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NCC raises alarm over fraudulent LinkedIn Account impersonating EVC, Prof. Danbatta

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, is impersonated on a bogus LinkedIn account, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This is stated in a statement made available to Newsdiaryonline on Friday in Abuja and signed by the Commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, is the subject of a bogus LinkedIn account, according to Muoka, who said, “The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)...

Ex-PDP BoT chair decries home raid by suspected bandits

On Wednesday, Senator Walid Jibrin, a former Board of Trustees Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, raised the alarm that suspected bandits stormed his rented property in Abuja. Jibrin revealed that the thieves, who numbered eight, arrived in seven SUV cars armed with sophisticated firearms. He also revealed that the criminals ordered his housekeeper, who went by the name Awwalu, to escort them into his bedroom, where they trashed his belongings and stole some documents....

Benue child traffickers recruit, pay pregnant girls N150,000 – Police

The Internally Displaced Persons camp is located at North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi, the state capital. Benue State Police Command agents have detained four suspected child traffickers who were operating nearby. In a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi on Wednesday, the state police public relations officer, Catherine Anene, revealed this. Anene named the alleged traffickers, including Member Friday, the wife and accomplice of the kingpin, Stephen Terungwa, Sughter Akegh, and Atom Gideon....

Tinubu’s declaration as President is illegal, invalid, and unconstitutional — Atiku

Bola Tinubu’s election as president of Nigeria is allegedly illegal, illegitimate, and in violation of the constitution, according to Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate. According to Atiku, Tinubu’s ability to run for president of Nigeria is in doubt because he has admitted to losing $460,000 to the American government as a result of drug trafficking and money laundering charges, and a witness has attested to this fact. In his final...

Attorney files lawsuit against Ukodhiko, federal lawmaker in Nigeria, alleging nonpayment of N99.6 million in legal fees

It was learned that Ukodhiko recruited Ejumejowo’s services after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sealed his assets and frozen 48 of his bank accounts, and the legislator allegedly failed to pay the attorney the agreed-upon legal fees. Jonathan Ukodhiko, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker representing the Isoko federal constituency in Delta State, has been sued in a high court of the Federal Capital Territory in the Abuja judicial division for allegedly owing...

Kano: Alleged fraud forces suspension of Nassarawa LG Chairman

Eight out of the eleven elected council members of Kano State’s Nassarawa Local Government overwhelmingly terminated Lawal Shuaibu Aranfoso as council chairman for reportedly leasing the locality’s revenue section to a friend. Other accusations against the chairman include his complete disregard for the local government while pursuing his own interests in Abuja and other locations, which caused the secretariat to deteriorate into a shell of what it once was. The chairman had abandoned the local...

Civil Society Leaders Charge Lagos Government With Cover-Up, Demand Independent Investigation, Action for 103 #EndSARS Victims

The United Action Front of Civil Society has stated that it views the Lagos State Government’s disclosure of the planned mass burial of 103 #EndSARS victims as confirmation of the careless killing of unarmed civilian protesters and Nigerian citizens at the Lekki Tollgate and other locations in October 2020. The group claimed that the most recent discovery, which comes nearly three years after the repulsive episode that brought global condemnations, “speaks copiously to the repression...

FCCPC vows to prosecute PoS operators over collaborative service price fixing

Members of the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN) have been threatened with legal action by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) for allegedly fixing service prices collectively. The Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, Mr. Babatunde Irukera, responded in a statement to what appeared to be AMMBAN’s adamancy and insistence on a membership-wide implementation of price fixing. Irukera stated that the prosecution would follow the FCCP Act 2018 on...

Police arrest Beninese father, others over attempted use of son for ritual

Mr. Pome Banda, a 50-year-old Beninoir parent, and three other people have been detained by the Zone 2 Police Command on suspicion of luring a nine-year-old kid from the Benin Republic for ritualistic money-laundering. Mr. Ari Mohammed, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), revealed this information to news reporters in Lagos. In the course of their planning, according to Mohammed, Zone 2 Criminal Investigation Department learned about them, and the police acted as the herbalist...

Military destroy 23 illegal refining sites in Niger Delta

In the Niger Delta, “Operation Delta Safe” troops demolished 23 illegal refining plants and seized 367,200 litres of crude oil. During a Thursday media briefing in Abuja, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations (DMO) at DHQ Abuja, stated this. He stated the Joint Taskforce of Operation Delta Safe in the South-South intercepted and sank a crude oil thief. Maj. Gen. Buba said the air component destroyed active illegal refining plants while troops...