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Nov

2023

How FG Identified Terrorist Financiers, Seized N45 Billion Looted Funds

FG Identifies Terrorist Financiers, Seized N45 Billion Looted Funds The Federal Government, on Thursday, said it has seized over N45 billion that was illegally looted from the national treasury. It further disclosed that a number of individuals and entities linked to terrorist activities have been identified and designated, with funds traced to them also confiscated. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, made the disclosure in his opening address at the 40th Technical Commission/Plenary Meeting of the Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa, GIABA, held at the State House, Abuja. GIABA…

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Gunmen Kill Pastor, Abduct Wife

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Gunmen Kill Pastor, Abduct Wife Some unknown gunmen have killed a pastor in charge of the second Evangelical Church Winning All, Damakasuwa in the Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Amako Maraya. The wife of the clergy was also abducted by the gunmen. A resident, who is also an elder in the church, Mr. Ishaku Chinge, who confirmed the incident to PUNCH Online on Saturday, said the gunmen invaded the community around 11 p.m. on Friday. He recalled that about three months ago, the gunmen had attempted to kidnap the son of the clergy but were repelled with the…

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2023

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Govt Shuts Down School As Police Arrest Female Teacher, Others Over Sexual Abuse Of 3-Year-Old Pupil

Crime, Education, News Flash

Govt Shuts Down School As Police Arrest Female Teacher, Others Over Sexual Abuse Of 3-Year-Old Pupil The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a female teacher, bus driver, and his attendant for sexual abuse of a three-year-old pupil of Tenderlink School, Trans-Ekulu, Enugu Meanwhile, the state government has shut down the school till an investigation of sexual abuse of female pupils in the said school has been concluded. The state commissioner, Kanayo Uzuegbu, who has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (State CID) Enugu, in a statement issued late Friday…

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2023

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EFCC Releases Names Of Power-Drunk Nigerian Air Force Personnel Who Invaded Kaduna Office To Free Fraud Suspects

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EFCC Releases Names Of Power-Drunk Nigerian Air Force Personnel Who Invaded Kaduna Office To Free Fraud Suspects According to a release by EFCC Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the “intruders are; four Air Force personnel: Lawal Abdullahi, Chukwuma Chidi Christian, Alfa Suleiman and Emmanuel Ekwozor, and two students of Nigerian Air Force Institute of Technology, AFIT: Chidera Anuba and Joseph Tokula.” The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday narrated how some personnel of the Nigerian Air Force invaded its Kaduna State zonal office to release some military personnel who were arrested for internet-related fraud. According to a…

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2023

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Why Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele Will Remain In Kuje Prison Till November 22

Crime, Economy, Judiciary, News Flash

Court Remands Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele In Kuje Prison Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has ordered that the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele, be remanded in Kuje prison pending the determination of his request for bail. Emefiele will remain in prison until November 22, when the court will deliver a ruling on his bail motion. According to Dailypost report z His lead counsel, Mathew Burkaa SAN, moved the application for bail which Rotimi Oyedepo vehemently opposed on behalf of the Federal Government. After taking arguments for…

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2023

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30-Year-Old Nigerian Student Bags 7 Years Imprisonment For Raping Woman Inside Toilet In UK

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30-Year-Old Nigerian Student Bags 7 Years Imprisonment For Raping Woman Inside Toilet In U.K. A 30-year-old Nigerian student, Onyedika Benedict Oriaku, has been reportedly sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a woman in the toilet of a nightclub in Swansea, United Kingdom. Oriaku, who lives in Victoria Terrace, Brynmill was said to have committed the hideous crime at the Fiction nightclub in Swansea city centre in March, 2023. Although, the convict claimed the s3x in the toilet cubicle was consensual and his victim had been the one who had initiated the contact, he was however found guilty of…

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2023

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Gunmen Kidnapped CBN Top Official

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Gunmen Kidnapped CBN Top Official Isaac Bature Gbaja, an assistant manager of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Lafia, the capital of Nassarawa State, has been abducted by unidentified gunmen. The incident took place on Monday, November 13, 2023, at around 8:00 p.m., when Gbaja and two other individuals were taken hostage. On Thursday, the kidnappers contacted Gbaja’s family, demanding a ransom of N10 million. Further investigation revealed that Gbaja was kidnapped near MACFES Royal Suites, in Tudun Gwandara, Lafia, Nasarawa State, where he was with his wife. This event occurred less than a day after the release of…

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2023

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Navy Arrests Four Stowaways Hiding Inside Rudder Compartment Of Dubai-Bound Ship

Crime, Immigration, News Flash

Navy Arrests Four Stowaways ‘Hiding Inside Rudder Compartment’ Of Dubai-Bound Ship The Nigerian Navy has arrested four stowaways who were trying to illegally leave the country on board a container vessel, TEME Express, en route Dubai, UAE. They were arrested on November 13th, by the NNS BEECROFT team during a patrol at the Lagos anchorage. The Navy’s Base Information Officer, Sub-Lieutenant H. A. Collins, disclosed this in a statement released on November 15th, 2023. According to the statement, the ship’s commander Kolawole Oguntuga, disclosed that the stowaways were found inside the rudder compartment of the vessel with bags of snacks…

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Popular Pastor Arrested Over Alleged Kidnapping Of Church Members, Impregnating Choir Coordinator’s Wife

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Popular Pastor Arrested Over Alleged Kidnapping Of 9 Church Members, Impregnating Choir Coordinator’s Wife The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested the controversial founder of Christ High Commission Church, Araromi-Ugbesi in Omuo-Oke, Ekiti State, Noah Abraham, for the alleged kidnapping of over nine persons including minors and impregnating the wife of his choir coordinator. Abraham was arrested by the police in collaboration with the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP. The controversial pastor was arrested on the 27th of April, 2022 in Omuo-Ekiti after he converged over forty persons in a camp and collected the sum of…

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Just-In: Court Fines IGP, Five Others N200 Million For Unlawful Arrest

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Court Fines IG, Five Others N200 Million For Unlawful Arrest An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, the Police Service Commission and four others to pay one Peace Robert, a housewife and a mother of two, the sum of N200m as damages for her unlawful arrest and detention. The presiding judge, Justice Ntong Ntong gave the order on Tuesday, in a judgment he delivered in a case of enforcement of fundamental rights brought by the applicant. According to the particulars of the case, one Ifenyinwa Olua approached the applicant,…