Day: April 16, 2025

Outrage in Plateau over killings, Gov Mutfwang apologises

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Caleb Mutfwang, Governor of Plateau State, yesterday apologised to the people of Bassa Local Government Area for the failure of government and security agencies to protect lives and properties, as condemnations trailed the killings. This is as a survivor of the attack lamented that his sister wouldn’t have died if she had not, out of fear, run out of her hiding. The governor’s apology came on a day former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in the 2023 elections, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, ex-governor of…

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Sowore, VDM, others condemn cash gift to police officers in viral video

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Omoyele Sowore, Nigerian activist, and controversial commentator VeryDarkMan (VDM) have voiced outrage following the circulation of a viral video showing Nigerian police officers allegedly collecting cash from a group of Chinese nationals in what appears to be an unprofessional and possibly unlawful transaction. The video, which has sparked widespread condemnation on social media, captures a group of uniformed officers in what seems to be a negotiation scene with the Chinese men, eventually receiving cash from them in an unclear context. Though the circumstances surrounding the encounter remain uncertain, the optics…

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Mauritius ex-finance minister rearrested in new fraud probe

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Renganaden Padayachy, Mauritius’s former finance minister has been arrested Wednesday over a second fraud case, two days after having been released on bail over another affair, police said. The latest arrest of Renganaden Padayachy concerns alleged fraud against the Mauritius Investment Corporation (MIC), created in 2020 by the Bank of Mauritius to support businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, said police. It was carried out at the request of the Financial Crimes Commission (FCC). In this case, police are investigating the MIC’s payment of approximately $1 million to Menlo Parks Ltd/Pulse…

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