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CAF President Ahmad Ahmad arrested in France

June 6, 2019 9:02 am

The president of the Confederation of African Football Ahmad Ahmad has been arrested in a Paris hotel by French police.

According to Jeune Afrique, Ahmad was picked up around 8:30 am at the Berri Hotel in Paris, by the services of the Central Office for the fight against corruption and financial and fiscal offences (Oclif).

It said the arrest may be related to the alleged misappropriation and corruption involving French company, Tactical Steel.

Former secretary-general of the confederation Amr Fahmy accused Ahmad of corruption before he was sacked in April.

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Breaking: Two arrested for selling three siblings for ₦.5m

April 24, 2019 9:28 am

Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two men, Kenneth Ofeke and Stephen Obi, who sold three siblings for N500, 000 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Names of the siblings were given as Wisdom, Kenneth and Sunny.

They were said to have been taken from Edo State and sold in Port Harcourt to a woman who later resold them to other persons in Lagos State.

The police are yet to determine whether the children are still alive.

Kenneth, aged 26, claimed that he led his supposed girlfriend to sell the children because they were unwell and he could

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BREAKING: Nigerian footballer arrested for drugs in India

April 17, 2019 9:04 am

At a time when Nigerians are reportedly being executed in Saudi Arabia over drug deals, one would have thought that others seeking green pastures abroad will stay away from drugs to avoid fast lane to six feet.

It however looks like the ugly story is far from ending as a former footballer of Nigerian descent has reportedly been nabbed in India for drug deals.

The 40 year who has been identified simply as Ikenna was nabbed with 10 grams of crystal meth suspected to have been brought from Mumbai. This prompted a raid of his house located in Kardampuri in …

UTME: 50 exam contractors arrested

April 16, 2019 1:35 am

FIFTY professional examination writers have been arrested in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said yesterday.

The board said the impostors were arrested nationwide following its intelligence gathering mechanism.

JAMB’s spokesperson Fabian Benjamin made the revelation in the agency’s weekly bulletin.

Fabian identified some of the professional examination writers as Masters’ degree holders, postgraduate and undergraduate students of various tertiary institutions in the country.

He said the professional writers connived with owners and operators of Computer Based Test Centres (CBTs) to carry out the crime by engaging in multiple registrations where the

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Atiku’s son-in-law arrested over money Laundering – EFCC

March 4, 2019 2:21 pm

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Monday that Alhaji Babalele Abdullahi, the son-in-law of the defeated Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was being detained over alleged money laundering amounting to €150 million.