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Friday, 20 December 2019 05:35

Nigeria's ex-attorney general held by EFCC over $1.3 billion oil deal

Nigeria’s former attorney general was detained by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) upon his return home on Thursday, the commission said in a statement, as part of an investigation into one of the oil industry’s biggest suspected corruption scandals. Mr Mohammed Adoke was arrested by Interpol in November after travelling to Dubai for a medical appointment. He voluntarily flew back to the West African country on Thursday, his lawyer said. EFCC’s investigation relates to the $1.3 billion (£999.54 million) sale of a Nigerian offshore oilfield known as OPL 245 by Malabu Oil and Gas in 2011. Eni SpA (ENI.MI)…

Tuesday, 17 December 2019 05:58

One million guns, others circulating in Nigeria - NSA

Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA) stated yesterday that of the 857 million Small and Light Weapons (SALW) in circulation globally and the 12 billion rounds of ammunition produced annually, 10 million are estimated to be in Africa with one million of them circulating in Nigeria. This is coming as Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Adamu Mohammed, said Nigerian Police recovered 2,037 firearms of various caliber and descriptions and 21,870 ammunition in 2019. The figure on small and light weapons was contained in the National Security Strategy document formally presented to the public by ONSA. It said the weapons in…

Tuesday, 17 December 2019 05:57

Tramadol worth over N1.7 trillion destroyed in 2019 – NAFDAC

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday disclosed that alarming street value of tramadol worth over N1, 702, 692,250,000.00 was destroyed by the agency in 2019 even as it announced that NAFDAC would begin to test for imported Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, APIs before they are used to manufacture drugs in Nigeria. Meanwhile, the Agency has rolled out plans to achieve 60 percent local production of pharmaceutical products by 2024. Making these revelations and more during Pharma Stakeholder Engagement with the Director-General in Lagos, Director-General of the Agency, Mrs Christianah Adeyeye told the audience that NAFDAC in…

Sunday, 15 December 2019 06:15

EFCC marks Orji Kalu’s Sun newspaper, other properties for seizure

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday began marking for seizure properties belonging to jailed former governor of Abia State, Mr Orji Kalu. According to a statement issued by the agency’s spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the action came following an order by a Lagos Division of the Federal High Court to wound up assets belonging to Mr Kalu’s company, Slok Nigeria Ltd. Last week, Kalu, a senator representing Abia North, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a N7.65 billion fraud. Here’s the statement by EFCC: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, December 14, 2019, marked properties…

Sunday, 15 December 2019 06:14

ISWAP attack kills 15 in Borno - Militia

Islamic State-aligned militants have killed 14 anti-jihadist militia and a police officer in northeast Nigeria, militia leaders told AFP Friday. Late Thursday, jihadists from Islamic State West Africa Province in more than a dozen pickup trucks fitted with machine guns stormed a security post manned by a civilian militia group in the village of Mamuri, in Borno State, according to the sources. "We lost 14 men and a mobile policeman in the fight with terrorists from ISWAP," militia leader Babakura Kolo said. "They attacked our men around 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) in 14 trucks which resulted in a hours-long fight."…

Sunday, 15 December 2019 06:13

Houses of worship attacked with deadly frequency in 2019

On Dec. 1, a band of assailants opened fire on worshippers at a small-town Protestant church in Burkina Faso, an impoverished West African country where the Christian minority is increasingly a target of attacks. The victims included the pastor and several teenage boys; regional authorities attributed the attack to “unidentified armed men” who, according to witnesses, got away on motorcycles. The slaughter merited brief reports by international news outlets, then quickly faded from the spotlight — not surprising in a year where attacks on places of worship occurred with relentless frequency. Hundreds of worshippers and many clergy were killed at…

Saturday, 14 December 2019 05:56

Armed group says it killed four hostages kidnapped in Nigeria - Action Against Hunger

An armed group that kidnapped humanitarian workers in northeastern Nigeria five months ago has claimed it killed four hostages, international aid agency Action Against Hunger said on Friday. Six people were abducted in July near the town of Damasak, Borno state, where Islamist insurgents operate. Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), which split from the militant group Boko Haram that began its insurgency in 2009, has become the dominant jihadist group in the region. The decade-long Islamist insurgency has caused the deaths of some 30,000 people and driven 2 million to flee their homes. Action Against Hunger said one…

Wednesday, 11 December 2019 05:54

Boko Haram releases video of soldiers, policeman’s execution

Boko Haram has released a video showing the execution of two soldiers and a policeman, posted online late Monday by Islamic State group (IS) propaganda agency Amaq. The video, dated Sunday, was made by a branch of Boko Haram that has sworn allegiance to IS known as the Islamic State Group in West Africa (ISWAP). The Boko Haram video release came days after the militants announced the kidnapping of 14 people including two aid workers and, according to the jihadists, six members of the security forces. It shows three men in plain clothes kneeling in a field, introducing themselves as…

Wednesday, 11 December 2019 05:47

6 killed in New Jersey gunbattle, including police officer

Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gunbattle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy fire for hours, authorities said. The dead included the two gunmen, Jersey City Police Chief Michael Kelly said. The slain officer, Detective Joseph Seals, 40, was credited by his superiors with having led the department in the number of illegal guns removed from the streets in recent years, and might have been trying to stop an incident involving such weapons when he was cut down by gunfire that erupted near a cemetery,…

Saturday, 07 December 2019 05:09

Many bank customers have been robbed of late. This is the new method used by robbers

Police in Ebonyi have said they had uncovered a new strategy used by criminals to rob bank customers. The command’s spokesperson, Loveth Odah, made this known in Abakaliki on Thursday. Ms Odah warned members of the public, especially bank customers, to always be security conscious whenever making bank transactions. According to her, the new strategy involves trailing their victims through a female member of their syndicate who are usually monitoring financial transactions around banks’ premises. Odah said such members of the syndicate usually hang outside the banks with cellophane bag containing nails that were usually planted either at the front…

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Friday, 06 December 2019 06:04

Kalu’s ‘offences are anti-human ... crime against humanity,’ Judge says in sentencing ex-gov

Mr Muhammed Idris on Thursday sentenced a former Abia State governor, Mr Orji Kalu, to 12 years in prison for stealing public funds while in office. Kalu, a serving senator, was jailed alongside Mr Udeh Udeogu, his Director of Finance and Accounts at Abia State Government House during Kalu’s tenure. Udeogu was sentenced to 10 years in prison. A third defendant, Kalu’s company, Slok Nigeria Limited, was ordered to be wound up and its assets forfeited to government. Kalu’s prosecution started 12 years ago, in 2007 after he left office as governor. The defendants were eventually faced with an amended…

Friday, 06 December 2019 06:02

Convicted ex-gov Kalu begs prison officials: Please don’t handcuff me in public

Former Abia State Governor, Mr Orji Uzor Kalu, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud, was heard asking prison warders, “Where are you taking us to?” after his sentencing. Kalu, who is Senate Chief Whip, also begged prison warders not to handcuff him in public. As Kalu and his co-defendants were being removed from the dock by prison officials, they attempted to handcuff him. The former governor, who appeared shaken, said, “Where are you taking us to now? Please, don’t handcuff me. I will follow you.” Two unidentified women were also seen weeping as Kalu was being…

Friday, 06 December 2019 06:00

Aba residents react to Kalu’s 12-year prison sentence

Some Aba residents in Abia state have lauded the 12-year jail term handed down to ex-Governor Orji Kalu by a Federal High Court in Lagos. Mr Muhammed Idris convicted Mr Kalu on 39 counts of N7.2 billion fraud and money laundering preferred against him by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Aba is the main base of Kalu – now a senator – and some of the residents said that the judgment was a warning to political office holders to be careful. A lawyer and social critic, Mr Ukpai Ukairo, said: “The judgment is momentous and shows that you can run…

Friday, 06 December 2019 05:58

Pirates kidnap 19 crew members from Greek tanker off Nigeria

Pirates have kidnapped 19 crew members from a crude oil tanker off Nigeria in an area where acts of piracy are on the rise, an official with the ship’s operator said on Thursday. The loaded vessel, the Nave Constellation, was attacked 77 nautical miles off Bonny Island on Tuesday and 18 Indians and one Turk from the crew were seized, the official said. Seven other crew members remain on board the vessel. Neither the vessel nor the cargo were damaged, the official said. The shipping industry has warned in recent months about the increasing dangers faced by seafarers in the…

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