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Jan

26

2023

ICPC re-arrests ex-JAMB registrar, Ojerinde at Court premises over alleged 5b fraud

CRIME#AdedibuOjerinde, #fraud, #Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), #jamb, arrest, ICPC

ICPC re-arrests ex-JAMB registrar, Ojerinde at Court premises over alleged 5b fraud The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has re-arrested the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde, on Thursday in Abuja. Ojerinde, who is already facing trial for allegedly diverting public funds totalling about N5billion, was arrested at the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja by operatives of the ICPC, shortly after his case was adjourned till February 15. According to a statement on Thursday by the Commission’s spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, Prof. Ojerinde’s re-arrest…

Jan

25

2023

By Famous Reporters

New Scam Alert: Beware Of Credit9ja Latest Blackmail *A must read

CRIME#Credit9ja, #fraud, scam

New Scam Alert: Beware Of Credit9ja Latest Blackmail *A must read It is very unfortunate how Nigeria government has continued to allow her citizens to be embarrassed, harrassed and blackmailed by a group of fraudsters who are operating freely within her environment to defraud unsuspecting victims in the name of a loan that neither follows due process or makes any atom of sense, for how could a people say they give you a loan of N6,000 and demand N10,000 within one week? But this is not even the bad part, the trauma is their desperation and method of retrieving the…

Jan

21

2023

By Famous Reporters

NEW YEAR TRAGEDY: How Sergeant fighting at party killed my nine-year-old son– Civil servant cries out

CRIME#Jawad, #Murder, #OlaideOyelude, #Yuletide, #YusufAhmed-Rufai

NEW YEAR TRAGEDY: How Sergeant fighting at party killed my nine-year-old son– Civil servant cries out On New Year’s day, a nine-year-old schoolboy in Katsina State, Jawad, was reportedly shot dead by a policeman during a mayhem. In this interview with OLAIDE OYELUDE, the father of the slain minor, Yusuf Ahmed-Rufai, expresses his grief and demand for justice. Briefly tell us about yourself. I am Yusuf Ahmed-Rufai. I am 42 years old and from Katsina State. I am a civil servant. I am the father of Jawad, the nine-year-old boy, who was killed by a policeman, Sergeant Nura, at…

Jan

20

2023

By Famous Reporters

How CCTV exposed Ogun suspect who murdered Segun in hotel

CRIME#CCTVFootage, #Hotel, #Murder

How CCTV exposed Ogun suspect who murdered Segun in hotel The lifeless body of a man, identified only as Segun, was discovered in a hotel in Orile-Imo, in, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. According to PUNCH Metro, deceased lodged in the hotel with another man suspected to have murdered him on Saturday, January 7, 2023. It was learnt that the suspect fled early Sunday after allegedly hitting the victim with a sharp object in the head. Hotel workers got to know about the incident after one of them went to clean up the room. The…

Jan

18

2023

By Famous Reporters

UPDATE: Governors, Court summon Emefiele Over Naira Redesign, $53m Paris Club debt

CRIME, NEWS#Garnishee, #GodwinEmefiele, #NairaRedesign, #ParisFund, CBN

UPDATE: Governors, Court summon Emefiele Over Naira Redesign, $53m Paris Club debt The governors of the 36 states have summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over the withdrawal policy and the redesigned naira notes. The governors, under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, through its spokesperson, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, in a statement on Tuesday, stated that the planned meeting would be held on Thursday. CBN introduced the naira redesign policy in October 2022 last year and directed Nigerians to deposit their old notes in banks by January 31, 2023. While referring to the NGF’s Director…

Jan

17

2023

By Famous Reporters

Group Raises Alarm Over Onyejiocha’s Alleged Ploy To Assassinate Orji Kalu

CRIME, POLITICS#Assassination, #NkeirukaOnyejeocha, #OrjiUzorKalu

Group Raises Alarm Over Onyejiocha's Alleged Ploy To Assassinate Orji Kalu A sociopolitical group, Abia North Peace Foundation (ANPF), has alleged a plot by the member representing Isikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha to assassinate the Chief Whip of the Senate and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. In a statement signed by its Director General, Chief Nnanna Ukaegbu and other senior officials, the group claimed that it had credible intelligence that a plot was being hatched to eliminate the former Abia State governor before the 2023 presidential election. The group in the statement stated: “ANPF…

Jan

16

2023

By Famous Reporters

Imo state House of Assembly Collected N27b To Reject LG Autonomy- Ohanaeze Ndigbo Alleged *Says S’East Governors Are Political Cum Economic Vandals

CRIME#HopeUzodimma, #IgboayakaO.Igboayaka, #LocalGovernmentAutonomy, #OhanaezeYouthCouncil

Imo state House of Assembly Collected N27b To Reject LG Autonomy- Ohanaeze Ndigbo Alleged *Says S'East Governors Are Political Cum Economic Vandals The apex Socio-cultural youth organization of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ohanaeze Youth Counci has in totality, frowned at the recent rejection of Local Government Autonomy in exchange for a whopping sum of twenty seven billion naira, (N27b) by the the Imo State House of Assembly. The Council described South-East governors as Political cum economic vandals in Igbo land. Addressing Journalists in Owerri, Imo State's capital on Monday 16th January 2023, the Council's national President, Comrd. Igboayaka O. Igboayaka who…

Jan

12

2023

By Famous Reporters

Rivers Police Bust Child Trafficking Ring • Releases 10 victims

CRIME#Arrest, #ChildTrafficking, #Raid, Victim

Rivers Police Bust Child Trafficking Ring • Releases 10 victims The Nigeria Police, Rivers State Command over last weekend, Saturday 7th January 2023 acting on credible intelligence available to operatives of the C4I Intelligence Unit raided two houses where victims of child trafficking were being kept. The houses were located in Igwuruta and Omagwa communities of the state. The operation led to the freeing of 10 trafficked victims, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP reliably gathered. The Rivers State Command Police PRO, SP Grace Iringe-Koko noted about the raid in a press statement made available to NAOSNP,…

Jan

11

2023

By Famous Reporters

I Killed My Husband, He Caught Me With Another Man, Says Woman

CRIME#Llynch, #Murder, Homicide

I Killed My Husband, He Caught Me With Another Man, Says Woman Reports on Sunday states that a businessman named Abdullah Steve Dagana in Edo State stabbed to death by his second wife. According to the story, Dagana visited his first wife, who was ostensibly residing somewhere else. His second wife had taken a new man into the house, his friends and family informed him over the phone. Rumours had it also that Dagana had set up his wife to determine the veracity of these claims. He expected his second wife to invite a new man over on…

Jan

11

2023

By Famous Reporters

Pregnant Woman, Three Others Feared Dead, As Unknown Gunmen Open Fire In Anambra

CRIME#UnknownGunmen, Gun Duel

Pregnant Woman, Three Others Feared Dead, As Unknown Gunmen Open Fire In Anambra A resident of Eziani community has come out to claim that the attack began at about 1am, on Tuesday. No fewer than four persons, including a pregnant woman, were on Tuesday, killed in Eziani, a community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, the South-East of Nigeria, during an invasion by gunmen. It was also learnt that the gunmen shot sporadically when they stormed the community, killing the four victims. According to Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, confirmed the incident in a…