Day: March 8, 2024

48 suspected Internet fraudsters, herbalist arrested in Kogi

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48 suspected Internet fraudsters and a herbalist have been arrested by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for offences bordering on conspiracy and obtaining Money under false pretence in Lokoja, Kogi State capital. The Ilorin zonal Command office of EFCC covers Kwara, Kogi and Ekiti states with the zonal headquarters in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. A statement by Dele Oyewale, head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, in Ilorin on Thursday said the suspects were arrested upon credible intelligence on Tuesday, March 5,…

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N1.2bn fraud: Tinubu suspends REA boss, directors

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The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency, Ahmad Salihijo, has been indefinitely suspended from office alongside three executive directors of the agency by President Bola Tinubu. This followed “new findings unearthed during a comprehensive investigation into the financial activities of the Rural Electrification Agency,” the State House revealed in a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. The statement is titled, ‘President Tinubu suspends Rural Electrification Agency managing director and team from office.’ Aside from Salihijo, the President also suspended the…

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Bandits abduct 280 pupils from Kaduna schools

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Over 280 pupils and teachers of Government Secondary School and LEA primary school at Kuriga, Kaduna State were abducted by bandits on Thursday, triggering national outrage. The Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Amnesty International, the Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, the Nigeria Union of Teachers, and the House of Representatives condemned the attack and asked the government to rescue the victims immediately The bandits reportedly invaded the Kuriga area of the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday, shooting at their victims before taking away at least 280 of the…

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