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Inferno Destroys ₦20m Property, Kills 15 Persons In Kano

November 3, 2022 11:13 pm

In a recent report, the Kano State Fire Service has admitted that up to 15 persons have been killed and properties worth up to ₦20 million have also been destroyed in some various fire incidents which had occurred in the state in October.

This report had also been contained in a statement which had been signed by the Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi on Thursday in Kano.

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Abdullahi said the service also saved 24 lives and property worth ₦43.3 million from 35 fire incidents …

UK Publishes Names Of Dead Nigerians With Unclaimed Assets

September 17, 2022 3:36 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that the Government of United Kingdom has published the names of no fewer than 56 dead Nigerians with unclaimed estates and other valuable assets.

According to the report, one of the oldest affected names on the list was identified as Mark N’wogo, was a Nigerian said to have been born in Sapele, Delta state, and died on December 9, 1992, in Surrey, United Kingdom.

However, for almost 30 years now, the assets the deceased left behind have remained unclaimed. And by the publication, by December, they would become …

‘£117m Properties Linked To Ibori’ In UK To Be Seized

January 16, 2020 3:27 pm

The United Kingdom has launched a fresh bid to confiscate “proceeds of loot” in the £117 million worth of properties linked to James Ibori, former governor of Delta state.

In 2012, a UK court sentenced Ibori – who governed Delta from 1999 to 2007 – to prison after convicting him of fraud and money laundering.

The former governor ended his jail term in 2016 and returned to Nigeria the following year.

In the course of his jail term, British prosecutors made the first attempt to confiscate his assets said to be proceeds of crime but failed as a result …

FG Should Recover, Tax Abandoned Properties, Says Adelakun

December 2, 2019 3:52 am

Yemi Adelakun is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NISH Affordable Housing Limited. Apart from being the Executive Chairman, Nigeria Integrated Social Housing Co-operative Society Limited and Managing Consultant, Skytech Institute Limited, he is also the President, Housing Finance and Investment Network and Convener of the Nigeria Housing Finance Conference on Affordable Housing.

A Chartered Manager and fellow of Chartered Management Institute, Adelakun joined the civil service in 1983 and retired as a Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

“When I retired, because of my experience in the Federal

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UK Police Search Properties After 39 Found Dead In Truck

October 24, 2019 6:32 am

British police have searched properties in Northern Ireland hours after launching a major murder investigation into the discovery of 39 dead bodies inside a truck at an industrial park near London.

Officers raided two addresses late Wednesday in County Armagh, which are believed to be linked to the truck driver, a 25-year-old man from the UK-ruled province, according to multiple reports.

Investigators have said the man — named in the media as Mo Robinson from the Northern Irish town of Portadown — was arrested on suspicion of murder and remained in custody on Thursday.

The dozens of corpses were found

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Saraki Ordered By Court To Forfeit Some Properties To FG

October 21, 2019 4:20 pm

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, October 21, 2019, ordered the interim forfeiture of two properties located at Ikoyi area of Lagos State belonging to the immediate past Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki to be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) in an exparte application filed by the Commission’s Lawyer Nnaemeka Omewa approached the Court seeking an order of interim forfeiture of the properties, alleging that they were acquired through proceeds of unlawful activities.

Delivering Ruling on the application, Justice Mohammed Liman, who ordered …