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Emefiele: I Was Forced To Give $600,000 Bribe For Contract Payment – Witness

Ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele
A prosecution witness in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele has said he was forced to pay a bribe of $600,000 before being paid for a contract he did for the apex bank. The witness who is the Managing Director of Resource Computer Limited, Victor Onyejiuwa disclosed this at the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja yesterday. Being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, Onyejiuwa said his company deploys hardware and software-tailored security, network, storage and backup solutions. Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, are facing trial on a 26-countRead More

Terrorists Ransack Village In President Buhari’s Home State, Abduct 11 Persons

President Muhammadu Buhari
No fewer than 11 persons, mostly elderly women, have been abducted by gunmen at Shinfida Village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. They were abducted on their wayRead More

Bandits Kill Unspecified Number Of Soldiers In Kebbi

Bandits
No fewer than 14 soldiers and the Chief Security Officer to Kebbi State Deputy Governor were last Tuesday killed in an ambush by bandits in the state. The soldiers, accordingRead More

Boko Haram: Fear Grips Borno Community As Brigade Commander Withdraws Troops, Weapons “Because He Doesn’t Want To Stay In The Bush”- Sources

Nigerian military
Residents of Damasak town in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State are currently living in fear after the Brigade Commander for the 145 battalion withdrew troops from theRead More

ISWAP Releases Photos Of Its Islamic Police, Hisbah Destroying Marijuana In Nigeria

Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP)
The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, has released some photos claiming to show itsRead More

How Father, Three Children Kidnapped, Killed 8-year-old Boy In Oyo

Arrested person
The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command has paraded a rat killer seller and his three children for allegedly kidnapping and killing an eight-year-old boy, Abdulraheem Bamimore. Parading the suspectsRead More

Chidinma, Prime Suspect Standing Trial For Gruesome Murder Of SuperTV CEO Crowned ‘Miss Cell 2022’ After Winning Jail Pageant

Chidinma Ojukwu, the 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, who was arrested last Wednesday, over the murder of Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in a service apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State
Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged killer of Super TV CEO, Micheal Ataga has been crowned as Miss Cell 2022 after winning a pageant in jail. Chidinma, a 300-level Mass Communication studentRead More

Kidnapped Plateau Monarch Freed After One Week In Captivity

Diket Gupiya, paramount leader of Pushit district in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State
Diket Gupiya, paramount leader of Pushit district in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, has regained his freedom. According to a report by PUNCH, Gupiya was abducted by gunmenRead More

FG Green-lights DCP Kyari’s Extradition To United States

Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari
NDLEA to arraign suspended ‘super cop,’ four IRT members on eight counts of drug trafficking The federal government has commenced moves to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP),Read More

Court Remands Owner Of Hilton Hotel, Adedoyin, Others Over Murder Of OAU Postgraduate Student In Osun

The owner of Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Dr. Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State Capital, has remanded the owner of Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Dr. Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin, over the death of Timothy Adegoke,Read More

Boko Haram Terrorists Flee As Nigerian Troops Set Camps Ablaze In Borno

Nigerian troops
Troops of Operation Desert Sanity have destroyed several camps belonging to the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at AhlRead More