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Elixir for arraignment Oct 9 over N3bn fraud
The absence of counsel to Elixir Asset Management Limited, Elixir Investment Partners Limited along with two of their Directors, Clara-Bittinger Mshelia-Whyte and Sarah Ogbemudia has stalled the arraignment of the accused persons. The case was subsequently adjourned to October 9th, 2023 for arraignment. They had been dragged before the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on allegations of fraud…
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BREAKING: Police rescue day-old baby from sewage tank in Lagos
Police operatives of Gowon Estate Divsion in Egbeda area of Lagos State have rescued an abandoned female baby from a sewage tank. Spokesman for the state Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on his official twitter handle, disclosed that the baby was a day-old female and was found in a sewage tank at about 8:30am on Wednesday (Today). Hundeyin explained that…
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US court sentences Hushpuppi’s associate Woodberry to eight years in jail
Woodberry, also known as Olalekan Ponle, has been sentenced to eight years and three months in prison by a United States district court for engaging in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. This comes after his arrest in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, alongside his associate, Hushpuppi, a notorious Nigerian fraudster, in June 2020. Hushpuppi had already been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment…
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Nigeria to get female IG soon- says Kwara CP
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwara State Police Commissioner, Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi said a woman may soon be appointed as the Inspector General of Police in the country. According to her, the fantastic nature, perfect delivery of assignments given to women, position them fit for the position. Adelesi stated this while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday. “Women are only known…
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EFCC convicts tiler, two others, for cybercrime in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday secured the conviction of a 24-year-old tiler, Yusuf Olalekan Ibrahim from Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State over offences bordering on cybercrime. Yusuf was convicted alongside Abdulazeez Taofeek Ademola from Oyan in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State and…
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BREAKING: 18 passengers die as commercial bus collides with trailer on Lagos-Badagry Expressway
Eighteen people were killed on Sunday as a passenger bus collided with a stationary trailer at Agemowo, very close to Mowo, on the Lagos-Badagry highway. Eyewirnesses said that the accident was caused by over-speeding, which might have resulted in a brake failure. As at the time of filing this report, there have been no report of any survivor in the…
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BREAKING: Police arrest Lagos businessman who allegedly post ex-lover’s nude pictures on social media platforms
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the businessman, Amarah Kennedy, who was accused of posting nude pictures of his ex-lover on various social media platforms. Spoeksman for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known on his twitter handle on Friday. Kennedy was also accused of sharing the nude pictures on the ex-lover’s church WhatsApp groups. It would be…
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Court grants Abba Kyari ₦50m bail after 18 months in prison
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, admitted the suspended DCP Abba Kyari to a ₦50 million bail in a charge filed against him and two others by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022 against Kyari and two of his siblings;…
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Three injured as Amotekun, Immigration Officers clash In Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Three persons reportedly sustained injuries on Wednesday, when operatives of Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), codenamed Amotekun engaged in a fight with men of the Nigerian Immigration Service. It was gathered that the clash happened in front of the Amotekun command office, located at the Osun Government House Annex, Oke-Fia, Osogbo. Operatives of the two agencies…
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Police nab syndicates linked to hacking 1000 bank accounts in Nigeria
The Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of two members of a syndicate linked to the hacking of no fewer than 1000 bank accounts in Nigeria. The spokesperson for the command, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, in a press statement, said the suspects, who specialised in hacking local banks, were nabbed at their hideout in Ijebu Ode,…
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