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EFCC Arrests, Quizes NDDC’s Account Director Over N25bn Fraud

EFCC Arrests, Quizes NDDC’s Account Director Over ₦25bn Fraud

August 25, 2022 5:05 am

Operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have confirmed the arrest of the Director, Finance, and Account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Eno Ubi Otu for alleged fraud.

Africa Daily News, New York can confirm that Mr. Otu is currently being grilled with regards to an alleged ₦25billion fraud.

According to reports, it was alleged that the finance director played a role in the diversion of over ₦25billion tax remittances.

The suspect who arrived at the Commission in the early hours of Wednesday, August 24, 2022 was still being interrogated as of …

Amotekun Apprehends Weed Sellers In Ogun

Amotekun Apprehends Weed Sellers In Ogun

August 23, 2022 5:46 am

The Amotekun Corps in Ogun State has announced the arrest of about seven suspected Indian hemp sellers while fighting over customers in Ogun State.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the arrested suspects are also members of Eiye and Aiye cult groups.

The Amotekun Commander in Ogun, David Akinremi, identified the suspects, who are all men between 25 and 40 years, to include: Alimi Raimi, Ayotunde Onakoya, Ogunmade Seun, Ayodele Oreoluwakintan, Taofeek Shita-bay, Ibikunle Gbengas, and Ebiruga Oluwaseun.

Akinremi revealed that they were nabbed in connection with a case of conspiracy and cultism.

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Terrorists Order Kaduna Farmers To Pay ‘Ransom In Advance’

Terrorists Order Kaduna Farmers To Pay ‘Ransom In Advance’

August 22, 2022 4:15 am

The Chairman of Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), Ishaq Usman Kasai, yesterday raised the alarm over the recent discovery that a very huge amount is now being demanded by terrorists in their communities before they could allow them to go to farms and successfully harvest their farm produce.

According to him the huge amount is meant to serve as ransom payment in ‘advance’ for them to have free access to their farms.

In a statement he issued to journalists in Kaduna on Sunday, he stated that they have no option than to negotiate with the terrorists as farming activities have …

Wrestler Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife In Adamawa

Wrestler Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife In Adamawa

August 18, 2022 5:43 am
Mr. Thank-You Grim who is a wrestler from the Guyuk Local Government Area of Adamawa State has been given a death sentence as he is to die by hanging for the murder of his wife Kwalla Grim. 
Africa Daily News, New York reports that after being found guilty of murder by the court, the wrestler, Thank-You Grim, who was being prosecuted by Justice Nathan Musa, Chief Judge of Adamawa State—was condemned to death.
Justice Musa said the following while delivering his ruling yesterday said:, ‘The prosecution was able to prove with cogent evidence that the convict actually killed the deceased.
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Judge Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife In Egypt

Judge Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife In Egypt

August 17, 2022 5:49 am

An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced a judge to death for murdering his wife, the judiciary stated, in the third high-profile femicide case in the country in two months.

The criminal court decided ‘to refer the judge who killed TV presenter Shaimaa Gamal, and his accomplice, to the Grand Mufti of Egypt’ — a formality in death penalty cases.

The public prosecutor’s office said last month that the judicial official concerned, Ayman Haggag, had been charged over the ‘premeditated murder’ of his wife, along with the accomplice, businessman Hussein al-Gharabli.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that nearly three weeks after …

Court Slams Alleged Kidnap Kingpin, Wadume, Seven Years Jail Time

Court Slams Alleged Kidnap Kingpin, Wadume, Seven Years Jail Time

August 15, 2022 8:44 pm

One of the foremost judges, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja has slammed a seven-year jail term on alleged kidnap kingpin, Mr Hamisu Bala, aka Wadume for his wrongdoings.

Justice Nyako had handed down most of the sentences after she had found him guilty of charges relating to escaping from lawful custody, as well as illegal dealings in prohibited firearms.

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Besides Wadume, the court had also slammed down jail terms on Uba Bala (aka Uba Delu) and Zubairu Abdullahi (aka Basho) for seven years each, while Aliyu …

Gov. Abiodun Vents As Miss MAPOLY, Odeh Is Found Dead

Gov. Abiodun Vents As Miss MAPOLY, Odeh Is Found Dead

August 14, 2022 5:49 pm

Miss Happiness Odeh who had been beauty queen and student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has been found dead after she had been abducted some days ago.

Odeh, who had also won the Miss MAPOLY beauty contest on August 3, had been kidnapped on Tuesday, August 9.

However, MAPOLY Students Union Government (SUG) had also confirmed the tragic murder on Sunday.

Read Also: Gov Abiodun: Ogun Students Debunk Claims Of Rigging In 2019

After days of a security alert on her abduction, the SUG President of MAPOLY, Sodiq Ajani, and the Public Relations Officer, Joy …

At Least 36 Kidnapped As Bandits Attack Kaduna Again

35 Kidnap Victims In Kaduna Released By Bandits, One Held Back

August 13, 2022 2:19 pm

Fresh reports hitting the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that some thirty-five persons who had been abducted by bandits three weeks ago at Keke B Millennium City, Kaduna State have regained their freedom.

It can be recalled that some unidentified gunmen who have been suspected to be bandits had on Monday July 25, 2022, abducted some 35 People from Kaduna Millenium City.

Read Also: Bandits Invade Katsina Metropolis, Kill 4, Abduct Scores

Although nothing had been heard about the victims, relatives had been making frantic efforts to reach out to their captors.

However, out of 36 …

Unknown Persons Steal ₦31m Cash From Katsina Government House

Unknown Persons Steal ₦31m Cash From Katsina Government House

August 12, 2022 6:50 am

The Government of Katsina State has confirmed the stealing of millions of naira by some yet-to-be-identified miscreants unknown persons at the account section of the State Government House.

The Director-General to the governor on New Media, Alhaji Al-Amin Isah, confirmed the incident in an interview with journalists on Thursday.

Although Isah couldn’t disclose the amount stolen, he said that some of the suspects were already in police custody undergoing investigation.

‘Yes, it’s true that some money was alleged to have been stolen as you have asked. We have already reported the matter to the police for investigation. I can not …

Terrorists Kidnap Ango Abdullahi’s Family Members In Kaduna

Terrorists Kidnap Ango Abdullahi’s Family Members In Kaduna

August 11, 2022 4:00 am

Reports hitting the desk of Africa Daily News, New York right now have it that suspected terrorists have kidnapped a woman and her four children in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The abducted woman is reportedly the daughter-in-law of the village head of Yakawada, Alhaji Rilwanu Saidu, an elder brother of the Chairman of the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi.

At the time of filing this report, Police authorities were yet to comment on the incident, but a close relative of the family, Umar Sani, told Channels Television that the woman, Ramatu Samaila, was abducted along …

Bandits Invade Katsina Metropolis, Kill 4, Abduct Scores

Bandits Invade Katsina Metropolis, Kill 4, Abduct Scores

August 8, 2022 5:12 am

There is apprehension that terrorists may have relocated to the Katsina metropolis in numbers after four people were killed and many others kidnapped over the weekend in the state.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that terrorists had yesterday struck in the metropolis, killing two members of a local vigilance group behind the Umaru Musa Yar’adua University Teaching Hospital (Federal Medical Centre) in the heart of the city.

Residents of Shola Quarters said the terrorists invaded the area at about 2am, abducting an unconfirmed number of persons, among them a couple, Yusuf Bishir and his wife, who just wedded.

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NDLEA Nabs ‘Pastor’ With Drums Of Mkpuru Mmiri

NDLEA Nabs ‘Pastor’ With Drums Of ‘Mkpuru Mmiri’

August 8, 2022 3:44 am

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of a cleric Pastor Anietie Okon Effiong who was in possession of three drums of crystal methamphetamine, locally called Mkpuru Mmiri.

According to the anti-drug abuse agency, the consignment was believed to have been imported from India.

NDLEA’s Director of Media & Advocacy Femi Babafemi in a statement which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday said; ‘The consignment weighing 90 kilograms and loaded into a commercial bus with registration number RSH 691XC at Ojuelegba in Lagos was intercepted during a stop and search …

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