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Boko Haram Has Built Strong Presence Close To Abuja – Bukarti

Boko Haram Has Built Strong Presence Close To Abuja – Bukarti

July 30, 2022 6:14 am

A northern-based security expert and lawyer, Bulama Bukarti has asserted that the Boko Haram terrorist group has established a presence close to Abuja, the nation’s capital.

He made the comment while speaking on a Channels Television’s Politics Today program which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

Mr. Bukarti said this was the first time the terrorist group was establishing a presence in the nation’s North-Central region.

‘In the North-Central, close to Abuja, all the three factions of Boko Haram have now successfully established themselves,’ he said.

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EFCC Apprehends 140 Suspected Yahoo Boys In Lagos

EFCC Storms Bureau De Change Firms As Naira Crashlands

July 29, 2022 9:08 pm

Some Economic and Financial Crimes Commission the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC operatives have on Friday raided the Abuja Wuse Zone 4 which is the  home to most bureaux de change isitutuitios in Abuja.

The raid which had been conducted on other locations across the country had been undertaken days after the CBN blamed currency speculators for exacerbating the crash of the naira against the dollar and other foreign currencies.

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An authoritative source at the commission told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the raid …

Hanifa Kano Court Sentences Proprietor To Death By Hanging

Hanifa: Kano Court Sentences Proprietor To Death By Hanging

July 29, 2022 6:42 am

The Kano State High Court has sentenced the proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School, Abdulmalik Tanko, to death for the kidnap and killing of five-year-old schoolgirl, Hanifa Abubakar which had generated outrage a few months ago.

The Presiding Judge, Justice Usman Na’abba, also sentenced Tanko to five years imprisonment for the four-count charges leveled against him.

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, earlier this year had vowed to sign the death sentence without further delay if given by the court.

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Until her death, Hanifa was a pupil of …

Nigerian-Born Tech Gurus Convicted In US For Money Laundering

Nigerian-Born Tech Gurus Convicted In US For Money Laundering

July 18, 2022 3:21 am

Three businessmen of Nigerian origin whose names were given as; Anslem Oshionebo, Opeyemi Odeyale and Aleoghena Okhumale have been convicted for money laundering in the United States.

Their fate was decided over the weekend after Ping Express U.S. LLC pleaded guilty to the charge which involved the failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program.

The Texas company, which transferred millions of dollars from America to Africa, admitted that it failed to play by the rules.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that though the firm was licensed to transmit money, it had no approval to conduct currency exchange.

Ping …

Panic As Gunmen Kill Seven, Injure Five In Kaduna Community

Catholic Priests Now Major Kidnap Targets For Bandits In Kaduna

July 16, 2022 9:33 am

One of the foremost Catholic clerics in Chikun, Kaduna State, Dr. Moses Bonugada has revealed that Catholic Priests are now the main kidnap targets in the State while raising an alarm over bandits’ persistent attacks on clerics in Kaduna State.

He had also specifically expressed pains over the kidnap and torture of two Catholic Priests on Friday, July 15, 2022.

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Bonugada, while speaking with Newsmen in Kaduna, on Saturday had also expressed worries over the increased attack on Catholic priests in the State for the past six months.

According …

Massive Gunshots In Osogbo As Army Detains Asiri Eniba

Massive Gunshots In Osogbo As Army Detains Asiri Eniba

July 15, 2022 11:43 am

Africa Daily News, New York has reported that there was some massive gunfire at Old Garage in Osun State on Friday as some of the thugs allegedly working for the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Oroki Branch, Osogbo, Kazeem Oyewale popularly known as Asiri Eniba exchanged bullets with the Army.

It was reported that the Oyewale was later arrested after the gun duel with operatives.

Asiri Eniba, had previously made some allegations that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, and the state Chairman of the party were threats to his life and …

Baba Ijesha Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Sexual Assault

Baba Ijesha Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Sexual Assault

July 14, 2022 5:44 pm

Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, the embattled Nollywood actor has finally met his waterloo as an Ikeja Special Offences Court has finally convicted him of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor.

Africa Daily News, New York also reports that Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, in a two-hour judgement on Thursday, convicted Baba Ijesha of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault and attempted sexual assault

Taiwo, however, discharged and acquitted him of counts one and count six, which were sexual assault by penetration and attempted sexual assault by penetration. She said the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant is …

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Lagos Police To Detain POS Operators Aiding Corrupt Officers

July 11, 2022 7:57 pm

In a fresh development, the police command in Lagos State have cast their security net after some unscrupulous Point of Sale (POS) operators who ply their trade near stations in a bid to aid extortion and swindling.

SP Benjamin Hundeyin who is the Public Relations Officer,  made the disclosure in a Twitter post.

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The police observed that those in the business specialize in hanging around police stations. Investigations found that customers are innocent Nigerians being extorted by some recalcitrant personnel.

“Their presence around the stations has made the extortion game a …

Billionaire Trader, Afam Ukatu Remanded For Tramadol Trafficking

Billionaire Trader, Afam Ukatu Remanded For Tramadol Trafficking

July 11, 2022 6:26 pm

Afam Ukatu who is a well known billionaire industrialist, has been remanded in a Correctional facility for his direct involvement in Tramadol trafficking.

A Federal High Court which had been presided over by Justice Peter Ufu, sitting in Lagos gave the order on Friday. The businessman was detained along with Sunday Ifeanyi Ibekwete, his employee and co-defendant.

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Ukatu, and his partner were detained following their arraignment by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

The unfortunate Ukatu is the Managing Director of Mallinson & Partners Ltd, whom the NDLEA alleged …

Pandemonium As Gunmen Kidnap Women Leader In Imo Church

Pandemonium As Gunmen Kidnap Women Leader In Imo Church

July 11, 2022 3:12 am

There was serious panic in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Sunday, after gunmen invaded First Baptist Church which is located on Wetheral Road, and made away with one of the women leaders in the church whose name was given as Biola Abeoye.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the victim is the wife of the General Manager of the Owerri Zoological Garden at Nekede.

One of the officials of the church, who spoke to reporters under the condition of anonymity revealed that the daredevil suspects operated in with a Toyota vehicle.

According to him, the kidnappers actually waited …

22 People Killed In Overnight Shootings In South Africa

22 People Killed In Overnight Shootings In South Africa

July 10, 2022 5:06 pm

It has been a sad weekend in South Africa as the South African Police have openly confirmed that over 14 people have been killed in a Nomzamo Park tavern in Soweto.

Nine people are also currently in hospital due to multiple injuries sustained during the unprecedented attack.

Orlando police station commander Brigadier Nonhlanhla Kubeka said investigations are still taking place at the scene and more information will be released soon.

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In another incident in which took place in another part of town, over four people have been killed while …

Ogiasa, Jonathan's Abducted Cousin Cries Out From Captivity

Ogiasa, Jonathan’s Abducted Cousin Cries Out From Captivity

July 10, 2022 11:04 am

Mike Ogiasa, the cousin of the former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who had been recently abducted  has stirred up reactions after a video of him in captivity was released. He had been crying out for his life from a shallow grace which had been filled with dirty water where he was dumped by his abductors.

The viral video which had been posted on social media recently saw Ogiasa, the former Bayelsa State Commissioner pleading for his life from the den of his abductors.

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The video showed the victim’s head covered …

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