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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

Police Dismiss Inspector For Killing Lagos Businessman Who Questioned Search

Inspector Jonathan Kampani
The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed one Inspector Jonathan Kampani, for killing a businessman, Mr. Jelili Bakare, in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Mr. Jelili Bakare was killedRead More

Buhari: We’ll Fight Banditry, Kidnapping With All Available Resources

President Muhammadu Buhari
Describes killing of Kaduna students as barbaric President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his administration will commit all available resources towards fighting banditry, kidnapping and murders being perpetrated by evilRead More

Gunmen Attack Imo Gov’s House, Kill Security Aides

Gunmen, on Saturday April 24th, 2021, attacked the country home of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, razing part of the building, vehicles parked in the compound and killing two security aides.
Gunmen, Saturday morning, attacked the country home of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, razing part of the building, vehicles parked in the compound and killing two security aides. The governor’sRead More

Shock, Anger As Bandits Kill Three Kaduna Greenfield Varsity Students

Bandits and kidnappers with their victims
Nigerians yesterday reacted with shock and anger to the killing of three of the students of Greenfield University, Kaduna kidnapped by bandits on Tuesday from the school. The Kaduna State’sRead More

Police Rescue Kidnap Victims From Kidnappers In Delta

Police
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have rescued two victims who were kidnapped by four armed men in Oghara, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state. The victims,Read More

Analysts Express Outrage as Police Deploy 144 Personnel To Tackle Insecurity In Somalia

Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank Mba
Mission, global best practice, says police spokesman Two killed in attack on Enugu police station Bandits kill one, abduct Kaduna private university students Security analysts yesterday expressed outrage over theRead More

Bandits Threatening To Keep Our Daughters As Wives – Parents Of Kaduna Students

Terrorists Torture Kidnapped School Students
Parents of the remaining 29 students abducted from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have revealed that bandits are threatening to kill the male students and get marriedRead More

Gunmen Kill Six, Injure Two In Plateau Community

Gunmen
Gunmen Thursday night attacked Wereng village of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing six persons. The attack, which took place at about 10:30 pm, left two others severelyRead More

EFCC Takes Anti-graft War To Housing Sector, Vows To Check Fraudulent Activities

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Says REDAN membership certificate now compulsory for real estate operators The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has made compulsory membership of the Real Estate Developers Association (REDAN) for allRead More

Abducted Chibok Girls’ Parents Express Hope Children Will Return Home Soon

Chibok school girls in Boko Haram’s captivity
They will be rescued, Zulum pledges Students not forgotten, says FG Some parents of 112 Chibok girls still in Boko Haram’s captivity since they were abducted on April 14, 2014,Read More