A case has been filed against Olalekan Jacob Ponle aka Woodberry by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI, alleging that he defrauded some US firms of millions. Police authorities had earlier shared footage of how Hushpuppi and his 11 cronies were busted in a special operation over cyber-fraud involving 1.9 …
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No fewer than 18 persons were killed while the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State, Yusha’u Dissi, was abducted when armed bandits attacked some villages in the region. Newsextra24 gathered that Dissi was kidnapped alongside a woman whose identity was yet to …
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Three elected politicians, Jedua Ahmed Dawud, Oliver Wubon and Joseph Danladi John have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office before Justice F. Agya of Taraba State High Court on a six-count charge, bordering on conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and forgery. The offences …
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Two “key suspects” have been arrested in connection with the rape and gruesome murder of 100 level Microbiology student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa. This was disclosed by the Edo state police commissioner, Mr. Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, when he played host to the UNIBEN Vice …
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A former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, says he would have resigned if he were facing corruption allegations like the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Amachree said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday. He said based …
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Late Monday evening, Sahara reported that the Acting EFCC Chairman, Magu has been detained By Police In Abuja, To Be Returned To Aso Rock Villa For Further Interrogation. he was thrown into a cell at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters in Area 10, Federal Capital Territory, shortly after being …
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The Police Service Commission has dismissed 10 senior police officers and demoted eight others for misconduct. The commission took the decision at its 8th plenary meeting which spanned three weeks and ended last Wednesday during which it also approved the promotion of 6,618 senior police officers, including a Deputy Inspector-General …
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The Nigerian Army has flagged off ‘Exercise Sahel Sanity’ to mitigate the current spate of banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and other related crimes bedeviling Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna and Niger states. Launched in Faskari, one of the front line LGAs of Katsina state, the exercise which is aimed at restoring …
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Mrs Ifeoma Ozougwu and her husband, Mr Jude Ozougwu have both been remanded at the Nsukka prison, in Enugu, for brutalising their 10-year-old house help, Miss Nneoma Nnadi. Newsextra24 Reports that the couple were arraigned at the court in Enugu on Monday and sent to the Nsukka prison till August …
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Two youngsters have been hit by stray bullets during a confrontation between customs men and petrol smugglers at Seme border in Lagos State. Newsextra24 gathered that the two boys – Hunsu Taiwo, 12, and Ganjo Henry, 10, were playing in Sokenu Compound of Seme when they were hit by customs …
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