Crime

The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change (NDIMRC) has called on Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, Commodore Ibrahim Dewo, to punish the Naval Personnel who allegedly stole N10 Billion property of ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo. Three Navy personnel deployed to protect Tompolo’s Waterfront and Jetty, near Chevron Clinic, in the Warri South West …

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Kehinde and Titilayo Omosebi were arrested on Sunday in the U.S. after their 15-year-old son,Ayanfe Omosebi, died following a 40-day fast, the police in Reedsburg,Wisconsin, said. According to the Chippewa I Herald,Police Chief Timothy Becker, said the father,Kehinde, 49, walked to the police department Sunday afternoon to report the death of his son, . When officers went to the family’s …

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The Nigeria Insurers Association (NIA) has disclosed that 5.8 million out of the 11.7 million registered vehicles plying Nigerian roads have fake insurance. On the other hand, only 5.9 million Nigerian vehicles have genuine insurance certificates. These figures, captured by the Nigerian Insurance Industry Database (NIID) of the NIA, were made available to THISDAY on Tuesday. The NIA said 5.9 …

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The Nigeria Customs Service said it recorded its highest ever monthly revenue of N140.4 billion in August 2018. The Customs Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah revealed this on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Attah, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) said the improvement was as a result of the dogged pursuit of several reform programmes. Ali highlighted …

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Folake Sokoya Adewale Olakusi has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl(name withheld) in the Ota area of Adoodo/Ota Local Government. The suspect was arrested on Saturday following a complaint by the father of the victim who reported at Onipanu Police Division that he discovered a sudden and unusual demeanor …

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Skye bank Plc has put machinery in motion to recover a debt of N9,903,790,738.98 from estate management company Senkay Nigeria limited and its Drectors Mr Mofoluso Oluyemi Ayeni and Mrs Grace Abosede Ayeni by filing an application before a Federal high court in Lagos, south west Nigeria, for an order  entering final judgment against them. In an affidavit sworn to by the head projects …

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The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, has warned importers of school uniform materials into Nigeria about some cancer-causing substances found in some school uniform materials made by two China based companies. A statement issued by the Director-General of SON, Mr Osita Aboloma on Friday in Abuja, named the companies producing the materials as Sing Shun Fat School-Clothier Company and Zenith Uniform …

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Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc (a member of Standard Bank Group) has been informed by its banking subsidiary Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC (the “Bank”) that penalties have been imposed on the Bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) pursuant to a review of transactions relating to the remittance of foreign exchange on the basis of certain “irregular” capital importation certificates …

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed four banks to refund N5.87 billion for allegedly exporting forex illegally. Making the announcement in Abuja on Wednesday, CBN also said MTN had been asked to refund $8 billion to the apex bank. Citibank, Stanbic IBTC Nigeria, Standard Chartered Bank and Diamond Bank,  are the affected banks, with Standard Chartered Bank receiving the …

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By Amos Odeh The Inspector General of Police team on the reform of Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad (FSARS), says the new reformed squad will now concentrate on two major areas of crime fighting, which are robbery and kidnapping. Mr Austin Gbaraba, an Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operations in the force headquarters, who lead the reform team to …

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