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Nigerian Navy Intercepts Ghanaian Vessel With Stolen Oil, Arrests 13

Nigerian Navy Intercepts Ghanaian Vessel With Stolen Oil, Arrests 13

Navy Intercepts Ghanaian Vessel With Stolen Oil, Arrests 13 The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft Operation Delta Sanity, has arrested a Ghana-owned motor tanker, SWEET MIRI involved in suspected crude oil theft The vessel was arrested 174 nautical miles off the coast of Nigeria, approximately 320 kilometres, heading to Benin Republic. According to a statement on Saturday by the NNS Base Information Officer, Lieutenant H Ibrahim, the motor tanker, SWEET MIRI vessel had 13 crew; one Ghanaian and 12 Nigerians, onboard at the time of arrest. The Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral MB Hassan, was quoted in the…
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Miyetti Allah Calls For Immediate Arrest Of Sunday Igboho

Miyetti Allah Calls For Immediate Arrest Of Sunday Igboho

Miyetti Allah Calls For Immediate Arrest Of Sunday Igboho, Gives Reason The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Sunday Igboho, a prominent figure in the South West, following his recent inflammatory statements demanding the expulsion of Fulani cattle breeders from Yoruba land. In a press release signed by MACBAN’s national president, Baba Othman Ngelzarma, the association described Igboho’s statements as unlawful and akin to treason, as he advocated for the actualization of the Oduduwa nation. MACBAN urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and relevant security agencies to take swift action…
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How Google Map Led Traveling Corps Members To Bandits’ Den In Sokoto – Shehu Sani

How Google Map Led Traveling Corps Members To Bandits’ Den In Sokoto – Shehu Sani

How Google Map Led Travelling Corps Members To Bandits’ Den In Sokoto – Shehu Sani A former lawmaker and social activist, Senator Shehu Sani, has decried the connivance of certain elements in the increasing cases of kidnapping and banditry in Nigeria. Sani disclosed that a youth corps member, who recently escaped from the bandits den narrated how the Google Map they used while they were going to Sokoto State led them to the bandits enclave. The former lawmaker, who shared the revelation on his X (formerly Twitter) wrote: “One of the Youth Corpers who escaped from Bandits narrated that they…
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“I’m Back To Face Killer Herdsmen In Yorubaland” – Sunday Igboho

“I’m Back To Face Killer Herdsmen In Yorubaland” – Sunday Igboho

“I’m Back To Face Killer Herdsmen In Yorubaland” – Sunday Igboho Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, says he is back in the country to chase killer herdsmen out of Yorubaland. Adeyemo who said this in a video that went viral on Tuesday, said the Federal Government and soldiers deployed to Yorubaland cannot combat the menace of the herdsmen on their own. To a cheering crowd as seen in the video, Igboho said, “I want you all to stand with me so that we can liberate ourselves from the herders encroaching on our lands. Let us…
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Army Speaks Over Coup Plot Against  President Tinubu

Army Speaks Over Coup Plot Against President Tinubu

Nigerian Army Speaks Over Coup Plot Against President Tinubu The Nigeria Army (NA) has disowned the insinuation of a possible coup plot against the democratically elected government of President Bola Tinubu. It also described as “fake news” a report by an online newspaper (not AttNews) on Sunday of suspicions of a coup plot in Nigeria over the biting economic situation. It will be recalled that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, had warned people calling for a coup over the current economic hardship in the country to desist from such. However, an online newspaper reported that the…
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EFCC Arrests 48 KWASU Students For Internet Fraud

EFCC Arrests 48 KWASU Students For Internet Fraud

EFCC Arrests 48 KWASU Students For Internet Fraud Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 48 students of the Kwara State University and two others for offences bordering on internet fraud. EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, the suspects were arrested on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at their various hideouts, after days of surveillance, adding that they will be arraigned in court when investigations are concluded. Items recovered from the suspects, according to the statement, included laptops and different…
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Nigeria Police Honours 4 Officers Who Rejected N8.5m Bribe From Suspected Bandits

Nigeria Police Honours 4 Officers Who Rejected N8.5m Bribe From Suspected Bandits

Police Honour Four Officers For Rejecting N8.5m Bribe From Suspected Bandit Taraba State Police Command has honoured four mobile police officers for rejecting an N8.5 million bribe from a suspected bandit while on a stop-and-search operation. The State Commissioner of Police, David Iloyalonomo, rewarded the four officers in his office at the Taraba State Police Command Headquarters. When Channels Television visited the checkpoint, one of the officers who arrested the suspected bandit, Ngamarju Gambo, told our correspondent that their stand against corruption and quest for a peaceful atmosphere across the country motivated them not to take the bribe. According to…
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Gunmen Kill Ex-CBN Director, 5 Others, Over 50 Abducted In Kaduna

Gunmen Kill Ex-CBN Director, 5 Others, Over 50 Abducted In Kaduna

Gunmen Kill Ex-CBN Director, 5 Others In Kaduna, Abduct Over 50 Bandits have killed at least six persons including a former Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and his younger brother in Kwassam and Sabon Layin communities of the Kauru Local Government area of Kaduna State. The police are yet to confirm the incident but the spokesperson of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Josiah Abraks, said in a statement that the bandits attacked the Kwassam community on Friday night. He also said that 50 people were kidnapped by the bandits in another attack at Sabon Layin village…
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Trader Shot Dead In Onitsha Market

Trader Shot Dead In Onitsha Market

Trader Shot Dead In Anambra Market There was pandemonium late Friday at the Science Equipment Market, Onitsha Bridgehead in Anambra as operatives of the Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad allegedly shot one person dead and injured several others. It was gathered that trouble started at the market when the operatives invaded the area in search of someone who was said to have urinated in a restricted area and ran into the market for cover. Eyewitnesses said the operatives shot indiscriminately for over two hours while in the market resulting in the traders scampering to safety, leading to destruction and looting of…
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Nigerian Navy Uncovers Massive Illegal Refineries In Rivers

Nigerian Navy Uncovers Massive Illegal Refineries In Rivers

Massive Illegal Refineries With 2.7m Litres Refining Capacity Per Day Uncovered In Rivers The Nigeria Navy has uncovered 15 massive illegal refining camps, each equipped with six cooking pots and metal storage tanks with capacity to hold about 30,000 litres of crude oil, culminating in about 2.7 million litres of crude oil illegally refined per day at Ke community in Degema, Rivers State. Commodore Desmond Igbo, the Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Port Harcourt led journalists to the illicit refining sites at Ke community in Degema on Friday. Igbo said the troops uncovered the illegal refineries as part of…
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