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EFCC Arraigns Couple For N2.7Billion Fraud In Lagos

EFCC Arraigns Couple For N2.7Billion Fraud In Lagos

EFCC Arraigns Couple For N2.7billion Fraud In Lagos The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, arraigned a couple, Oriyomi Idowu and Ruth Idowu, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on 20-count charges bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, money laundering, stealing, retention of stolen property, and forgery to the tune of N2,757,188,000.00 (Two Billion, Seven Hundred and Fifty Seven Million, One Hundred and Eighty Eight Naira Only). They were arraigned alongside Food Commodity Processing Enterprise, Bonway Food Processing Company Limited, Samee Idowu…
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18 IPOB Members Behind Killing Of IMO DPO, Inspector Arrested By Police

18 IPOB Members Behind Killing Of IMO DPO, Inspector Arrested By Police

Police Arrest 18 IPOB Members Behind Killing Of Imo DPO, Inspector The Imo State Police Command has announced the arrest of 18 criminals suspected to be members of the proscribed IPOB/ESN over the killing of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ahiazu Mbaise and an Inspector of Police at BOEK Petroleum Filling Station, Ahiara Junction, in Ahaizu, Mbaise LGA of Imo State. The police revealed that the police officers were refuelling their vehicle when the suspects clad in military camouflage bearing black and red colours attacked them. A statement from the police read: “The police operatives fought gallantly…
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Residents Flee Communities After Bandits Abduct 110

Residents Flee Communities After Bandits Abduct 110

Residents Flee Communities After Bandits Abduct 110 Four communities in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State have been deserted following the abduction of 110 people by bandits for refusing to pay N110 million monthly levy to a notorious bandits kingpin. PUNCH Online reports that bandits, on Friday night, invaded four villages in the local government and abducted 110 people for allegedly refusing to pay the N110 million levy imposed by the notorious bandits kingpin. An indigene of the area, Ibrahim Mohammed, told PUNCH Online on the telephone that residents of the four villages, Mutumji, Kwana, Mahuta and Unguwar Kawo,…
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Women Protest Naked Against Alleged Killings, Corruption In Anambra

Women Protest Naked Against Alleged Killings, Corruption In Anambra

Women Protest Naked Against Alleged Killings, Corruption In Anambra Over 1000 indigenes of 20 villages in Awka community, Awka south local government area of Anambra state on Wednesday, November 22, protested naked. They said their anger stemmed from mindless killings of their kinsmen. The protesters, marched around the capital city with placards, accusing some senior officers in the police command of aiding and abetting bribery and corruption in the area. They also carried a mock coffin signifying the burial of the accused officers, issuing concerned authorities a 7-day ultimatum to remove the indicted personnel. “Cultists are killing our people”, “Remove…
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Just-In: Nigeria Chief Of Defense Staff Not Dead – DHQ Confirms

Just-In: Nigeria Chief Of Defense Staff Not Dead – DHQ Confirms

JUST-IN: Chief Of Defence Staff Not Dead – DHQ Says The Defence Headquarters has refuted a viral report that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa is dead. Musa was appointed by President Bola Tinubu as the Chief of Defence Staff on June 19, 2023. He is a member of the 38th Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy and was commissioned on 21 September 1991 into the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps. Musa holds a Master’s in Defence Studies from the National Defence University in Beijing, China. A report by a newspaper had claimed the Defence Chief had…
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How Boko Haram Ambushed Governor’s Escorts

How Boko Haram Ambushed Governor’s Escorts

Boko Haram Ambush Governor’s Escorts Atleast six security personnel were wounded when Boko Haram terrorists fired at security operatives returning official vehicles belonging to Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Mai Mala Buni from Maiduguri to Damaturu. Governor Buni was in Maiduguri where he joined other dignitaries to attend the 24th Combined Convocation Ceremony of the University of Maiduguri. The Governor and his entourage who were accompanied by Borno Governor Babagana Zulum, departed to Abuja through the Air Force Base in Maiduguri. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region that security vehicles in…
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547,774 Applied For 10,000 Police Constable Vacancies Across The Country – PSC

547,774 Applied For 10,000 Police Constable Vacancies Across The Country – PSC

547, 774 applied for 10, 000 constable vacancies – PSC 547, 774 applied for 10, 000 constable vacancies - PSCThe Police Service Commission (PSC) has disclosed that five weeks after its portal was opened, a total of 547,774 applications for recruitment into the constable cadre of the Force, have so far been received. Following the manpower deficit in the Police, the Presidency had, sometime in 2015, issued a directive for the recruitment of 10, 000 rank-and-file annually, over a period of time. In a statement, yesterday, by its spokesperson, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, the Commission said 358, 900 of the applications…
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How FG Identified Terrorist Financiers, Seized N45 Billion Looted Funds

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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Nigerian Army Gets First Professor As NDA Promotes A Lt. Colonel

Nigerian Army Gets First Professor As NDA Promotes A Lt. Colonel

Nigerian Army Gets First Professor As NDA Promotes Lt. Colonel The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna has announced the promotion of Lt. Col. Abubakar-Surajo Imam to the rank of Professor of Mechatronics Engineering. Imam is said to be the first professor from among serving personnel in the history of the Nigerian Army. The Registrar of the Academy, Brig.-Gen. AM Tukur announced the promotion in a statement on Friday in Kaduna. He said that the promotion was ratified during the NDA Council Meeting in September, and took effect from Oct. 1, 2022. The registrar said that the council’s decision was a…
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EFCC Releases Names Of Power-Drunk Nigerian Air Force Personnel Who Invaded Kaduna Office To Free Fraud Suspects

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

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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