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Police Arrest Syndicate Who Buy Cars With Fake Bank Alerts In Enugu

24Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Police Arrest Syndicate Who Buy Cars With Fake Bank Alerts In Enugu

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested 11 criminal suspects for different offences, including murder, kidnapping, child trafficking, armed robbery and stealing. Parading the suspects on Thursday at the state police headquarters, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abubakar Lawal, told journalists that they were arrested within the month. Among the 11 suspects were Odoh Tochukwu, Ifenyinwa Okonkwo and Ogbodo Emmanuel, who were alleged to be fraudsters who specialised in stealing vehicles from car dealers with fake bank alerts. According to the commissioner, the suspects were arrested at different locations between December 7 and 13, 2021, by police detectives attached to the Anti-Robbery Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department following intelligence on their crimi...

Labour Decries Worsening Power Supply Across Nigeria

23Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Labour Decries Worsening Power Supply Across Nigeria

National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has decried the worsening electricity supply across the country eight years after the privatization of the assets of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. President of NUEE, Engr. Martin Uzoegwu, in Lagos, contended that the only workable and practicable option for resolving the challenges facing the power sector was “a total reversal of the whole privatization exercise because it is not working and cannot work.” According to him: “We reiterate like we have done in the last 13 years that the solution to the power challenge in the Electric Power Reform process is total commercialization of the sector. This option will give the companies the opportunity to charge economic tariffs with human face considering the purchasing ...

Electoral Bill: Senators Dissolve Into Closed-door Session

22Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Electoral Bill: Senators Dissolve Into Closed-door Session

Senators have dissolved into a closed-door session to deliberate on the letter of President Muhammadu Buhari and take a position on the withholding of assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment bill. Soon after the Senate resumed plenary Wednesday, the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan at 10.36 called for an Executive session. Apparently out to override President Buhari’s veto on the Electoral Act Amendment bill, the machines at the hallowed Chamber have already been tested to ascertain whether or not they are working and the board showed clearly that the machines are in good order. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday written the Senate and the House of Representatives, withholding assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment bill that was passed by the National Ass...

IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members

22Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Youths

IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members

IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Alleged Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members Of Pro-Biafra Group. The group also blamed the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma for the recent abductions and gruesome killing of traditional rulers in the state The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied that any of its members are cannibals following the recent arrest of alleged cannibals said to members of the pro-Biafra group and its militia wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN). The group also blamed the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma for the recent abductions and gruesome killing of traditional rulers in the state. It disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, which was made available to SaharaReporters on Tuesday. The statement read, “Following the in...

EFCC Official Reveals AGF Malami’s Role In Unfreezing Accounts

21Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Breaking News, Corruption, News, Nigeria

EFCC Official Reveals AGF Malami’s Role In Unfreezing Accounts

In a leaked audio, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mohammed Idris, has revealed how the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, compromised cases of corruption in the country. Mr Malami had recommended the appointment of the current EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, to President Muhammadu Buhari in February this year. In one of the multiple audio recordings exclusively obtained by DAILY NIGERIAN and verified by some insiders, the EFCC operative was discussing with one Abdulbari Yusuf, a younger brother to a retired Rear Admiral and former Director of Navy Accounts, Tahir Yusuf, who was facing charges of corruption. Mr Idris, who is a lawyer, was also heard giving Mr Yusuf’s brother hints on how to defeat the anti-graft commission at th...

Delta to Sustain Partnership with FRSC on Safe Roads Throughout Christmas Season

21Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety

Delta to Sustain Partnership with FRSC on Safe Roads Throughout Christmas Season

Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa says his administration will sustain its partnership with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to ensure safety on roads in the state, especially during the yuletide. Okowa stated this at a joint media briefing he held at Government House, Asaba, with the Corps Marshal of FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, on traffic management in the state during the Christmas season. He assured that the state government will continue to do all that is necessary to support the Corps in ensuring free flow of traffic across the state. The governor thanked Oyeyemi for the interest he had taken in traffic management in Delta during every yuletide, saying "there is no doubt that a lot of work is being done to ensure free flow of traffic through the River Niger bridge as a lot of tr...

Desperate Opposition Politicians Out To Run Down Buhari’s Achievements – Lai Mohammed

20Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Interview, Nigeria

Desperate Opposition Politicians Out To Run Down Buhari’s Achievements – Lai Mohammed

Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, yesterday claimed naysayers, sponsored attackers and desperate opposition politicians are out to run down the President Muhammadu Buhari’s unprecedented achievements. He said President Buhari has kept Nigeria afloat amidst myriad of challenges buffeting the country and added that he has also set the country on a trajectory of growth and development. The minister stated this in Ilorin, Kwara State, in commemoration of President Buhari’s 79th birthday anniversary. “President Buhari is a steady hand in troubled times, and that explains why, presiding over the affairs of the country at a most turbulent period, he has managed to keep the nation afloat, and even set it on a trajectory of growth and development. “Despite a myriad of secu...

Joseph Nwobike Beats EFCC At The Supreme Court, Gets Reinstated As SAN

20Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

Joseph Nwobike Beats EFCC At The Supreme Court, Gets Reinstated As SAN

The Supreme Court has upturned the conviction of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Joseph Agburuwhuo Nwobike. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned him before a Lagos State High Court for the perversion of justice. The 18 counts bordered on attempting to pervert the course of justice, offering gratification to a public officer and giving false information to an EFCC official. He was convicted in 2018 on 12 of the counts by Justice Raliatu Adebiyi. Nwobike was subsequently stripped of his SAN title. See Also: EFCC Charges Kenneth Minimah, Others With ₦13 Billion Fraud Dissatisfied with his conviction, he appealed the matter but the Court of Appeal upheld the conviction. However, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola...

Names Of Sponsors Of Imo Insecurity To Be Named by January – Uzodinma

19Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Names Of Sponsors Of Imo Insecurity To Be Named by January – Uzodinma

The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Saturday said 18 suspects arrested by security agencies have given dependable evidence on the names of sponsors of insecurity in Imo state, adding that their names will be reeled out on 3 January 2022. The governor disclosed this in Owerri while addressing elected officials of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. According to Uzodimma, the names of the sponsors will be made known during his Imo stakeholders meeting in January. According to the governor, “APC is the Party in power in Imo State and remains the Party to beat and as such, his government will not shy away from supporting the Party that created the government. We will grow the Party. The Party will be involved in my government. We will support the Party that created...

Gunmen Kill Vigilante, Abduct DSS Officer In Abuja

19Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Gunmen Kill Vigilante, Abduct DSS Officer In Abuja

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a Department of State Services operative during an attack on residents in Abaji, Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Saturday. The hoodlums also reportedly killed a vigilante member during the incident which occurred overnight. The armed men were said to have invaded the community in their numbers and attacked a DSS outpost in the area. During the exchange of gunshots with the DSS operatives, the gunmen successfully kidnapped a DSS operative. Our correspondent could not confirm if the gang had demanded a ransom for the abducted officer. See Also: Army Will Engage In War Against Bandits – Farouk Yahaya The FCT police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said she did not have information on the incident and...