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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

PREGNANT WOMAN ARRESTED WITH 1,441KG IMPORTED SKUNK IN LAGOS RAID.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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 Pregnant woman arrested with 1,441kg imported skunk in Lagos raid . Over 4,000kg narcotics seized in 8 other states Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have raided two clandestine drug stores in Lagos where a pregnant woman Eze Joy Chioma was arrested with 1,442 kilograms of imported skunk while four men including a 62-year-old Basset Emmanuel were arrested with 182,000 tablets of Tramadol. The 27-year-old Chioma Eze was arrested on Friday 17th Dec when operatives raided her store and home in Ojo area of Lagos while another suspect, Michael Oroke was also nabbed with 29kg of the illicit drug in the same location. The previous day, 16th Dec, operatives had equally raided a hideout in Abule-egba area of the state where Basset Emmanuel, Ezekwem Lawrence, Mohammed Aliyu, and Suwidi Isiaku were arrested with 182,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg. In similar raids across eight other states of Rivers, Kogi, Benue, Adamawa, Anambra, Edo, Ekiti and Ondo, over 4,000 kilog

COURT JAILS PROPHETESS FIVE YEARS FOR N128M FRAUD IN LAGOS.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE

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The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, December 17, 2021, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Linda Mabi-Praise, a self-acclaimed prophetess, before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an alleged N128 million fraud.   Mabi-Praise, who was charged with three counts, was alleged to have, with intent to defraud, dishonestly obtained the said sum from Accelsor Investment Partners Limited in the guise that her company, Mutano Energy Ltd., was an accredited oil and gas dealer and that she was into oil and gas dealership.

GOV. ZULUM REPRESENTED PRESIDENT BUHARI AT NIGER REPUBLIC'S INDEPENDENCE DAY.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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Buhari represented by Zulum at Niger Republic’s Independence Day  President Muhammadu Buhari was today represented by Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum at Niger Republic’s 63rd Independence Day celebration.   The Presidential celebration event took place today, Saturday, in Diffa town of Diffa province with President of Niger Republic, Muhammad Bazoum leading the National celebrations.   Niger commemorates its National days on 18th of December every year with ceremonies attended by world leaders and their representatives.   Every year, the celebration is hosted on rotational basis at regional capitals across the country with this year’s hosted in Diffa.   Governor Zulum joined dignitaries who included the Prime Minister of Chad, Albert Pahimi Padacke, the Speaker of Niger Republic’s National Assembly, Seidou Umar, Nigerien Minister of defence, Alkasum Indatou, and Governor of Diffa Province, Isa Lameen.  Highpoint of this year’s celebration was the conferment of National h

KADUNA: 38 PEOPLE CONFIRMED KILLED IN GIWA KGA ATTACKS.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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Second KDSG Security Update: Sunday 19th December 2021 Thirty-eight confirmed killed in Giwa LGA attacks Following the report of attacks by bandits across villages in Idasu, Giwa LGA, contained in an earlier update, security agencies have confirmed to the Kaduna State Government that 38 people were killed across the locations attacked.  Twenty-nine of the victims have been identified, with nine remaining unidentified as of the time of this update. The 29 identified are listed as:  1. Rabi`u Wada 2. Salisu Boka 3. Alh Nura Nuhu 4. Alh Bashari Sabiu 5 Alh Lawal Dahiru 6. Abbas Saidu 7 Inusa Kano 8 Malam Lawal Nagargari 9. Malam Aminu 10. Lawal Maigyad 11. Alh Mustapha 12 Lawal Aliyu 13 Sale Makeri 14 Sani Lawal 15 Auwal Umar 16 Jamilu Hassan  17 Badamasi Mukhtar 18 Malam Jibril  19 Lawal Tsawa  20 Sule Hamisu 21 Sadi Bala 22 Kabiru Gesha 23 Abubakar Sanusi 24 Saiph Alh Abdu 25 Haruna Musa  26 Lawal Hudu  27 Malam Shuaibu Habibu 28 Malam Yahaya Habibu 29 Abubakar Yusuf  Further details wi

TAKEAWAYS FROM PRESIDENT BUHARI’S EPIC VISIT TO TURKEY BY GARBA SHEHU AS THE PRESIDENT RETURNS BACK TO THE COUNTRY.[PHOTO].#PRESS RELEASE.

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President Muhammadu Buhari is back in Abuja after attending the three-day Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul. The official BBJ aircraft which he hadn’t used for several months as it underwent repairs and improvements landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at exactly 2:35 pm. TAKEAWAYS FROM PRESIDENT BUHARI’S EPIC VISIT TO TURKEY By Garba Shehu The purpose of the President’s trip to Turkey, December 16th to 19th was to participate in the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, with an appealing theme: “Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity.” Our national strategy was laid out before departure, based on a strong optimism that the summit will work well for all the leaders. Turkey is serious about working with Africa in a win-win relationship. Though not yet accepted as a member of the EU, it is a major player in the continent in many ways and is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Turkey also has strong links in the Middle-Ea

NIGERIAN CAB DRIVER HONOURED IN DUBAI FOR RETURNING N12M FORGOTTEN IN HIS CAR.[PHOTOS]

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A Nigerian man and a member of Apostle Johnson Suleman's Omega Fire Ministries Child who works as a cabbie in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), got honoured for his integrity after he returned 100, 000 Dirhams, (N12 million) that was forgotten in his cab, IgbereTV reports. The taxi driver who attends Omega Fire Ministry (Dubai-UAE) and identified as Abraham Airaodion discovered that a passenger had forgotten the whopping amount of money in his taxi and so he showed true integrity and returned it. Abraham who works with Sharjah Taxi Cooperation was honoured by the organization on Monday, December 13, 2021. He was given a certificate of appreciation which he brought to Church and displayed while sharing his testimony. More photos below.

OVER 4000 ARMY RECRUITS PASS OUT AFTER RIGOROUS TRAINING... CHARGED TO PUT NATIONAL INTEREST ABOVE PERSONAL INTEREST.[PHOTOS].#PRESS RELEASE.

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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has charged newly recruited soldiers of the Nigerian Army (NA) numbering over 4000, to put national interest over their personal interests and be professional as they discharge their duties in the field. The COAS gave the charge today Saturday 18 December 2021, at the Passing Out Parade (POP) of 81 Regular Recruits Intake at the Depot Nigerian  Army in Zaria, Kaduna state, where he was the Special Guest of Honour and Reviewing Officer of the POP. Congratulating the young soldiers for the successful completion of their training, the COAS noted that the training of recruits into the Nigerian Army (NA) is in fulfilment of Army Headquarters Training Directives in line with his vision to have ”A Professional Nigerian Army Ready to Accomplish Assigned Missions Within a Joint Environment in Defence of Nigeria.” He added that the POP marks another crucial chapter in the history of the training institution and the Nigerian Army, as it welcomes

POLICE TACKLE NEW TREND OF KIDNAPPING IN TARABA COMMUNITY, ARREST 11 NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPERS, RECOVER 7 AK47 RIFLES, 121 LIVE AMMUNITION, OTHERS.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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PRESS RELEASE POLICE TACKLE NEW TREND OF KIDNAPPING IN TARABA COMMUNITY, ARREST 11 NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPERS, RECOVER 7 AK47 RIFLES, 121 LIVE AMMUNITION, OTHERS - IGP assures sustained efforts at improving public safety in all Nigerian communities  The Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team, working with the Taraba State Police Command, have arrested a total of eleven (11) notorious kidnapping suspects in Taraba State for their complicity and various criminal roles in the recent trend of kidnapping incidents in Taraba State including the kidnapping of a serving personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service, kidnapping of a relative of the Emir of Jalingo and the killing of a Police Sergeant in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. The Police team equally recovered seven (7) AK47 rifles, two (2) Beretta pistols, one hundred and twenty-one (121) rounds of live ammunition of different calibre, four (4) magazines, masks, illicit drugs and other incriminating items during raids of v

GOV AKEREDOLU PRESENTS INSTRUMENT OF APPOINTMENT, STAFF OF OFFICE TO NEW ALAYEDE OF AYEDE-OGBESE .{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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 GOV AKEREDOLU PRESENTS INSTRUMENT OF APPOINTMENT, STAFF OF OFFICE TO NEW ALAYEDE OF AYEDE-OGBESE  Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Saturday presented the Instrument of Appointment and Staff of Office to the new Alayede of Ayede-Ogbese, Oba Raphael Ajibola Oluyede. The Governor told the new monarch that the state government is interested in the affairs of the community due to its strategic location in terms of economic activities. At the official presentation at Ayede-Ogbese, Akure North Local Government Area, Governor Akeredolu charged the new monarch to see his ascension to the throne as a call to service to his people and to impact positively on their lives.  The stool of Alayede became vacant on March 24, 2020, following the demise of His Royal Highness, Oba (Professor) Isaac Ayodele Oluyede, from Oluyede Ruling House, the only Ruling House in Ayede-Ogbese.  Akeredolu, who congratulated Oba Raphael Ajibola Oluyede, also commended the Oluyede Ruling Hous

NIKKI LAOYE AND SNATCHA GOT ENGAGED TODAY AS SHE TURNED 41.{PHOTOS}.#CONGRATULATIONS

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Gospel musician Nikki Laoye turned 41 and also got engaged today to musician Snatcha {Adekunle Adeyoola}. She shared all these photos on social media with the caption ''  @NikkiLaoye  How is it that you turn 41 today and get The Fantastic Four and One added to you ? Maybe it’s because we have been friends for about 20 years , or maybe it’s because of your selflessness or the way you hopped on a plane to help with the children or it could be the way you are with the children and how much they love you or probably how we both didn’t see this coming. God just has a funny way of doing what He does. It’s funny how you went from “ah that’s my sister nau” to “there goes my baby “ God sent you at the right time To be a help that’s suitable . Unknown to both of us, He sent you to mend a broken heart. As you turn Forty One today ,accept these gifts of Us - The Fantastic Four and One. I’m excited to see where this new assignment leads, I guess this means I have been sentenced to a life ti