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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

Bauchi Man Sodomises Three Kids, Hunters Arrested For Killing Undergraduate

Bauchi Commissioner of Police, Lawan Jimeta
Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a man for having anal sex with three minors between five and eight years old in Bauchi. The Police Public RelationsRead More

Hoodlums Invade Lokoja FMC, Steal Computers, COVID-19 Files

Kogi State
Suspected hoodlums stormed the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, in the early hours of Wednesday, destroying the administrative block and carted away computers and files allegedly relating to COVID-19. Sources atRead More

Ogun Pastor Allegedly Rapes 12-Year-Old Girl In Uncompleted Building

Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson
A 54-year-old pastor, Niyi Omowodun, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for defiling a 12-year-old girl in an uncompleted building. The suspect, who is a pastor atRead More

Police Arrest Human Parts Dealer In Rivers, Uncover Four Corpses

Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Mukan
The Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday nabbed a human parts dealer, identified as Anthony Ndubuisi, who allegedly kidnapped, killed and dumped the remains of his four victims in hisRead More

Rape: Mamora Recommends Penile Amputation

Minister of State for Health, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunimbe Mamora, has recommended what he described as “total penile amputation”, as punishment to check the rising wave of rape in Nigeria. AccordingRead More

Fraudster Impersonating Our Director – CBN

Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Isaac Okorafor
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Sunday described as fraudulent the operations of a fraudulent twitter handle, @YusufPhilipYila, purported to belong to the bank’s Director, Development Finance Department, Mr. PhilipRead More

Nigerians React As FBI Solicits Help For ​Arresting Six Nigerian Nationals Wanted For Email ​Compromise Schemes

FBI most wanted cybe criminals
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reached out to the general public to assist the agency in tracking down and arresting six Nigerians suspected of cyber crimes. This comesRead More

Police Uncover Six Rifles In Delta Church, Arrest Pastor

Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Inuwa
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have recovered six rifles from an uncompleted building on church premises in Asaba. The resident pastor of the church, Fidelix Nwansa, was alsoRead More

Another Akwa Ibom Pastor Nabbed For raping 16-Year-Old Girl

Prophet Nnamso Jacob
Barely 24 hours after the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, paraded 12 suspected rapists, including a pastor, one Prophet Nnamso Jacob of the Living Power of ZionRead More