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CCB investigates Kano anti-corruption boss as EFCC summons top official to Abuja

1 year ago1654 min

Muhyi Rimingado, the head of Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, is under investigation by the Code of Conduct Bureau. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has called the Kano anti-graft agency’s Director of Finance to Abuja to provide the agency with pertinent transactions involving Rimingado. A letter of invitation dated August 8, 2023 and signed by the acting deputy director, Cybercrime and other related crimes, EFCC, Muhtar Bello, which our reporter saw, stated...

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Palliatives: Zulum donates N36m, 100 bags of rice to Borno corpers

1 year ago1623 min

On Saturday, August 26, Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum announced the provision of N36.4 million as consolation for the 1,215 members of the Youth Corp stationed in the state for their national duty. They will each receive N30,000. The governor went to the NYSC orientation camp over the weekend, four days after he had attended the reopening of the camp in Maiduguri and the swearing-in of the youth corp members. He looked over a...

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EFCC, CCB go after Kano’s anti-corruption boss for confirming Ganduje’s bribery video, confiscating assets

1 year ago10536 min

The activities of Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, chairman of the Kano state public complaints and anti-corruption commission, have come under scrutiny by two anti-graft organizations since he said the video of the former governor Abdullahi Ganduje allegedly receiving alleged kickbacks — in the form of wads of cash — was not doctored. Due to the history of hostility between Mr. Ganduje and the chair of the Kano anti-graft committee, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...

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Gunman allegedly rapes student at gunpoint in Delta, cart away phone, ATM

1 year ago1946 min

At the Primary Health Center in Delta State’s Agbarha-Otor Ughelli North Local Government Area, a student from the College of Health Technology has allegedly been sexually assaulted by a gunman. According to reports, the shooter also stole the victim’s android phone, ATM card, and an undisclosed sum of money. The incident happened around 1:30 am on July 24. The shooter is accused of breaking into the primary health center, threatening the student with a knife...

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Security & Defence

Troops kill 23 terrorists, arrest 137 criminals

1 year ago1495 min

According to the Defence Headquarters, troops engaged in many operations across the nation killed no less than 23 terrorists and detained 137 offenders. Five kidnappers, 22 oil thieves, and one informant are among the culprits who have been detained. The activities were carried out between August 14 and August 25, according to a statement released on Friday by Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media activities. He added that the efforts resulted in the...

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Corn sellers cause insecurity in Abuja – Wike claims

1 year ago1943 min

According to Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, street vendors in Abuja, including those selling maize, are a major cause of crime and unrest in the city. In a meeting with the management staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration and Federal Capital Development Authority, the former governor of Rivers State made this declaration and urged them to put doing what is right first. “The most crucial thing we must do is...

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Judiciary & Crime

Breaking: Court Rules in Emefiele’s Siblings’ Case Against AGF, DSS

1 year ago1852 min

FCT, Abuja – On August 23, the siblings of Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s suspended governor, George and Okanta, filed a combined lawsuit, which the federal high court in Abuja dismissed. According to The Nation, George and Okanta sued the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). The Emefieles’ decision to drop their lawsuit was a factor in Justice E Okpe of the Abuja Federal High Court’s...

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EFCC detains Man, Stephen Acheme Akpa Involved In Abuja Land Scam

1 year ago1811 min

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a man named Stephen Acheme Akpa in connection with an alleged land fraud scheme over N500,000,000. On December 2, 2022, the Commission made its initial arrest of Akpa, the CEO of Zoe New Dawn Nigeria Limited, at his workplace in Abuja’s Idu axis. This comes after a petition that said he used deception to obtain N500,000,000. The suspect jumped the administrative bail provided by the Commission,...

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Breaking: UK police accuse Nigeria’s former petroleum minister Diezani of bribery

1 year ago2134 min

Indictments for bribery have been brought against Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former minister of petroleum resources of Nigeria, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA) of the United Kingdom. Since her initial detention in London in October 2015, Alison-Madueke has been free on bail. She will show up in court in the British capital on October 2, according to the NCA. According to the AFP, shortly after her detention, the family’s attorney declared...

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Vandalism: NSCDC seizes Rail Tracks Worth N800m, detains 13 Suspects

1 year ago1372 min

13 alleged railway vandals have been detained by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) with substantial quantities of long rails and sleepers valued at N800 million Naira. At the NSCDC Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, the suspects were led out in front of five vehicles carrying a sizable number of vandalised rails and sleepers. The suspects were detained by the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CGs SIS), according to the NSCDC’s spokesman Babawale...

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