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EFCC TASKFORCE ARRESTS 34 SUSPECTED CURRENCY SPECULATORS IN ABUJA. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 EFCC Taskforce Arrests 34 Suspected Currency Speculators in Abuja Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, attached to the Taskforce on Currency mutilation, Dollarization of the Economy and Forex Malpractice, have arrested 34 suspected currency speculators  for alleged foreign exchange fraud. They were arrested on Friday, April 26, 2024 in a sting operation following credible intelligence about illegal sales of dollars at the Wuse Zone 4 area of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.   The suspects are :Usman Mohammed, Abdullahi Nasir, Abubakar Saleh, Mohammed Kabir Ibrahim, Abubakar Ghadafi, Muktar Usman, Umar Abubakar Abba, Yakubu Sani, Aminu Abubakar, Muhammed Suleman Abara, Yusuf Tahir, Usman Lawal, Usman Lawal, Usman Umar, Amina Garba Rola, Muhammed Aliyu, Murtala Haruna, Sani Mohammed, Umar Farouk, Muhammed Sagiuru, Aminu Salisu, Lawal Bello, Munzali Hashim, Jamilu Suleiman, Mustapha Umar, Mubarak Tanimu, Adamu Garba, Mohammed Usman, Bello Musa, Saleh Moha

4 PEOPLE,CHARGED OVER THE KILLING OF ALBINO WOMAN+ALBINO SOCIETY IN TANZANIA TO HOLD A PROTEST NEXT WEEK.

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                 According to sources,a Tanzanian court has charged four people over the murder of an albino woman over six years ago as pressure mounts for authorities in the east African country to do more to stop the killing of albinos whose body parts are prized in black magic.Ezron Mwasimba,Public Prosecutor in the High Court in northern Mwanza city said that the four were accused of killing 22 year old Zawadi Magindu at Nyamalulu village in Geita in November 2008 and cutting off her legs and one arm.They pleaded not guilty yesterday thursday with the hearing to continue next week .The trial is the first of its kind to be held in the Geita region where six albinos were killed and three wounded between 2007 and 2012,according to the police data.It is expected to be closely followed by local residents and campaigners.''We have gathered compelling evidence against the accused persons including from members of the bereaved family who had identified them''.The charges c

THE NIGERIAN CUSTOM PICKUP VAN,KILLED 3 LADIES AND INJURED OTHERS IN AN ACCIDENT ALONG LAGOS-BENIN HIGHWAY.

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               According to sources who were at the scene of the crime said three ladies between the ages of 25 and 30 years died yesterday afternoon after the Hummer bus they were travelling in was knocked off the Lagos-Benin high way by an operational vehicle driven by operatives of the Nigerian Customs service.The ladies and the driver of the Hummer bus were carrying second hand clothes also known as okirika,summersaulted during a hot chase by customs officials from the Federal Operations Unit,Zone A,Ikeja from one of their checkpoints in Ijebu Ode.The driver of the bus allegedly refused to stop when flagged down at their checkpoint which resulted in the Hummer summersaulting.The driver of the Hummer bus who lost one of his leg in the accident,said ''When the customs pick-up van could not overtake him,it hit his bus at the rear which caused the vehicle to summersault several times into the bush at a place indigenes called J3.On sensing that the bus had crashed into the bush,