Crime

Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Nwanneka Ekweremadu and son on Tuesday survived an assassination attempt at his Apo Quarters in the country’s capital, Abuja. “The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and son escaped an assassination attempt at about 4 am on Tuesday,” Uche Anichukwu, special adviser on media to the Deputy President …

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…As 3 Banks fail liquidity ratio requirement The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that commercial banks in the country lost a total of N12.06 billion to fraud and forgeries in the first six months of 2018. This is just as the banking sector regulator revealed that as of June 2018, three commercial banks did not have the prescribed minimum …

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The remains of Muhammed Alkali, the retired army general, who was declared missing on September 3, have been found in an abandoned well in Guchwet, Shen of Jos south local government area of Plateau state. A source disclosed this to TheCable, saying the military authorities would soon make it public. Umar Mohammed, leader of the operation search and rescue, later …

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Pirates have seized 11 crew members from the container ship Pomerenia Sky off the coast of Nigeria. The Liberia-flagged vessel was headed for the Nigerian port of Onne on Saturday morning when the attack occurred, reports ship manager Midocean (IOM). Those abducted include eight from Poland, two Filipinos and a Ukrainian. Nine crew members remain on board the vessel and are reportedly …

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No fewer than three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) died on Saturday in a clash with troops of Army Headquarters Garrison escorting ammunitions and missiles from Abuja. Two soldiers also sustained varying degrees of injuries from the attack and one of the dead has been identified as Abdulazziz Maigana. The troops on official assignment to Army Central …

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Special fraud unit of the Nigeria Police force has filed amended criminal charge against a legal practitioner Barrister Chito Ezeani, a businessman Linus Uchenna Okoro, and a limited liability company Amazing Grace properties and agency alleged to have been involved in obtaining by false pretence. In the amended seven count criminal charge number FHC/L/163C/2018 filed before a Federal high court …

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Tayo Olanipekun Negotiations for release of Leah Sharibu may be futile once she gets pregnant in Boko Haram captivity, a journalist with sources among the insurgents has said. Even when Sharibu, the remaining of the Dapchi girls, held for her Christian faith, gives birth, she cannot be separated with her baby until the child turns seven, the journalist, Ahmad Salkida, …

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The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos-Nigeria has appealed for the release of two journalists abducted since Saturday night. In a release made available by IPC’s Safety Desk Officer, Melody Akinjiyan, Mr. Jerry Jojo- Gana and Mr. Uboh were abducted at about 10p.m on Saturday October 20, 2018, while returning from work in Nasarawa State. According to Report from Vanguard Newspaper, …

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The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted a N50m bail to the immediate-past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, who is facing N2.2bn fraud charges. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, on Wednesday, granted Fayose bail with two sureties in like sum. The judge said one of the sureties is to sign N50m bond from a reputable bank; while the other …

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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said it is horrified by the killings of at least 12 farmers in Kalle village, Borno State, last weekend.  “The level of violence registered lately in Northeast Nigeria is alarming. Farmers have been easy targets. These attacks risk making people too afraid to cultivate their land and may worsen the existing food crisis,” said …

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