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Police Burst Visa Racketeering Syndicate, Arrest Suspect

Police Burst Visa Racketeering Syndicate, Arrest Suspect The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command has burst a visa racketeering syndicate and arrested the mastermind, one Emu-Larry Chidiebere, on Tuesday. The 28-year-old suspect was arrested for being   involved in the United Arab Emirate’s visa racketeering scheme at the Ajah area of Lagos State. The suspect, who hails from Ika North Local Government Area in Delta State, alongside his gang, was said to have swindled one Abraham Jude and four other persons of N2million, under the false pretence of helping them procure a Dubai Visa. According to Jude, one of the victims, “When I was laid off where I was working in Abuja. I had intention of moving out of the country to start a new life. “Then, I met his uncle (the suspect) Samuel Obed, who told me his nephew was working with one company at the United Arab Emirate (UAE) and that he could help me to secure the country’s visa. “We started to c

Wike: FG Working Relentlessly to Kill PDP

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    Wike: FG Working Relentlessly to Kill PDP   Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused the Federal Government of working relentlessly to kill the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).   He however expressed optimism that in the long run, the PDP would survive while the All Progressives Congress (APC) which controls the Federal Government will die politically.   He further stated that deliberate efforts by agents of the Federal Government to stagnate development in Rivers State would not succeed.   The governor spoke on Tuesday at the Government House, Port Harcourt when he granted audience to the leadership of Non -Indigenes Without Borders chaired by Hon Emeka Onowu.   He said: “We have a sad situation where everything is being done at the Federal level to kill the PDP. However, in the end, it is their own political party that will die”.   The governor expressed dissatisfaction with the repeated plots to rig the forthcoming rerun election

11 Armed Robbers Arrested by Adamawa Police

11 Armed Robbers Arrested by Adamawa Police Eleven armed robbers terrorising residents along Numan, Ngurore, Lafia and Mayo-Belwa roads in Adamawa State have been arrested and arranged by the State Police Command. While arranging the robbers on Tuesday at the headquarters of the command, the state Commissioner of Police (CP), Musa   Kimo, told journalists in Yola that   the pungent measures put in place by his command   to confront criminality on his resumption of duty as the state CP has started yielding results. The CP said gang of seven robbers were arrested on October 8 and9, 2016, who have been robbing and terrorising people along Numan/Lafia, Numan /Ngurore, and Ngurore /Mayo-Belwa roads after a serious gun-battle with the police and were overpowered by the police. He said another four robbers were also arrested on October 12, 2016 along Ngurore Mayo inner road while others escaped with bullets wounds. He said the police were still trailing them, and called on

Army Sentences Soldier to Prison for Brutalising 10-year-old

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  Army Sentences Soldier to Prison for Brutalising 10-year-old Boy Michael Olugbode The Nigerian Army today court martialed and sentenced a staff sergeant to two years imprisonment for brutalising a 10-year-old child. The staff sergeant, Umar Sule, was charged for brutalising, Mohammed Saleh,10, at Simari Ward, London Chiki area of Maiduguri, Borno State. The convicted soldier was accused of tying the minor to a pole and beat him severally for about seven hours after he caught him stealing his N2,000. The boy was said to sustain injuries which led to one of his arms being amputated as a result of the brutality. Allegations were brought against the soldier by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) which led to his court martial and subsequent conviction and de-promotion to the rank of a private. Delivering judgment, the President of the court set up by the Nigerian army at the 7 Division Maiduguri, Brigadier General Olusegun Adeniyi, said

EFCC Recovers N54.7bn in Kano Zone from Politicians, Fraudsters

EFCC Recovers N54.7bn in Kano Zone from Politicians, Fraudsters The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), North West Zone has disclosed that it had recovered over N54.5 billion and U$ 622,200 (N196 million), totaling N54.69 billion from some politically exposed individuals and fraudsters in the last ten months. The North West Zonal coordinator of the anti-graft agency, Mr. Nnaghe Obono Itam, at a quarterly media briefing today in Kano zonal office, said: “The command, in the period under review, also recorded 214 cases, 24 undergoing prosecution and 23 convictions secured.’’ Other properties recovered by the agency are eight houses, nine plots of land, three trucks and a car. He said part of the total sums of money recovered included investigation into complaint about diversion and fraudulent schemes involving the distribution of petroleum products during the last fuel crisis in the country as directed by the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Mangu,

Conflicts: 10 Northern Govs in America, as Shettima Demands Practical Benefits

Conflicts: 10 Northern Govs in America, as Shettima Demands Practical Benefits As 10 northern governors today began a three-day symposium organised by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) which is an agency established and funded by the US Government, Governor of Borno State and Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum, Kashim Shettima, has demanded practical benefits of the symposium that will make impacts on the vast majority of citizens across the 19 northern states. Shettima's spokesman, Isa Gusau, said in a statement emailed from Washington that the symposium is a follow up on an earlier one hosted in March 2014 during the President Goodluck Jonathan administration when the US invited northern ‎governors for a security symposium which dwelt on finding solutions to the Boko Haram insurgency and it's spread from the Northeast to other parts of northern Nigeria. Delivering his address on behalf of the Northern Governors' Forum, Shettim