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Crime & Public Services71 posts

Court Sentences Ex Pension Head Maina to 8 years in Prison for Crimes

Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the now defunct Pension Reform Task Team, (PRTT),  has been convicted and sentenced to eight years in jail for tax evasion by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The court, in a judgment conveyed by Justice Okon Abang, found Maina guilty on all 12 counts. These charges were levelled against him and his organization: Common Input Property an ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-11-09
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Court Sentences Ex Pension Head Maina to 8 years in Prison for Crimes

Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the now defunct Pension Reform Task Team, (PRTT),  has been convicted and sentenced to eight years in jail for tax evasion by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The court, in a judgment conveyed by Justice Okon Abang, found Maina guilty on all 12 counts. These charges were levelled against him and his organization: Common Input Property an ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-11-09
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Neighborhood patrol nigeria The Importance of Neighborhood Patrol in Nigeria

The Importance of Neighborhood Patrol in Nigeria In Nigeria, the presence of gangs and other criminal elements is a major problem. In order to combat this issue, many communities have formed vigilante groups which serve as neighborhood patrols. These patrols are very effective at protecting their communities from crime and violence, but they can also be quite dangerous themselves. Here's ...Read more
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2021-11-09
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Mr Obi & Pandora Paper Update

Mr Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State, on Monday, said he has not gotten any greeting from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC regarding the Pandora Paper exposé.  He additionally denied having responded to an invitation from the EFCC to him, expressing what is being circled online was not from him.  In a press release by his office, Valentine Obie ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-10-19
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FG: Files New Charges Against Nnamdi Kanu

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, faces more legal trouble. Before a Federal high court in Abuja, an amended seven-count charge was files against Kanu by the Federal Government. These new charges include treasonable felony and terrorism. They follow charges he has been since 2016. The case, presided by Justice Binta Nyakowill commence ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-10-19
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Nigerian Officials Intercept Pangolin Scales Worth N1.7 billion

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has caught 15 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 1,014.5kg with a worth of over N1.7 billion.  The National Public Relations Officer, NSC, DC Joseph Attah, revealed two suspects were captured in possession. “This criminality was not essentially a Nigerian thing, sadly some foreigners with active connivance of few Nigerians are bent on using our ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-10-07
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Nigerians without NIN: No Passport or Driving License

The Nigerian Communications Commission says the October 31 cutoff time for Nigerian citizens to connect their National Identity Numbers to their Subscriber Identity Modules.  It additionally said that Nigerians without NIN would before long be denied new driver's licenses and passports. The official statement by the Nigerian Communications Commission read "statement read, &l ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-09-30
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Senate Passes 112 Toll-Free National Emergency Number

ABUJA – The Senate on Tuesday passed a Bill to take on 112 as the toll-free number for crises, in the proposed Nationwide Emergency Communications Service.  This followed the the Nationwide Toll-Free Emergency Number (Establishment) Bill, 2021.  The Bill relied on a report by the Committee on Communications was introduced by Senator Biodun Olujimi in the i ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-09-22
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Islamic Police Intercept Of 3,600 Crates Of Alcohol In Kano

The Kano State Hisbah Board has held onto a truck stacked with 3,600 cases of beer covered with sacks of chicken feed.  In a video, Commander General of the Board, Harun Ibn-Sina, and others were seen revealing the disguise as they uncovered a few boxes packed behind the packs of feed.  The truck was said to have begun its journey from Kwanar Dangora to Kiru town in Kano State.& ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-09-14
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LASG Clears Roads of Beggars and Other Persons

Consistent with its announcement to rid Lagos of environmental nuisance, the State Ministry of Youth and Social Development has started ridding the streets of homeless and destitute people. In an activity labeled "Salvage Operation" undertaken by a special group of the Rescue and Rehabilitation division of the Ministry, as a team with the Police, Man 'O' War and different v ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-09-14
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EFCC Boss Suggests Global Collaboration Against Financial Crimes

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called for collaboration and shared methodology by specialists internationally in curbing financial crime which, he noted, is a worldwide scourge as no country is spared from its destructiveness.  Bawa expressed this in his feature address introduced at the 38th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-09-08
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Niger State Bans Cattle Markets for Security

  Niger State Government has declared the suspension of all weekly cattle markets across the state as a feature of measures to abridge the rising instances banditry and kidnappings, compelling September 1, 2021.  The Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, additionally said  on Tuesday, that any vehicle conveying cows into the state should show a Way-bill a ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-09-01
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Arrests 37 individuals for Alleged Internet Fraud The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on 20th August 2021, arrested 37 suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects were arrested at Ibadan and Oyo town, Oyo State following intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects inc ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-08-24
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Nigerian Man arrested for Trafficking Drugs in Thailand

After purportedly delivering crystal meth to Australia, a Nigerian man and his Thai girlfriend were captured in Bangkok. They were intercepted and captured on Friday evening  attempting to make a shipment at a private mail drop-off point.  The Nigerian man was recognized as Obimma Anthony and the Thai lady is Marisa Noipitak. The pair were captured by police at the drop-off point w ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-08-16
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Businessman Sentenced To 30 Months For Calling Gov Fintiri ‘Father Of All Thieves’

  A Yola Chief Magistrate Court II, managed by Magistrate Japhet Basani, has convicted and sentensed a Numan-based businessman, Ali Yakubu Numan, to a two and a half year prison term for calling Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri 'Father of all thieves.’ Numan was sentenced on Wednesday to two-year prison term with choice of N50,000 fine for utilizing defamatory language against ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-08-13
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Businessman Sentenced To 30 Months For Calling Gov Fintiri ‘Father Of All Thieves’

  A Yola Chief Magistrate Court II, managed by Magistrate Japhet Basani, has convicted and sentensed a Numan-based businessman, Ali Yakubu Numan, to a two and a half year prison term for calling Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri 'Father of all thieves.’ Numan was sentenced on Wednesday to two-year prison term with choice of N50,000 fine for utilizing defamatory language against ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-08-13
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Businessman Sentenced To 30 Months For Calling Gov Fintiri ‘Father Of All Thieves’

  A Yola Chief Magistrate Court II, managed by Magistrate Japhet Basani, has convicted and sentensed a Numan-based businessman, Ali Yakubu Numan, to a two and a half year prison term for calling Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri 'Father of all thieves.’ Numan was sentenced on Wednesday to two-year prison term with choice of N50,000 fine for utilizing defamatory language against ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-08-13
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Businessman Sentenced To 30 Months For Calling Gov Fintiri ‘Father Of All Thieves’

  A Yola Chief Magistrate Court II, managed by Magistrate Japhet Basani, has convicted and sentensed a Numan-based businessman, Ali Yakubu Numan, to a two and a half year prison term for calling Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri 'Father of all thieves.’ Numan was sentenced on Wednesday to two-year prison term with choice of N50,000 fine for utilizing defamatory language against ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-08-13
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Hushpuppi Saga: 31 Lawyers have Volunteered to Defend Abba Kyari

Over 31 legal counselors from the northern part of the Nigeria have shown interest in defending the controversial Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, who was as of late suspended regarding a $1.1m fraudulent scheme including fraudster, Ramon Abbas otherwise called Hushpuppi.  This was revealed on Wednesday by Barrister Bappah Salisu, who spoke on the behalf of the 31 lawyers ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-08-13
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Brazil: Instagram Influencer and Crypto Trader Shot Dead

A YOUNG crypto trader who displayed his wealth on Instagram has been shot dead in the driver's seat of his red Porsche Boxster.  Shooters released a hail of bullets on 19-year-old Wesley Pessano Santarem as he passed through the Brazilian city of Sao Pedro da Aldeia.  Chilling video film recorded the outcome of the daytime shooting on August 4 shows Wesley still steering the ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-08-10
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Abba Kyari edited His Post Explaining His Connection to Hushpuppi 12 Times Before Deletion

Abba Kyari is the suspended commissioner of police who faces allegations by the FBI in regards to his relationship with notorious fraudster, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi. The disgraced commissioner has since has deleted a controversial Facebook post explaining said relationship with Hushpuppi. The post was edited twelve times before deletions.  In the wake of these allegations, Mr Kyari&# ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-08-05
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Interpol Declares Gloria Osei and Husband Wanted

Gloria Igberaese and Muyiwa Folorunsho, a Nigerian couple, have been proclaimed wanted by the Interpol over allegations of a multi-million dollar investment fraud.  The suspects are said CEOs of Divergent Enterprise working organizations like Landlagos, PorkMoney, Hyberfactory and Porkoyum, among different organizations that they purportedly used to defraud a great many Nigerians in ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-08-05
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Kano Airport: Large Amounts of Currency Seized

Agents of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, working at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, have on Thursday revealed large amounts of foreign currency transported by an Ethiopian Airlines.  Security sources at the air terminal disclosed that three enormous bundles, were found after the airplane had offloaded the load and left at about 2pm.  The source included th ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-06-18
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Baba Ijesha Pleads Not Guilty to Rape

Nigerian entertainer, Omiyinka Olanrewaju, prevalently known as Baba Ijesha, was on Wednesday summoned at a judge court at Yaba, Lagos State.  The entertainer is being tried over charges of decent treatment of a child, defilement of a Child, sexual assault by penetration, attempted sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault. Mr Olanrewaju was brought into the premises of the ju ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-06-18
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Sexual assault: Nigerians against release of Baba Ijesha

Around 1,200 Nigerians have signed an online petition to prevent the release of famous Yoruba entertainer, Olarewaju Omiyinka, after purportedly defiling a minor. Until further notice, the objective is for the endorsers to reach 1,500.  The entertainer, famously known as Baba Ijesha, was captured a week ago, after it was reported by the minor's adopted mother ― a comedienne, Princes ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-04-29
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Boko Haram: Photos of Tanks and Armored Vehicles Captured From Nigerian Army

Militants of slamic State-sponsored group of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), once referred to as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, have shown various models of armored tanks and operational hilux vehicles captured from the Nigerian army.   As per ISWAP in an explanation located by Sahara Reporters, the vehicles were caught on Sunday ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-04-29
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Bandits kill three abducted students of Kaduna private university

Bandits who abducted students of Greenfield University have shot  three of the abductees dead. The state's chief for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, made the exposure in an explanation. It would be reviewed that the furnished outlaws on Tuesday night captured an insufficient number of understudies at the establishment situated at Kasarami town off Kaduna-Abuja ...Read more
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2021-04-23
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FG Investigates Death Of ‘Stowaway’ On Lagos-Amsterdam Flight

The Federal Government is presently investigating how a Nigerian stowaway boarded a Lagos-Amsterdam trip on Monday. His body was found under a KLM flight that arrived in Amsterdam on Monday.    Effectively the Dutch specialists have dispatched an examination concerning the man's identity and reason for death after he was found inside a wheel curve.  "We are r ...Read more
77 dyla
2021-04-22
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More than 1,800 prisoners escape after attack on Nigeria jail: official

More than 1,800 detainees have gotten away after intensely furnished men assaulted a jail in southern Nigeria utilizing explosives, jail specialists said Monday, in one of the country's biggest escapes. The aggressors shot their way into the Owerri jail in Imo state, connecting with watches in a weapon fight, the authority of the public revision said in an explanation. Visit ...Read more
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2021-04-06
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