A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Wednesday, sentenced a 25-year-old man, Babatunde Shittu, to one year in jail for engaging in and benefitting from $5,000 cryptocurrency fraud. Newsextra24 reports that Shittu had claimed to be an investor in cryptocurrency, and produced fraudulent documents in that regard …
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THE wife and two children of a member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, who were abducted on Tuesday, have been set free. They were released on Wednesday according to sources close to the family of the lawmaker, Mr Lawal Ayansola, a current member of the State House of …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Wednesday, quizzed Oyo kingmakers over bribery allegations. Newsextra24 had reported that the stool of the Alaafin of Oyo became vacant after the passing of Oba Lamidi Adeyemi in April last year. More than a year, a new Alaafin has not …
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THE Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the immediate removal of the divisional police officer in Meiran for allegedly extorting N200,000 from a phone dealer. The state’s police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this via the microblogging platform, X, on Wednesday, where he said the officers culpable have been …
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and officers of the Nigeria Police Force have engaged in a physical tussle over the arrest of a police Inspector’s wife allegedly caught with a bag of Cannabis Sativa and other illicit drugs. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened around 11am …
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THE Ogun State Police Command has arrested a credit officer of a microfinance bank, Esther Hamidu, after allegedly fleeing with customers’ contributions totalling N1.97m. Newsextra24 gathered that Hamidu absconded with the daily contribution of the bank’s customers which spanned between March and December 2023. Our correspondent learnt that a branch manager …
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THE Delta State Police Command has arrested three kidnap suspects while recovering assorted weapons including five packs of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The Command`s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, stated this while addressing newsmen on Monday in Warri. Edafe said that the suspects were arrested on Friday by police operatives attached …
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Muhammad Bako Sambo, a notorious Cannabis Sativa trafficker, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Federal High Court 3, Kano, presided over by Justice S.A. Amobeda. Sambo was among seven drug traffickers arrested and convicted by the Kano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in …
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THE Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it arrested at least 100 persons for alleged energy theft in the past seven months in different parts of the state. Sunday Agboola, the commandant of Osun NSCDC, said the suspects were arrested during a joint …
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THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has emerged top among federal ministries, departments, and agencies with sustainable ICT infrastructure and has accordingly been awarded the prestigious “Nigeria GovTech Awards” for Best Federal MDA in Sustainable ICT Infrastructure. The award was presented to the NYSC during the 2023 Nigeria GovTech Awards, …
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