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Nigerian Government Reveals Names Of 15 Alleged Terrorism Financiers, Set To Impose Sanctions

9 months ago1159 min

The Nigerian government has named 15 entities allegedly financing terrorism in the country.   The entities include nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms, as revealed by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).     The NFIU in an email sent to PUNCH revealed the names in the memo entitled “Designation of Individuals and Entities for March 18, 2024.” The document revealed that the Nigeria Sanctions Committee met on March 18, 2024, where...

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Detained Binance Executives Appear In Nigerian High Court, To Remain In Detention For Two Weeks, Families Say

9 months ago10910 min

    Two executives from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will remain in detention for at least two more weeks in Nigeria after appearing in court for the first time on Wednesday even though they have not been charged with a crime.   Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, and Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan who is Binance’s regional manager for Africa, flew to Nigeria following the country’s decision...

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Australia Tightens Visa Rules For Nigerian Students, Others As Migration Hits Record High

9 months ago1065 min

  The Australian Government has started the enforcement of tougher visa rules for Nigerian students and their foreign counterparts planning to move to the country as the number of migrants hit a record high. According to Reuters, the rules which will commence officially on Saturday indicate that English language requirements for student and graduate visas will be increased, while the government will get the power to suspend education providers from recruiting international students if they...

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Nigerian Defence Headquarters Declares Finland-based Simon Ekpa, 96 Others Wanted For Terrorism, Others

9 months ago2823 min

Ekpa is the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in-Exile (BRGIE).    The Defence Headquarters has declared 97 persons wanted for terrorism, insurgency, and violent crimes in the country.    One of the persons on the wanted list is Finland-based Simon Ekpa, a self-proclaimed disciple of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.    Ekpa is the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in-Exile (BRGIE).    The Director,...

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Nigerian Police Arrest Kidnappers’ Gang Leader Behind Catholic Church Attack

9 months ago1294 min

  The police in Kaduna State in collaboration with military have arrested a suspected notorious kidnappers’ gang leader, Saidu Yakubu, also known as “Ismail.”   A statement on Saturday by the Command’s spokesman ASP Mansir Hassan, said that the suspect was arrested on Friday, March 22, 2024.   According to the statement, the gang was allegedly behind the September 7, 2023 attack at St. Raphael Catholic Church, Fadan Kamanta, Kafanchan Diocese, in the Jema’ah Local...

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Bandits Release All 287 Nigerian Schoolchildren Abducted In Kaduna State

9 months ago862 min

The schoolchildren, aged five to 18 were abducted on March 7 from Kuriga primary and secondary schools in the state. Bandits have released all the 287 pupils and students abducted from Kuriga in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria.   The schoolchildren, aged five to 18 were abducted on March 7 from Kuriga primary and secondary schools in the state.   The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani confirmed their release in...

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Defence Headquarters Says It Rescued 137 Nigerian Schoolchildren Kidnapped From Kaduna Schools In Neighbouring Zamfara, Not 287

9 months ago976 min

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has said that schoolchildren abducted in Kaduna on March 7, 2024, were rescued in Zamfara State.   It however gave the number of those rescued as 137 and not 287 reportedly kidnapped when terrorists invaded LEA School in Kuriga.   The schoolchildren, aged five to 18 were abducted on Thursday, March 7 from the Kuriga primary and secondary schools in the state and the kidnappers demanded a ransom of N1 billion...

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Personnel ‘Terribly’ Injured As Smugglers Taking Nigerian Fuel To Cameroon Attack Customs Officers, Try To Burn Officers In Adamawa

9 months ago914 min

They were said to have intercepted the smugglers around Sahuda, a border town in the Mubi South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Smugglers on Sunday attacked and injured a Nigerian customs officer around Sahuda, a border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Cameroon, SaharaReporters has learnt. Officers attached to the Adamawa/Taraba Area Command were attacked while blocking the smugglers from ferrying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol to the Republic of...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Government Invites Sheikh Gumi For Questioning Over Links To Bandits 

9 months ago974 min

          The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country.   The Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the State House, Abuja, on Monday.    Idris said Gumi was not above the law, noting that the government had deemed it necessary to invite him for questioning.  ...

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Bandits Kill Two Security Operatives, Burn Nigerian Military Vehicles In Zamfara

9 months ago962 min

Bandits have relaunched another attack on Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe local government area of Zamfara State where they burnt two operational vehicles of the military and killed two members of the state security outfit, Community Protection Guards (CPG), in the area.   A source, Malam Usman Tsafe, said the the bandits had besieged the town wielding sophisticated weapons.   According to him, the bandits divided themselves into three different groups with the first...

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