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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

Five Of Kidnapped Students Of Federal College Of Forestry Mechanization In Kaduna Regain Freedom

Terrorists Torture Kidnapped School Students
Five of the abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Kaduna State have regained their freedom. A statement released by the state’s Commissioner for Internal Security andRead More

Prisoners Allegedly Freed As Gunmen Attack Owerri Prison, Set It Ablaze

Several prisoners were allegedly set free, as gunmen stormed and attack Owerri prison in Imo State, and subsequently set it on fire.
Unidentified gunmen set the correctional facility in Owerri, Imo State, on fire, freeing prisoners. The fire broke out in the early hours of Monday, April 5. The attack on theRead More

NDLEA Intercepts Drug Trafficker At Abuja Airport With N564m Heroin

Goodluck Igbineweka Odeh
A 40-year-old Goodluck Igbineweka Odeh has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with two kilogrammes of heroin, which has a street value of N564 million. Odeh, whoRead More

Buhari Laments Influx Of Illegal Arms, Condemns Killings In Ebonyi, Anambra

President Buhari
Directs relevant agencies to fish out perpetrators President to submit supplementary budget on security, says Lawan Adopt new strategies to fight insurgency, banditry, Niger Senator tells security agencies President MuhammaduRead More

Sule Cautions Against Reprisals Over Murder Of Herders Leader

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, yesterday expressed sadness over the killings of two leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breaders Association (MACBAN) in Nasarawa State and cautioned against reprisal attacks capableRead More

Anxiety As Boko Haram Fighters Claim Responsibility For Crashed Fighter Jet

Boko Haram showing how it shot down the Nigerian Air Force fighter jet that crashed in Borno State
Terrorists show video of burning plane NAF denies claim, admits crash, says it is still searching for spot There was palpable anxiety among Nigerians yesterday following unsubstantiated video evidence byRead More

Gunmen Attack Soludo, Kill Three Policemen, Kidnap Commissioner

Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo
A former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, escaped death by a whisker yesterday as gunmen attacked him in his hometown, Isuofia in Aguata Local Government Area ofRead More

JTF: 1,291 Attempts To Sabotage Oil Export Pipelines Foiled

Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF)
The immediate-past Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Rear Admiral Akinjide Akinrinade (rtd.), yesterday said the security outfit foiled 1,291 attacks on three crude exportRead More

Federal Lawmaker Bemoans Massacre Of 20 Vigilante, One Soldier In Niger

Senator Sani Musa
Senator representing the Niger East Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly, Senator Sani Musa, yesterday described the recent killings of 20 members of the local vigilante and a soldier inRead More

Three Months After, Katsina, Kaduna, Niger Battle To Rescue 109 Abductees

Abductees
Sokoto LG chairman, others take refuge in Niger Republic CAN urges FG to free RCCG members The governments of Katsina, Kaduna and Niger States have intensified efforts to free 109Read More