Money

VIDEO: Money Shared To Dissuade Igbo Youths From Joining #EndBadGovernance Protest As Ohanaeze Youth Group Calls For Boycott

5 months ago1005 min

Video obtained by SaharaReporters shows Igbo youths in Southeast Nigeria receiving payments to reject the upcoming #EndBadGovernance protest. The youths, brought together in Enugu, later revealed they received between N10,000 and N15,000 to dissuade their participation in the protest scheduled for August 1-10. While they denied knowledge of the sponsors’ identities, some observed that this was the first time money was distributed at an Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth gathering. One of them said, “I...

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Metro

Police arrest four suspects laundering ransom money for kidnappers in Delta

5 months ago863 min

Men of the Delta State Police Command have arrested four suspects who use their bank accounts to receive and launder ransom payments for kidnappers. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, on X.com on Wednesday, the suspects would take a 15 per cent cut of the ransom money and withdraw the remaining 85 per cent via Point of Sale machines, handing over the cash to the kidnappers. The suspects also confessed to...

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Metro

Nigerian Army applicant hacked to death by colleagues over money

5 months ago933 min

A gruesome incident has occurred in Zaria, Kaduna State, where some applicants vying for a spot in the Nigerian Army Depot allegedly hacked a fellow applicant to death. PUNCH Metro learnt on Sunday that the victim, who hailed from Gombe State, had reportedly received nearly N1m from his parents to facilitate his recruitment. Suspicions arose when the deceased shared his Automated Teller Machine card and password with a friend to withdraw N10,000 for food. It...

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$34.4Million Money Laundering: Bail Hearing Of Binance Executive Stalled By Defence Counsel’s Application

8 months ago1054 min

The hearing of the bail application of Binance Holdings Limited and one of its Executives, Tigran Gambaryan, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja was on Thursday stalled. This followed a fresh application filed by the counsel for the second defendant, Mark Mordi (SAN), a statement the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said on Wednesday. The defence’s application, a further affidavit in response to the opposition...

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BREAKING: Six Jurors Sworn In For Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial, More Selections To Be Made

8 months ago963 min

First six jurors have been sworn in for former U.S. President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York. Six jurors are still needed along with six alternatives. The six jurors were sworn in on Tuesday. Jury selection could take up to two weeks, but the entire trial is expected to last about two months. SaharaReporters reported on Monday that Trump was in court as his historic criminal trial was set to kick off in...

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News

Okuama Community In Delta Has Stockpiled Weapons, Made Illegal Money From Crude Oil Theft, Says Chief Of Defence Staff

9 months ago933 min

The CDS explained that the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori and residents of the community where the military personnel were attacked and killed by irate youths, have no access to the community because of the ongoing “cordon and search” operation in the area. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has said that Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State where 17 military personnel were killed last month...