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BREAKING: EFCC grills Diezani’s husband, Alison Madueke for laundering $600,000 …. TheNiche
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Wednesday confirmed to The Niche Online that its operatives were grilling Rear Admiral Alison Amaechina Madueke, husband of immediate-past minister for Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke, for laundering $600,000 […]
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Tackling Boko Haram’s new threats……..PUNCH
IT is high time we re-strategised on how to win the war on terror that has raged for seven blood-soaked years. This is because the Islamist terror group has stepped up its deadly campaign through […]
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Kidnapping in FESTAC, Igbo factor and Police By Clement Udegbe
AN Igbo proverb, says that when the birds start flying without perching , hunters learn how to shoot and hit, without aiming, and that is the origin of the name “ Ogbanufe” meaning, one who […]
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Eight years on, Kenya still failing women raped in election violence……GUARDIAN
As an orphan, Adhiambo shuttled between the homes of relatives in one of Nairobi’s poorest neighbourhoods during school holidays. One of those trips, in December 2007, ended in violence. She was gang-raped by about 10 […]
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Zimbabwe impounds US-registered jet after body and cash found on board……GUARDIAN
Zimbabwe aviation authorities have impounded a US-registered cargo jet after a dead body believed to be a stowaway and millions of South African rand were found on board. The Herald, a state-run newspaper, reported that […]
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Deadly air strikes hit hospitals in northern Syria……..Aljazeera
At least 21 people have been killed and dozens others injured in air strikes and rocket attacks on a school and three hospitals in separate locations in northern Syria, Al Jazeera has learned. In […]
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Why more people are committing suicide in Katsina ……..DAILY TRUST
In Dutsi town, Fatima Mamman wept profusely when she stumbled on the lifeless body of her son, Sahabi Mamman, dangling on a thick rope round his neck. Sahabi, a 32-year-old primary school teacher, had locked […]
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$26M Halliburton Bribe: FG Moves Against Suspects …….. VANGUARD
THE Federal Government has made good its threat to unveil and punish all those involved in the Halliburton fraud, which made international headlines. Nigeria is said to have lost at least $26 million to corrupt […]
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Drama as EFCC storms aviation sector……..TRIBUNE
The ongoing anti – corruption crusade of the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration reached the country’s aviation sector yesterday when the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) stormed the corporate headquarters […]
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Jonathan’s ex-ADC, seven top officers land in EFCC net……PUNCH
The Nigerian Army has interrogated Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, the Aide-de-Camp to former President Goodluck Jonathan, in connection with the ongoing probe into the alleged arms procurement scandal. The PUNCH reliably gathered on Thursday that Adegbe, […]
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Man stoned to death over electricity bill…….VANGUARD
A 36-years-old man, Felix Omokhoa is facing murder charge at Ekpoma Magistrate Court, Ekpoma-Edo State, for allegedly stoning to death his neighbour, one Richard Ikekhua over electricity bill. The accused who allegedly committed the crime […]
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Nigeria’s Most Wanted Corruption Suspect Lives in UK – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that one of Nigeria’s biggest corruption suspects is currently residing in the United Kingdom. Buhari said this during an interview with The Telegraph.
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EFCC ‘investigating’ Okonjo- Iweala, Diezani, Aluko………THE NATION
The former Minister of Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in connection with corruption cases perpetrated during the last administration, the chairman of the anti-graft agency, […]
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NSCDC arrests blind man for aiding criminals……PUNCH
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kaduna State have arrested a blind man, for harbouring, aiding and abetting a criminal gang allegedly involved in cattle rustling, kidnapping and other crimes in […]
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Cologne, reporter groped while covering Carnival on live television……CNN
The city of Cologne, Germany, fell back into the spotlight of sexual assault this week, when its annual street Carnival kicked off. A woman reporting from the city center for a Belgian broadcaster was groped […]
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Boko Haram controls half of Borno, says Senator Garbai……PUNCH
The Senator representing Borno Central, Baba Kaka Garbai has said that the story that the insurgents have been degraded is nothing but a lie as the terror group still hold on strong to about 50 […]
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Video of police ‘fleeing’ crime scene before murder goes viral……BBC
A video that appears to show armed policemen fleeing a scene seconds before a murder takes place has gone viral. In the mobile phone footage the officers seemingly ignore bystanders who want them to intervene […]
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Magu seeks UAE’s backing on looted cash ……. NATION
THE Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, yesterday met with the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Nigeria, Mahmud Muhammad Al- Mahmud, to seek the country’s support to track looted funds […]
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Nigerian govt. recovers over $14million in unpaid oil royalty from Jide Omokore’s firm
The Nigerian government has succeeded in compelling the Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited, jide Omokore to cough out over $14m, being crude oil royalty which his company failed to remit to the […]