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EFCC Raises Alarm Over Magu, Agency Blackmail

EFCC Raises Alarm Over Magu, Agency Blackmail

May 20, 2020 12:22 pm
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised an alarm of blackmail and smear attacks against the agency and the Chairman, Ibrahim Magu.

Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Wednesday, said the EFCC has enough facts about the sponsors of such insidious campaigns.

He said corruption will always fight back and that the agency was not surprised by the actions of “some overseas-based, politically-exposed and disgraced elements being investigated for unnerving acts of corruption”.

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EFCC noted that it was uncharitable to link Magu with the ownership of some

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Journalist, Family Detained For Criticising Lai Mohammed – CDHR

Journalist, Family Detained For Criticising Lai Mohammed – CDHR

May 20, 2020 6:59 am

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR says radio personality, Rotimi Jolayemi, is being illegally detained by the Nigeria Police.

Jolayemi is fondly called Oba Akewi.

The journalist had recited a poem that was critical of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed.

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Reports say Jolayemi is currently in the custody of the Federal Investigation Bureau of the Force.

Also arrested were Jolayemi’s family members.

The human rights defence group made the allegation in a statement by its President, Osagie Obayuwana.

CDHR noted that “Jolayemi is said …

FCT Shuts Down Pacific Hotel For Violating Restriction Order

FCT Shuts Down Pacific Hotel For Violating Restriction Order

May 20, 2020 6:41 am
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Task Team on Enforcement of COVID-19 Restriction on Tuesday, sealed-off Pacific Hotel and Guest Inn for violating the Presidential ban on hotels operation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The task force team sealed the hotel situated at Boundary Road, Nyanya, Abuja following a court order granted by an FCT Magistrates’ Court sitting at the Eagle Square.

The guest inn was also sealed off for breaching the presidential order of lockdown.

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Chairman of the task team, Ikharo Attah, said several people who were eating and drinking were

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How To Escape From Handcuffs

How To Escape From Handcuffs

May 20, 2020 5:06 am

Handcuffs come in different varieties and make, they have the Smith and Wesson handcuffs, the safari handcuffs, and so on.

And the majority of these handcuffs have the same thing in common: THEIR KEY.

They all use the same type of double teethed key as an opening mechanism. You can even use a set of keys that don’t even belong to that particular make of handcuffs.

Now, to business.

How to get out of a pair of handcuffs. This method doesn’t require you to break your thumb or using engine or baby oil to facilitate removal. This method is fool-proof …

Saudi Attacker On US Base Had Longstanding Al-Qaeda Ties - US

Saudi Attacker On US Base Had Longstanding Al-Qaeda Ties: US

May 18, 2020 5:38 pm

The Saudi military student who killed three Americans at a US naval base in December had longstanding ties to al-Qaeda and planned an attack before he arrived in the United States, US justice officials said Monday.

The December 6 attack by Mohammed Alshamrani, a Royal Saudi Air Force flight student at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, “was actually the culmination of years of planning and preparation,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Evidence discovered on an encrypted cellphone shows he was radicalized at least as far back as 2015, and has since been associating with “dangerous” operatives from the …

Police Parades Suspected Kidnappers Of Islamic Cleric’s Twins

Police Parades Suspected Kidnappers Of Islamic Cleric’s Twins

May 18, 2020 3:39 pm

Oyo State Police Command on Monday paraded no fewer than seven (7) suspected kidnappers who kidnapped twins of an Ibadan-based Islamic cleric, Sheik Taofeek Akewugbagold.

The twins; a male and female were abducted at the residence of the Islamic cleric.

But, the police on Monday said it has arrested seven persons who kidnapped the twins.

Read Also: Kidnapped Oyo Islamic Cleric’s Twins Regain Freedom

Commissioner of Police, Mr. Shina Olukolu who paraded the suspected kidnappers said that RILDWAN TAIWO, RAFIU MUTIU, OLUMIDE AJALA, FATAI AKANJI, RAFIU MODINAT, BASHIRU MOHAMMED and OPEYEMI OYELEYE were arrested in connection with the kidnap.

Exhibits …

Monster Dad Arrested After Raping His Daughter For 8yrs

Monster Dad Arrested After Raping His Daughter For 8yrs

May 18, 2020 1:07 pm

A 50-year-old man has been arrested by Lagos state police command for alleged defilement of his 19-year-old daughter since she was 11.

The spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elkana, said the suspect was arrested after his 45-year-old wife reported the matter at the Ikotun police station.

According to Bala Elkana, the man and his family reside at Kajola Street in Ikotun.

The suspect’s incestuous behavior was discovered by his wife after she noticed their daughter was being disrespectful towards him.

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The woman was said to have asked …

Nigerian Scammers File Bogus Jobless Claims In Us

Nigerian Scammers File Bogus Jobless Claims In U.S.

May 17, 2020 6:02 am

A Labour office in New York: Nigerian scammers steals millions of dollars in jobless claims

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a vast fraud ring of suspected Nigerian hackers using bogus unemployment claims to steal hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars intended to help jobless Americans.

The crime ring is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis by flooding overwhelmed state unemployment offices with bogus claims in the names of Americans who are still working, according to a memo reported by Krebs on Security.

The memo, sent to Secret Service field offices on Thursday, said that ‘substantial amount of the …

Wanted Rwandan Arrested In Paris Over 1994 Genocide

Wanted Rwandan Arrested In Paris Over 1994 Genocide

May 17, 2020 5:25 am

French authorities said on Saturday that they had arrested a Rwandan man with a 5-million-dollar bounty on his head and who is among the most wanted for the 1994 genocide in the East African country.

Felicien Kabuga was arrested in Paris as a result of a joint investigation with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) at the UN Office of the Prosecutor, the authorities in France said.

Rwandan prosecutors welcomed the arrest and said the country would continue to collaborate with the UN body to ensure the delivery of justice.

French police said they arrested Kabuga in a …

Nigeria’s Defence Chief, Olonisakin Risks Imprisonment

Nigeria’s Defence Chief, Olonisakin Risks Imprisonment

May 16, 2020 12:48 pm
The National Industrial Court (NIC) has ruled that a contempt of court charge be filed against the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel Abayomi Olonisakin, over the alleged refusal to comply with valid orders.

Olonisakin may be committed to two years imprisonment if found guilty.

PRNigeria reports that the leave to file the charge was granted to Lt-Col. Abdulfatai Mohammed by Justice Sanusi Kado of the NIC, following the Nigerian Army’s refusal to reabsorb him as ordered two years ago.

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The court had, in a judgment by Justice Edith Agbakogba,

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Afghan hospital attackers 'came to kill mothers' - MSF

Afghan Hospital Attackers’ Came To Kill Mothers’: MSF

May 15, 2020 3:42 pm

Gunmen who stormed a hospital in the Afghan capital this week had come to “kill the mothers” at the maternity ward, medical charity Doctors Without Borders has said.

At least 24 people were killed — including newborns, mothers and nurses — when three armed men rampaged through the maternity ward of the hospital in Kabul on Tuesday, in an attack that sparked international outrage.

The United States later said the deadly assault was carried out by the Islamic State group.

“What I saw in the maternity hospital demonstrates it was a systematic shooting of the mothers,” said Frederic Bonnot on …

Persons Without Face Masks To Risk 3yr jail Term In Qatar

Persons Without Face Masks To Risk 3yr jail Term In Qatar

May 15, 2020 3:41 pm
Qatar’s interior ministry has announced that wearing masks will be mandatory for everyone going outside starting on Sunday in the country.

The minister disclosed that violators will be fined up to 200,000 riyals ($53,000) or jailed up to three years.

The statement made available on the ministry’s Twitter account said those exempted from compulsory mask usage are persons driving alone in a vehicle.

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The decision will be effective from Sunday, till further notice.

The tweet read: “Starting from Sunday, May 17, 2020, wearing facemasks is mandatory for all

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