Crime

Gunmen have abducted at least 10 healthcare workers in Niger state and killed an unspecified number after bandits invaded a general hospital early on Tuesday, a hospital and military source said. Armed bandits operating for cash have kidnapped or killed hundreds across northwest and Northcentral Nigeria. Niger state officials have said that Islamist militant group Boko Haram had taken over multiple communities in the state, offering villagers money and incorporating them in their ranks to fight the government. The hospital source said more than 20 staff were kidnapped, including patient relatives, while the security source said two people had been…
Tuesday, 18 October 2022 06:11

Gunmen attack church during service, kill 2

Gunmen attacked a church in northcentral Nigeria during a service, killing a woman and her young daughter, a government official said Monday as the hunt for the suspects intensified. The motorcycle-riding assailants arrived at the Celestial Church on Sunday and fatally shot the two victims, according to Jerry Omodara, Kogi state’s top security official. The church is located in the Lokoja area of Kogi state, 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. Sunday’s violence renewed concerns about safety at houses of worship in Nigeria, where at least seven attacks have targeted churches or mosques so far this year.…
Operatives of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, TSSNL, and security officials have uncovered a key illegal underwater pipeline and platform connected to the 48-inch Trans-Forcados Export Trunk Line in Delta State from which bunkers, together with government and security accomplices, directly siphon cleaned crude oil into ships and export overseas. The unearthing of the criminal pipeline and platform attached to the trunk line, operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, is a major breakthrough in the renewed bid by the Federal Government, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, Ministry of Defense and other stakeholders to stop oil theft in…
Friday, 14 October 2022 05:38

Nnamdi Kanu discharged, not acquitted - FG

PRESS RELEASE Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has received news of the decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the trial of Nnamdi Kanu. For the avoidance of doubt and by the verdict of the Court, Kanu was only discharged and not acquitted. Consequently, the appropriate legal options before the authorities will be exploited and communicated accordingly to the public. The decision handed down by the court of appeal was on a single issue that borders on rendition. Let it be made clear to the general public that other issues that predated rendition…
Oil major Shell's Nigerian subsidiary is investigating reports that an illegal oil tap ran for nine years on a pipeline it operates, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. An NNPC spokesman said on Sunday the theft point extended from the Trans Escravos pipeline and that the Afremo platform, operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), was the suspected exit point of the stolen crude. "We are also conducting an investigation to establish where the theft lines end and whether there have been any breaches of the unmanned platform's security barriers (locks etc.) or any unauthorised use of the…
The daughter of an elder fraud victim is sharing her story, warning other families of online scammers after her father lost everything to what he believed to be an online romance. Angie Kennard joined "Fox & Friends First" Wednesday to share her story after her late father, Donald Griffith, lost $750,000 to a ring of Nigerian scammers. "Stay as involved as possible, seek an accountant, financial advisors early on as possible so that you understand what they're going through and what their situation is," Kennard told co-host Carley Shimkus. "Keep them away from dangerous Internet sites and just do as…
Nigerian Navy has fingered International Oil Companies (IOCs) and Multinational Oil Companies (MOCs) as syndicates in the crude oil theft ring in the Niger Delta region. It accused the IOCs and MOCs of deliberately allowing their oil heads open to crude oil thieves to tap into. Aside, it said old oil heads were abandoned all in the guise of it not being economically viable. Specifically, it said each time it alerted the OICs and MOCs of spillage from oil heads, their responses were usually very odd. Recalled that the Minister of State, for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, recently said the…
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy and Tantita Security Services, a firm operated by Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo) last night set ablaze an illegal oil bunkering vessel arrested with stolen crude oil aboard in Escravos area of Delta State. The vessel was arrested last Thursday, with seven crew members close to Escravos in Warri Southwest Local government area of the state. At the point of arrest, between 600 to 650 cubic metres of illegally lifted crude oil in five compartments was said to be on board the vessel with registration number L85 B9.50. Nigerian Navy and Tantita Security Services personnel set…
Gunmen have shot four soldiers dead in Iyiachi community in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State. The attack came 24 hours after a police station was attacked and set ablaze in the same local government. Two people, including a policeman and a civilian who had gone to the station to lodge a complaint, were killed by the gunmen. Though details of the attack were still sketchy at press time, a viral video showed the dead bodies of the dead soldiers. In a related development, gunmen yesterday set ablaze a section of Ezza North Local Government Area Headquarters in…
Officials in Nigeria discovered an illegal connection line from one of its major oil export terminals into the sea that had been operating undetected for nine years, head of state oil company NNPC Ltd said. The 4-kilometre (2.5-mile) connection from the Forcados export terminal, which typically exports around 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil, into the sea was found during a clamp-down on theft in the past six weeks, NNPC Chief Executive Mele Kyari told a parliamentary committee late on Tuesday. "Oil theft in the country has been going on for over 22 years but the dimension and rate…
November 13, 2024

DSTV, GoTV operator lost 243,000 subscribers in 6 months due to weak purchasing power of…

Multichoice Group, an African pay-TV operator, says its Nigerian subsidiary lost 243,000 subscribers across its…
November 12, 2024

Ex-Gov Aregbesola warns of imminent revolution in Nigeria amid rising misery, hunger, insecurity

Former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has issued a stark warning about the worsening socio-economic…
November 13, 2024

Why being wrong is good for you - The Economist

“Mistakes are the portals of discovery,” wrote James Joyce in “Ulysses”. In 1888 Lee Kum…
November 09, 2024

Sick man brought to bank on hospital bed to confirm his identity

A severely sick Chinese man was pushed to a local bank branch on a hospital…
November 12, 2024

US court issues fresh arrest warrant for Air Peace CEO Allen Onyema

A United States court has reissued an order for the arrest of Allen Onyema, the…
November 13, 2024

What to know after Day 993 of Russia-Ukraine war

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November 11, 2024

Hackers are targeting people who type these six words into their computer, smartphones

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October 27, 2024

Nigeria awarded 3-0 win over Libya after airport fiasco

Nigeria have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Libya, and three vital points, from their…

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