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Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) has recovered more than $23 million stolen from Nigeria by the country's late military dictator Sani Abacha, it said on Thursday, the latest in a series of similar recoveries around the world. Abacha ruled Africa's most populous nation and top oil exporter from 1993 until his death in 1998, a period during which he stole up to $5 billion of public money, according to Transparency International. He was never charged. The money recovered in Britain forms part of a larger pool of funds identified by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as having been misappropriated…
Kautukari, a community in Chibok LGA of Borno state, is currently under attack by suspected fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). A resident told TheCable that the insurgents invaded the community around 6pm on Tuesday and started shooting randomly. The suspected ISWAP fighters are reportedly setting houses ablaze while locals are fleeing into the bush for safety. Soldiers stationed at a military forward operation base (FOB) in Kada, two kilometres away from Kautukari, were said to have been dislodged. TheCable, however, understands that troops have been mobilised from the army’s 117 battalion in Chibok town to…
Armed gangs who kidnapped dozens of passengers in an attack on Abuja-Kaduna train are using civilians as human shields, making it difficult for the military to carry out a rescue mission, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday. Nigeria's state railway company said last month that 168 people were missing following the March 28 attack. Local media last week showed a video of victims of the kidnap, including a baby recently born to one of the abducted women. Reuters could not verify the video's authenticity. Buhari said the government, which has been criticised for not doing enough to rescue the passengers,…
Gunmen, on Saturday, killed two soldiers, at an unknown location in Imo State, Nigeria’s Southeast. The victims, A. M. Linus, said to be a Sergeant of the Nigerian Army, and his unidentified wife, said to be a lance corporal in the Army, were reportedly beheaded after being shot dead by the gunmen. Their corpses were said to have been dismembered by the gunmen. A gory image of their heads has gone viral on various social media platforms. A phone conversation with the suspected gunmen, believed to have been initiated by a friend to the slain female soldier, has surfaced online.…
Gunmen on Monday, killed four persons, including a police officer, in two communities in Anambra State, Nigeria’s Southeast. Two of the victims who were killed in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area, were brothers. The duo, identified as Godwin Ikechukwu Modobi and Nnajiofor Modobi hailed from Umuhu village in the community. Two other persons were killed near a church, along Udorji road, Ozubulu, in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state. The latest attacks were coming barely four days after about five persons were killed at a beer parlour in Osumenyi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state. Nnajiofor…
Terrorists who kidnapped the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have released Sadiq Ango Abdullahi, son of the Chairman of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Ango Abdullahi. Sadiq, who has spent over one month in captivity with other victims, was said to have been released last Friday after the payment of ransom to the terrorists. Sadiq, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, was among those in the Business Class coach of the train, who were abducted by the gunmen. Sadiq had on February 5, 2022 dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress for the PDP. Terrorists had on March 29 bombed the Abuja-Kaduna rail tracks…
At least five people including two personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been killed by suspected herdsmen, while others were injured in separate attacks on two local government areas of Benue State on Thursday and Friday last week. Our correspondent gathered that two NSCDC personnel and a driver with the Benue Livestock Guards, were killed while they were on an official duty at Adaka community of Makurdi on Friday. It was further gathered that two people were killed on Thursday evening at Tse-Tume in Turan council ward of Logo Local Government Area of the state.…
Gunmen have invaded a ‘beer parlour’ in Obiofia village in Osumenyi, in the Nnewi-South Local Government Area of Anambra State, and killed five persons. According to an eyewitness, the incident happened at the Uto Ndu beer drinking joint late Friday. It was gathered that the unidentified gunmen invaded the restaurant at about 8:00pm on Friday and immediately opened fire on the customers who were drinking and having fun. About five of them, including the owner of the restaurant, identified as Uto Ndu, were said to have been killed. Videos from the scene of the incident, which are currently trending on…
The defendant Gbenga Daniel was arraigned in court on the 11th of October 2011, on a 16 count charge which was amended at various times and the final charge (4th amended Charge) had a total of 32 counts. In the course of the trial the EFCC called 35 witnesses and tendered over 1000 documents as exhibits. At the close of the prosecution’s case, the Defense team filed a NO CASE SUBMISSION to the effect that the EFCC had no case against the defendant and that there was no evidence of wrong doing to prove an essential element in the alleged…
Senate on Wednesday passed a bill imposing jail terms of at least 15 years for paying a ransom to free someone who has been kidnapped, and made abduction punishable by death in cases where victims die. Armed gangs operating mostly in Northeastern and Northcentral states of Nigeria have for more than a decade spread terror through kidnappings for ransom, targeting students, villagers and motorists on highways. They have also killed thousands of people. The bill, which amends Nigeria's terrorism law, mandates the death penalty for convicted kidnappers where the abduction leads to loss of life, and life imprisonment in other…
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