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Police arrest electrician, Sunday Andrew for allegedly stealing television, N18,000

1 year ago1142 min

Sunday Andrew, a 35-year-old electrician, was charged in a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja with stealing a plasma television and N18,000 in cash. The police accused Andrew of criminal trespass, breaking into houses, and theft at Airport Road, Abuja. The complainant, Mr. Boniface Chinedu of Lugbe, Zone 8 of Abuja, reported the case to the Trade More Police Station on August 17, according to the prosecutor, Mr. Stanley Nwaforaku, who testified in court....

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News Security & Defence

Tinubu: Charity begins at home

1 year ago108011 min

The ECOWAS protocol expressly forbids the overthrow of democratic governments through force. As a matter of fact, it adamantly maintains that “every accession to power must be made through free, fair, and transparent elections.” Additionally, it exudes “zero tolerance for power obtained or maintained by unconstitutional means”. In light of the aforementioned and in accordance with the authority vested in him as the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State, President Bola Ahmed...

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Judiciary & Crime Lead Stories

Electronic Fraud: Nigerian Banks Lost Over N9.5bn In five Years – Repor

1 year ago10614 min

According to a report from the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum, the banking sector in Nigeria lost over N9.5 billion to electronic fraud between 2019 and Q1 2023. Thus, in order to stop the upward trend, the forum has called for new policies and greater cooperation. The forum, presided over by the Central Bank of Nigeria, focused on “New Strategies for Combating e-Fraud in a Cashless Environment” at its general meeting held in Lagos for the...

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Judiciary & Crime News

Kidnappers of wife of RCCG pastor demand N100m in ransom

1 year ago10472 min

Mrs. Blessing Ajiboye, the wife of a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has been abducted; her captors have demanded N100 million from her family as ransom to free her. That Blessing, the wife of Senior Pastor Johnson Ajiboye of the RCCG, was kidnapped at around 9 p.m. on Thursday in her supply store in Elerinjare, a sleepy town in the Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state. About seven unidentified gunmen invaded...

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Judiciary & Crime Lead Stories

Non-State Players to Combat Corruption in Procurement Process

1 year ago11253 min

A number of anti-corruption civil society organisations, or CSOs, have raised the stakes in what appears to be a new effort to address corruption in public procurement. Procurement Observation and Advocacy Initiative (PRADIN), in partnership with the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), and the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), is facilitating the group, which is made up of four prominent CSOs. A 2010 study...

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News Security & Defence

Alleged N150m bribe: Stakeholders commend IGP for resisting offer

1 year ago11062 min

The leadership of Summit Oil International Limited has praised Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun for defying the seductive offer of purported financial gain made by Platform Capital’s founder, Akindele Akintoye. They also praised his insistence on upholding the law regardless of the parties involved. Recall that Akintoye was charged with bribery for allegedly paying the FIB (Force Intelligence Bureau) of the Nigerian Police Force N50 million in exchange for a promise to pay another...

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Nigerian Police with a Fake Warrant Arrests Talolorun for Insulting Islamic Clerics

1 year ago10836 min

Omoyele Sowore, a human rights campaigner, claims the Nigerian police arrested Talolorun, a prominent traditional religion practitioner and activist, with a bogus warrant. The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) said the police sought the state administration to let them prosecute Talolorun without the DPP. Traditional Religion Practitioner Talolorun Imprisoned for Defaming Ilorin Emir, Islamic Clerics Special interests in Ilorin secured a phony arrest warrant from Area Court to covertly jail Tani...

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Judiciary & Crime News

President Tinubu receives petition demanding $3.4 billion from Africa’s richest man, Dangote, through Nigeria’s central bank

1 year ago11049 min

In response to allegations that Alhaji Aliko Dangote stole $3.4 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received a petition against the wealthiest man in Africa. Ahmed Fahad, a social justice activist, added the petition to a letter to President Tinubu that POLITICS Nigeria received exclusively. It was signed by Jim Obazee, who was recently appointed by the President as a special investigator to look into the Central Bank of...

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Lead Stories News

Niger Coup Leader Proposes Return To Democracy Within 3 Years

1 year ago10983 min

The conversation will specify “national priorities” and “ask for fundamental ideals to lead the restoration” of the West African nation. General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the military leader of Niger, has suggested that democracy return within three years. In a coup on July 26, Tchiani and others overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum and took control of the government. According to CNN, General Tchiani stated in a televised address on Saturday night that neither the junta nor the Niger...

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Local Politics

Paul Ndeobi: Any coup in Nigeria might cause country to break out

1 year ago20012 min

Restructuring in Nigeria is something that Rev. (Dr.) Paul Ndeobi, a public analyst and social activist, supports. In this interview with NGOZI UMA, the cleric—who also serves as Senior Pastor of StraightGate International Church—discussed the recent coup in the Niger Republic as well as the response of the ECOWAS, which is headed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Excerpt: What do you believe to be the driving forces that could cause the military to overthrow a...

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