The trial of Omotola Fawehinmi, an employee of Zenith Bank Plc standing trial for an alleged N700m fraud, continued with the first prosecution witness, Prosper Eyitayo, narrating how the defendant authorised the fraudulent transactions. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting Fawehinmi before Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal[…]
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Hours after Mayam Sanda was sentenced to death by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the nation’s capital, for killing her husband, a special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on new media, Bashir Ahmad, has described the incidents as devastating and traumatic. The presidential aide made this known on[…]
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Abuja based Civil Society Organisation; the Society for Rule of Law in Nigeria (SRLN), has cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, over recent crude operational procedure of the agency, saying; the way the EFCC under Magu was going, churches, mosques or even social gatherings[…]
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Oyo state police command has said it will leave no stone unturned in unraveling the assassination of Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as Oko Oloyun. The police in a press release issued yesterday by Police Public Relations Officer, SP, Fadeyi Olugbenga, said it will interrogate the security aides who were[…]
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A Nigerian Army officer and seven soldiers have been killed in a fierce battle against Boko Haram terrorists in Mainok, 60 kilometres from Maiduguri, Borno State, North-East Nigeria. PRNigeria gathered from security sources that the deadly encounter which occurred at about 1pm on Tuesday before the troops repelled an ambush[…]
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Videolink: https://youtu.be/nfsXhraITAg Detectives from the Inspector General of Police (IGP’s) Special Tactical Squad have arrested two men who transport and supply dangerous ammunition to bandits in the North-West. The dare-devil criminals were arrested while transporting a consignment of firearms to one of their dealers inside a forest, in a blue[…]
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Solidarites International, one of the international non governmental organisations (INGOs) which had its abducted staff released on Wednesday said no ransom was paid to the abductors. A statement on Thursday by the organisation, while welcoming the release of five civilians abducted on December 22, 2019 by the terrorist group, said:[…]
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The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, jailed the Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Olusegun Runsewe, for contempt of court. Justice Jude Okeke in a ruling ordered the Inspector-General of Police to arrest him and hand him over to the Nigerian Correctional Service[…]
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VideoLink:https://youtu.be/OyyUuVoarZc A notorious gun runner, Samson Salau, has described how he buys and sells AK-47 guns and pistols to rampaging armed robbers and bandits who have been terrorizing some States in the North. In a video clip obtained by PRNigeria, Salau made the confession in Hausa while being interrogated by[…]
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A 30-year-old bank staff, Larry Ehizo, who led a five-man robbery gang to rob a First Bank branch at Mpape, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on December 28, 2019, has told narrated how he drove the armed crew in his personal car on the day of the operation. Ehizo,[…]
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