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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

COURT JAILS TWO BROTHERS FIVE YEARS FOR $788 SCAM.{PHOTO}.

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     Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced two brothers: Otojareri Governor Lucky (a.k.a Sam Lewis) and Otojareri President Mayor (a.k.a John Jacob Carison) to five years imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretences contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act. Lucky and Mayor were arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal office of the EFCC, on Thursday, October 25, 2019 on one-count charge bordering on obtaining the sum of $788.00(USD) under false pretences.

EX-BANKER ARRAIGNED FOR STEALING A CUSTOMER'S MONEY.{PHOTO}..

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    The EFCC, today, November 6, 2019, arraigned one Anieka Udoh before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja on one-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of $8, 907 (Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred and Seven United States Dollars) belonging to Major-General Umaru Mohammad. Udoh who is facing another trial in a similar case before Justice Saliu Seidu of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi wherein Ecobank Plc is involved as the second defendant was alleged to have stolen the said sum from the victim while he was a staff of Ecobank.

EFCC HANDOVERS RECOVERED CARS FROM FEDERAL UNIVERSITY DUTSIN-MA.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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       The EFCC Kaduna Zonal Office on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, handed over four Vehicles recovered during investigation of some management staff of the Federal University Dutsin -ma, Katsina State. The University officials were alledged via a petition to the EFCC, to have committed criminal conspiracy, misappropriation of public funds and procurement fraud. The case was reported to the Commission on September 10, 2016 by the Honourable Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu against the former vice Chancellor, Professor James O. I. Ayatse; Registrar, Muhammad Yusuf Abubakar and the Busar, Sadiq Momoh Jimoh.More photos below.

AIRCRAFT SERVICEABILITY: NAF TO EXPAND PARTNERSHIP WITH NEDDI, IBETO GROUP FOR ENHANCED SELF-RELIANCE.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is set to further strengthen its strategic partnerships with the National Engineering Design Development Institute (NEDDI) as well as Ibeto Group, an indigenous company, both in Nnewi, Anambra State, to further boost Research and Development (R&D) efforts towards finding innovative solutions to NAF engineering and technical problems. The rationale for expanding the partnerships is to ensure enhanced self-reliance in aircraft and equipment maintenance for the effective and efficient employment of Air Power in response to Nigeria’s national security imperatives. This was made known yesterday, 5 November 2019, by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, when he visited the 2 organizations. While on the visit to the Ibeto Group Factory Complex, the CAS expressed his extreme delight with how the company had continued to partner with the NAF to produce batteries for the Mi-35P Helicopter Gunship which was being employed in opera

3-YEAR OLD GIRL TRAFFICKED IN UKPOR,WAS RESCUED IN NNEWI YESTERDAY.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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       ANAMBRA STATE POLICE COMMAND DIARY: FOUND CHILD: A girl of about 3 years old was allegedly trafficked in ukpor but rescued in Osumeyi,Nnewi South LGA of Anambra State on the 5/11/2019. 2.You are kindly requested to desiminate through your medium to enable parents or close relatives of victim identify her. 3. Anyone with useful information about the child should report at the nearest Police Station or contact PPRO Anambra State Police Command headquarters Awka through GSM no 08060970639, please. SP Haruna Mohammed PPRO Anambra State Police Command, For-Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command.

GOV. SANWO-OLU,PRINCE ELEGUSHI AND OTHERS TODAY AT BALOGUN MARKET TO VISIT FIRE SCENE.{PHOTOS}.

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      R-L: General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Osanyintolu; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Special Adviser to the Governor on Central Business District (CBD), Prince Anofiu Elegushi and others during the Governor’s visit to the scene of the fire incident at Balogun Market, Lagos Island, on Wednesday, November 6, 2019.More photos below.

ANNOUNCING MY DECISION TO DROP THE TITLE 'YOUR EXCELLENCY'-SANWO-OLU.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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   In the last five months that I have been privileged to exercise the mandate freely given to me by the great and hardworking people of Lagos State, it has come to my consciousness to review certain features of citizen-government relations which impede the genuine expression of the democratic spirit of our society and the meaningful exercise of the sovereignty of our people. The office of the Governor has been celebrated as the paragon of excellence, a temple of perfection and a throne of purity. This demi-god mystique spreads over the entire machinery of the executive arm of the government, symbolising an authoritarian disposition on the governed. It has deformed the orientation of elected and appointed persons who are paid from the taxes of the people to see themselves as oppressors who can do no wrong and must be served, rather than serve the people. Whatever might have been the reason for this myth, let us be honest, the office is occupied by a mortal who has been called up

A 13-YEAR OLD GIRL DIED AFTER BEING BEATEN BY HER HALF ELDER SISTER FOR BED-WETTING IN LAGOS.{PHOTO}.

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     Precious Omenka,13, was staying with her older half-sister Nneka and Nneka's mother Seki Eko in Lekki, Lagos when she was brutally beaten, eventually leading to her death, their father said. Mr. Emeka Omenka, the father of the deceased, said he had Nneka out of wedlock with Seki Eko. He later got married and his wife Ifeoma raised Nneka as her own as she found it hard conceiving her first child. Mr Emeka Omenka said his older daughter Nneka asked that her younger sister Precious pays her a visit. Precious went to Nneka’s house in Ikota, Lekki on October 12, but was returned on October 16 looking weak with complaints of body pains. She informed her parents that she had been beaten by Nneka and her mother Seki Eko for wetting the bed. Mr Omenka said Precious gave details of how she was kicked in the stomach, chest and sides several times. She added that she was beaten with a mop stick and a cable as well. Precious, a JSS 3 student, was taken to Federal Medical Centre (F

NIGERIAN SUPER MODEL AVATAR IS PLUS ONE TODAY+SHE RELEASED NEW PHOTOS.{PHOTOS}.

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    A queen was born today the 6th of  November.Nigerian Super Model Avatar is plus one today.She is a model with style with a very kind heart.I want to use this opportunity to celebrate her and wish her a happy birthday.More photos below.

IBADAN ROAD TRAFFIC CRASH INVOLVING FRSC PERSONNEL: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE UGLY INCIDENT.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     The attention of the Federal Road Safety Corps has been drawn to the unfortunate road traffic crash that occurred in Ibadan that claimed the lives of an FRSC staff and one (1) other person who is yet to be identified. Due to the sensitivity of the incidence and the need to commence immediate investigation, the Corps Marshal has directed the Oyo state Sector Commander to carry out full investigation into the culpable cause of the incident and report immediately. While investigation is still on going, the public is advised to remain calm and peaceful. Meanwhile, first information report at our disposal indicates as follows: At about midday of Wednesday, 6/11/19 around 1100HRS a team of FRSC Personnel assigned to monitor and control traffic were approached by a truck driver who intended to make an enquiry from one of the members of the team. In the course of the inquiry, a Mercedes Benz ran into the patrol vehicle and in the process killed the arresting Marshal and the oth