A High Court in Kaduna, presided over by Justice A.Isyaka has convicted and sentenced the quartet of Promise Usman, Daniel Chinedu, Fahad Yusuf Badamasi and Emmanuel Chidera Udochukwu to prison for fraud. They were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on separate one-count charge that bordered on…
Nigerian customs officials have warned that cash smuggling remains a major funding route for terrorism and organised crime, after intercepting more than £420,000 worth of undeclared foreign currency at Kano Airport. During a press conference on Monday at the Customs House in Bompai, Kano, three suspects – including a Ghanaian national, Ahmed Salisu – were…
A staff member of the Ghanaian High Commission in Nigeria, Miss Freda Arnong has lost her life after an encounter with “One Chance” robbers in Abuja. The lady, who lost her life at the National Hospital, Abuja, had boarded a vehicle allegedly operated by robber. According to a security source Arnong boarded a commercial taxi…
The death toll from anti-government protests in Kenya on July 7 has risen to 31, marking the highest single-day toll since the demonstrations began earlier this year, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) said Tuesday. The KNCHR, an independent national human rights institution, said it was “still actively monitoring and following up” on…
Due to vicious attacks and killings by terrorist groups and sometimes gunmen not linked to bandit or kidnap groups communities across the length and breadth of Nigeria are rising in self-defence in their determination to protect their lives. But their zeal to help themselves where the government seemed not forthcoming in its constitutional responsibility has…
The Nigerian Defence authorities on Sunday confirmed a significant victory in the fight against terrorists and criminal elements across the country, as the troops of 1 Brigade of Operation FASAN YAMA in Zamfara State neutralised a terrorist kingpin identified as Mai Dada. The terrorist lord met his waterloo during a counterattack in Maru LGA of…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed the conviction of a staff member of the Federal Ministry of Aviation for defrauding a job seeker with a fake employment offer. In a statement issued by Director of Public Enlightenment and Spokesperson for the Commission, Demola Bakare, on Sunday, the ICPC said…
The Justice Deinde Dipeolu Federal High Court, Lagos has convicted one Emmanuel Ayodele Areola. He was arraigned on a one-count charge of hawking Naira notes totalling ₦1,061,500 in various denominations, an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 21(4) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, 2007. According to a statement released by the…
The Nigerian Air Force announced Friday that it had killed scores of terrorists, known locally as bandits, in north-central Niger State. The military statement did not specify how many terrorists were killed in the operations, however, multiple military sources reported that a huge casualties were suffered by the bandits during the air assaults. The bandits…
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday convicted and sentenced 14 Chinese for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud to one year imprisonment as well as ordered their repatriation at the completion of their jail. The Justice Daniel Osiagor court also fined the defendants N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira). “All the defendants were sentenced to one year…
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