GUNMEN attacked a police checkpoint at Abakaliki on Thursday and killed a policeman. Police spokesman in Ebonyi, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the attack and said the gunmen also set the police van on the spot ablaze. “It happened early on Thursday morning. I have been trying to get the details …
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THE Police Command in Enugu State has arrested two notorious criminals who specialise in stealing electrical wiring and installations in new building construction sites within Enugu metropolis. The police recovered electrical distribution boxes, rolls of cables, and many quantities of LED electrical bulbs, all valued at about ₦1,500,000 from the …
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Justice J.A. Kereng of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe, on Monday, convicted and sentenced one Ibrahim Abdullahi and Umar Usman to various jail terms for obtaining the sum of N682,847 under false pretences. Abdullahi and Usman were arraigned on three charges of cheating and employment scam by …
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THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Mining Marshal has arrested five suspects with solid minerals identified as lithium loaded in two trucks in Abuja. A press statement on Tuesday by the spokesperson of NSCDC, Babawale Afolabi read: “Acting on the Commandant General’s marching order, the NSCDC Mining Marshal …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, April 8, 2024 arraigned Binance Holdings Ltd and one of its executives, Tigran Gambaryan before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. They were arraigned on a 5-count charge bordering on alleged tax evasion, currency speculation and …
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THE Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 8, 2024, arraigned a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, before Justice R.A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an alleged $4.5bn and N2.8bn fraud. …
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ABDUCTOR of two students of the Federal University in Wukari, Taraba State, are demanding a ransom of N50 million in exchange for the freedom of the students. This was disclosed by the head of information and protocol unit of the institution, Ashu Agbu, via a telephone interview. About 90 percent …
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By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri ARMED Boko Haram sect have ambushed a military vehicle conveying a Lieutenant (names withheld) and other soldiers along Biu- Buratai- Buni Yadi road. The road which links Borno and Yobe states have remained a death trap, as it has witnessed series of deadly attacks in recent …
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44-year-old former bank employee, identified as Mike Ilishebo, has committed suicide after allegedly killing his 35-year-old wife, Valerie Franco, in Zambia. Newsextra24 learnt that the incident happened on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at the Meanwood Ndeke Phase One area in Lusaka. Confirming the incident in a statement on Friday, Police Public Relations officer, …
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OPERATIVES of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, for allegedly spraying Naira notes. The EFCC had invited the 31-year old following a video report of spraying and flaunting wads of new Naira notes at the premiere …
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