175.14 million, linked to the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. In addition to forfeiting the money, Justice Ayokunle Faji also ordered the EFCC to publish the interim forfeiture order in a national newspaper. This is to allow anyone interested in the money being sought to be forfeited to appear before the Court within 14 days and show cause why the final order of forfeiture of the said…

May

2024

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Kidnappers Kill 2 Abducted Kogi University Students

Education, Crime, News Flash, Security

Kidnappers Kill Two Abducted Kogi Varsity Students Two students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) kidnapped have been killed by kidnappers. The two students were among other students kidnapped some weeks back by kidnappers. However, about 25 of the students were rescued while the two others could not be rescued by the security operatives. Sunday Tribune gathered that the two students must have been killed by the kidnappers as an act of revenge due to the killing of some of the kidnappers during the rescue mission. Meanwhile, a Non-Governmental Organisation, Education For All (E4A) has condemned the murder…

May

2024

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Court Seizes $4.7m, N830m, Multi-billion Assets Linked To Emefiele (Full List)

CBN/Commercial Banking, Crime, Economy, News Flash

Court Seizes $4.7m, N830m, Multibillion Assets Linked To Emefiele (Full List) A Federal High Court sitting at Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of $4,719,054 million USD, N830,875,611 million, and several properties linked to the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Justice Yellim Bogoro made the order on Thursday, May 23, 2024 following an ex-parte argued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel, Bilkisu Buhari and C.C Chineye. “I find merit in the application and same hereby granted as prayed. “The applicant should publish this order in any…

May

2024

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Drama As Binnance Executive Gambaryan Slumps In Abuja Court

Crime, CBN/Commercial Banking, Economy, News Flash

Drama As Binance Executive Gambaryan Slumps In Abuja Court Thursday’s scheduled proceeding on the trial of the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, at the Federal High Court Abuja quickly took a dramatic turn following the defendant’s collapse. Shortly after the matter was called upon by the court registrar for continuation of trial, the defendant did not step forward to the dock. He remained seated at the back as usual. Curious, the trial Judge, Justice Nwite, asked where the 2nd defendant (Gambaryan) was. One of the lawyers in the defence team, who sat beside Gambaryan, assisted him by the side while…

May

2024

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Policeman Flees Scene As Escort Vehicle Crushes 2 Worshipers To Death

Crime, Mishap, News Flash, Security

Policeman Flees Scene As Escort Vehicle Crushes 2 Worshippers To Death Two church worshippers were reportedly crushed to death by an escort vehicle in an auto crash that occurred at Elemoshi area of Bolunduro, along the Akure/Ondo road, Ondo state. A policeman and other occupants in the escort vehicle reportedly fled the scene immediately the crash occured for fear of being lynched. Sources said that the two victims and one other that sustained injuries during the crash were returning from the church when they met their untimely death. The crash involved a motorcycle marked NND 218OC and an unregistered Toyota…

May

2024

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Oba Of Benin Accuses EFCC Of Corruption

Crime, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, South South

Oba Of Benin Accuses EFCC Of Corruption Oba of Benin, Ewuare II has alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is aiding crimes in the country. The monarch made the allegations when he received the new Benin Zonal Director of EFCC, Effa Okim in his Palace in Benin on Monday. He cited a case involving unnamed former palace officials who were left off the hook after they were arrested for fraud and handed over to EFCC in Benin for investigation and prosecution. The Oba alleged that some EFCC operatives allegedly handled the case with kid gloves, which led to…

May

2024

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NDLEA Declares India-Based Nigerian Couple Wanted For Running Drug Cartel

Crime, News Flash

NDLEA Declares India-based Nigerian Couple Wanted For ‘Running Drug Cartel’ The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade and Rashidat Ayinke, his wife, wanted for allegedly running a drug cartel. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said in a statement on Sunday that the couple “runs a cocaine cartel from India”. Babafemi said the couple’s involvement in the drug ring was discovered after the “arrest of four members of the syndicate in Lagos”. The NDLEA spokesperson said Imran Taofeek Olalekan and Ishola Isiaka Olalekan, two members of the syndicate, were arrested trying to export 3.40 kilogrammes of cocaine…

May

2024

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Cryptocurrency: American Brothers Arrested For Stealing $25 Million In 12 Seconds

Crime, Business, Foreign Affairs, News Flash

Cryptocurrency: American Brothers Arrested For Stealing $25 Million In 12 Seconds An indictment was unsealed today charging Anton Peraire-Bueno, 24, of Boston, and James Pepaire-Bueno, 28, of New York, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charges in the indictment arise from an alleged novel scheme by the defendants to exploit the very integrity of the Ethereum blockchain to fraudulently obtain approximately $25 million worth of cryptocurrency within approximately 12 seconds. Anton Peraire-Bueno and James Peraire-Bueno were arrested yesterday in Boston and New York, respectively, and will be presented this afternoon before…