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Remains of an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Josephine Onche, who was declared missing a few days to her wedding in 2019, have been found in a shallow grave in the Obi Local Government Area of Benue State. Josephine was given a proper burial in Otukpo on Tuesday Josephine’s family had on December 20, 2019, declared ...
June, 2021
April, 2021
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18 April
CBN, SEC fine 10 banks N2.5bn ..see list
Three financial services regulators in the country have sanctioned 10 of the nation’s lenders to the tune of N2.5bn for committing various market infractions. Specifically, the Central Bank of Nigeria, Securities and Exchange Commission and Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria have sanctioned Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc, FBN Holdings Plc, FCMB Group and five others ...
August, 2019
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8 August
Killing at Taraba: Army, Police constitute joint investigation panel
Army and Police authorities have constituted a Joint Investigation Panel to investigate the incident involving the troops of 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba State, leading to the death of some policemen on Tuesday. Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, in a statement on Wednesday said the panel would be headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in ...
June, 2016
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25 June
Shocking confession: I police in the day and rob at night
In a series of shocking revelations, an armed robbery suspect, Chris Oboko, a corporal attached to the C4I unit of the Nigeria Police in Rivers State, has told investigators how an informant “lured” him into a gang of car snatchers. Thirty five-year-old Oboko, who has now been dismissed from the force, was recently arrested in Port Harcourt, during a mop-up ...
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25 June
Militants Kill 50,Target 110 In Lagos,Ogun…On Avenger Mission
No fewer than 20 persons were reportedly killed after suspected militants invaded some villages in Imushin, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun States. A motorcyclist was said to have been beheaded by the militants, who reportedly started their operation from 10pm on Thursday till the early hours of Friday. When our correspondent visited Imushin on Friday, he observed many ...
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14 June
EFCC seizes Diezani’s N3.58bn Abuja House
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized a mansion worth N3.58bn ($18m at the official exchange rate of N199 to a dollar) in the Asokoro area of Abuja allegedly belonging to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, said this during an interview with Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based news network. ...
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14 June
Two Ecobank Staffs Sack , Arraign For Stealing Customer’s N14.4 million
The police have accused two bankers at Ecobank Plc, Aghanenu Ikechukwu and Stephen Nduka, of forging and stealing N14.4 million from a customer. Ikechukwu, 41, and Nduka, 36, were arraigned yesterday before Mr P. A. Adekomaya of the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. They are standing trial on a four-count charge of conspiracy, forgery, stealing and conversion. Prosecuting Inspector Ingobo ...
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13 June
Orlando Shooting Is Deadliest In US History..
A mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday in which 50 people died, including the gunman, marks yet another brutal rampage in U.S. history. Police say the tragedy began when three officers engaged in a gunfight with a suspect outside Pulse, a gay nightclub. Officer stormed the club after a hostage situation. The incident was being investigated as a possible act ...
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10 June
Fake policeman confesses : I make N10,000 every two hours
A 33-year-old man, Austin Okwuokei, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly claiming to be a policeman and extorting money from motorists. The Ogwashi-Uku Delta State indigene was apprehended by policemen attached to the command’s monitoring team last Thursday at the Costain Roundabout, Iponri. The suspect allegedly started extorting motorists in the state last year, after ...
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10 June
Avengers threaten secession as militants bomb NNPC
The attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta continued Thursday evening with the bombing of a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Sources told one of our correspondents that the incident happened at 7:40pm around the Shalomi Creek in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. ...
