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Alleged Sale of Property under Forfeiture: EFCC Presents First Witness Against Serial Fraudster
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Odofin Adekunle Christopher, an investigator with the EFCC, against one Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka, an…
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Court Adjourns Suit Seeking Ganduje’s Removal to July 5
The Federal High Court in Abuja has once again postponed the hearing of a case demanding the removal of Abdullahi Ganduje as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to…
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Bandits impose N20m tax on Benue communities
The Caretaker Chairman of Ukum Local Government Area, Victor Iorzaa has confirmed bandits’ imposition of N20 million on residents of Logo, Katsina Ala and Ukum council areas. It was reported that bandits…
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Cobbler Remanded for Assaulting Police Officer
An Ajah-based cobbler, Oluwaseun Jacobs, has been arraigned and remanded in prison for allegedly assaulting a police officer in Lagos State. In a press statement on Tuesday, Nigeria Police Force Public Relations…
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Policemen Fight Publicly Over Sex Worker, Shoot Enugu Resident Dead
A trigger-happy police officer from the Nsukka Urban Police Division has reportedly shot and killed a young man, identified as Amuche, on Echara Road in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State.…
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Ogun Police Arrest Man for Exhuming and Beheading Corpse for Rituals
The Ogun State Police Command has detained a man for allegedly exhuming and beheading a body in the Car Wash area of the state for ritualistic purposes. In a phone interview with…
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NDLEA Arrests 149 Suspects, Seizes 1.49 Tonnes of Illicit Drugs in Six Months
The Kogi State chapter of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of 149 suspects and the seizure of over 1.49 tonnes of illicit drugs between January 1…
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Badagry: Customs Intercept 26,792 Litres of Petrol
The Zone A Team of Operation Whirlwind Task Force, part of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), intercepted over 26,792 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in Badagry. Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, head of…
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Why We Killed Army General Udokwere – Suspects
By Doris Israel Ijeoma Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested four suspected killers of an Abuja-based retired Brigadier General Uwem Udukwere. Udukwere was reportedly killed by armed robbers on…
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Court acquits former Lagos speaker of money laundering charges
The Federal High Court has acquitted a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, of money laundering charges filed against him over 12 years ago by the Economic…
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Court Adjourns Hearing In Case Against Emir Bayero, See New Date
A Kano State High Court has adjourned the hearing of a case filed by the Kano State Government seeking to restrain the 15th Emin of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and four…
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NDA holds shooting exercise, warns residents
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has announced a range classification exercise for cadets of Direct Short Service Course 28 (Army) and Direct Short Service Course 32 (Air Force). This exercise is scheduled…