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Wednesday, 28 December 2022 06:01

EFCC lists 144 forfeited lands, luxury houses for auction

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has listed for auction 144 luxury houses and lands seized from convicted politicians, public servants, business moguls and internet fraudsters as proceeds of their corrupt practices ranging from money laundering and fraud to misappropriation of funds and fraudulent diversion, among others. According to documents exclusively obtained by our correspondent, 58 of the houses and lands are in Lagos State; 39 in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; 19 in Rivers State; seven in Kwara State; six in Anambra State; four in Oyo State; three in Edo; two in Kaduna; two in Cross River, and one each…

Wednesday, 28 December 2022 06:00

Terrorists kill 4, abduct 100 farmers from Niger state communities over failure to pay levies

Bandits have killed no fewer than four farmers and abducted over 100 others including women and children from 14 communities in Mashegu and Rafi local government areas of Niger State in the last three weeks. It was gathered that more than half of the victims were kidnapped while harvesting maize, beans, guinea corn and soya beans on their farms. Those killed were a traditional ruler, two vigilantes and one other person during an invasion in Mashegu Local Government. Sources said the communities attacked in Mashegu included Sabon-Rijiya, Tsohon-Rami, Bakwai-Bakwai, Mulo, Kawo-Mulo, Nasarawa-Mulo, Mai-Azara, Foje, Mutun-Daya, Beji, Gidan-Malam, Bokuta, Chetaku and…

Wednesday, 28 December 2022 05:59

Bandits abduct yet another 16 from Kaduna community

Barely 24 hours after the kidnap of 45 residents in Aku Community, bandits have again abducted 16 people in another attack on Angwan Pa community in the same Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Monday at about 7:30 pm. A source said the bandits invaded the community at about 7:30 pm and surrounded the entire village. According to him, 53 people were abducted but 37 of them escaped and returned home on Tuesday morning, leaving 16 others in captivity. He said small villages that are sparsely populated are now the targets…

Tuesday, 27 December 2022 05:52

Outrage, condemnations over police murder of Lagos lawyer

Outrage and fury have continued to trail the killing of a Lagos female lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, by a trigger-happy policeman in the Ajah axis of the state on Christmas Day. Raheem and her family members were said to be on their way home from a Christmas Day church service when the policeman (yet to be identified) attached to the Ajah Police Station and his team tried to stop them. The deceased was said to have been shot at a U-turn under the Ajah Bridge and was rushed to a hospital, where she was confirmed dead. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday expressed…

Tuesday, 27 December 2022 05:48

Terrorists who abducted all male members of Zamfara community release 200 after killing 32

At least 32 out of the over 200 people kidnapped from the Randa Community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State have been killed by their abductors. A traditional leader in Mutumji Community, Abdulkadir Abdullahi, disclosed this Monday evening. Abdullahi also said about 200 others hostages were released after a ransom was paid. Terrorists led by notorious terror kingpin, Lawalli Damina, kidnapped the entire male residents of the Randa community over missing rifles. They were abducted after they denied knowledge of the whereabouts of two rifles that allegedly went missing in the community. The rifles were said to belong…

Saturday, 24 December 2022 05:45

Bandits kill 2, abduct 37 from kaduna communities

Bandits have raided three communities – Azara, Jangala and Kadara – in Kagarko and Kachia LGAs of Kaduna State, abducting 37 residents in the last three days. The victims were mostly women, including three nursing mothers, and children. Our reporter further learnt that the rampaging bandits also gunned down a retired soldier and one of his sons at neighbouring Katambi village, two kilometers away from Kateri town, along the Abuja – Kaduna highway. The Sarkin Azara in Kachia local government, Mustapha Ibrahim, confirmed the abduction over the phone to our reporter on Thursday. He said the bandits, wielding weapons and…

Friday, 23 December 2022 05:49

Gambia foils alleged coup attempt, arrests four soldiers

Gambian authorities have foiled a military coup attempt and arrested four soldiers plotting to overthrow President Adama Barrow's administration, the government said on Wednesday. The Gambian Armed Forces High Command arrested four soldiers linked to the alleged coup after a military operation on Tuesday, it said in a statement. Coup attempts are not uncommon in the Gambia, a tiny West African country of 2.5 million almost entirely surrounded by Senegal, which is still reeling from over two decades under former president Yahya Jammeh marked by authoritarianism and alleged abuses. Jammeh himself seized power in a coup in 1994 and foiled…

Thursday, 22 December 2022 05:40

Yet another INEC office vandalized by gunmen in Imo

Gunmen have attacked an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Isu Local Government Area of Imo state, Nigeria’s southeast. The attack is the fourth on INEC offices in less than three weeks in the state. It comes less than two weeks after gunmen attacked an INEC office in Owerri, the state capital. Three gunmen and one police officer were killed in the Owerri attack. About three weeks ago, gunmen had attacked another INEC office in Oru West Local Government Area. Three days later, another INEC office was attacked by gunmen in Orlu Local Government Area of the…

Wednesday, 21 December 2022 05:45

Gunmen kill at least 38 villagers in Southern Kaduna

Gunmen killed at least 38 villagers in Kaduna state, residents and a local community group said on Tuesday. During the attack, which started late on Sunday night and continued into the early hours of Monday morning, armed men shot people and burned at least 100 houses, said Luka Binniyat, spokesperson for the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SKPU). Resident Jasen Joseph said the attackers had killed some people with machetes. "I lost many friends, uncles, parents and mentors in this place," he told Reuters. "If you go down there, the two streets, you will see corpses everywhere." Binniyat said 12 survivors…

Tuesday, 20 December 2022 06:04

Doyin Okupe escapes being taken to jail, pays N13m fine

Doyin Okupe, director-general of the Peter Obi presidential campaign council, has paid N13 million as fine for breaching the Money Laundering Act. Okupe was found guilty of 26 out of a 59-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Earlier on Monday, Ijeoma Ojukwu, the presiding judge of an Abuja federal high court, sentenced Okupe to two years imprisonment with the option to pay N500,000 fine on each of the counts — totalling N13 million. There was a condition that the fine must be paid before 4:30pm on Monday. Checks at the court on Monday…

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Monday, 19 December 2022 15:28

Peter Obi’s campaign DG, Doyin Okupe, jailed on money laundering charges

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, convicted Doyin Okupe, for money laundering. Okupe is the director-general of Peter Obi’s Labour (LP) presidential campaign council. He was also a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to former President Goodluck Jonathan. Delivering the judgment on Monday, the judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, held that Okupe was guilty of contravening sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act, for receiving cash payments without going through a bank, in excess of the threshold statutorily allowed. But Ojukwu had stood down proceedings till 1:45 p.m. to enable Mr Okupe to call witnesses to testify about his…

Monday, 19 December 2022 06:00

Barely 24 hours after burning down High Court, gunmen set another court ablaze in Imo

The magistrate court in Owerri, capital of Imo state, has been set ablaze by gunmen. The court was set ablaze on Sunday afternoon. No casualty has been confirmed in the incident. Michael Abattam, Imo police spokesperson, did not respond to calls or messages when contacted on the incident. Meanwhile, the development comes hours after a similar incident. The high court in Orlu LGA of Imo state was set ablaze by gunmen on Saturday. The burning of the courts come amid several attacks in Imo over the past months, which have resulted in killings, abductions, and destruction of property. On Friday,…

Sunday, 18 December 2022 05:56

Gunmen strike again in Imo, burn down High Court

The high court in Orlu LGA of Imo state has been set ablaze by gunmen. The gunmen were said to have attacked the complex which houses a magistrate court and the high court in the early hours of Saturday. Files were reportedly destroyed in the incident, but it is not yet clear if there were casualties. Michael Abattam, Imo police spokesperson, did not respond to calls or messages when contacted to comment on the incident. Meanwhile, the development comes four years after a similar incident. In 2018, two magistrate courts and the high court were affected when gunmen set the…

Friday, 16 December 2022 05:52

N30bn recovered so far from suspended Accountant-Gen Ahmed Idris - EFCC

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered over N30 billion from the suspended Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, who is facing corruption charges. Chairman of the commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said this during the 62nd Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. The event was streamed live on YouTube with viewers given the opportunity to ask questions from the EFCC chair. “On the case of the former Accountant General of the Federation Idris Ahmed, we at the EFCC have recovered N30 billion from him,” he said.…

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